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[amibroker] trailing stop question from new user



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Hi,

I am trying to implement a two tiered stop loss, one part being a 
trailing stop, the other a fixed stop. I want a 3% trailing stop if 
I am at least 10% profitable, else I want a fixed stop loss price.

I thought I had it, but can't quite figure out how to utilize a 
variable in the ApplyStop(2,x,3,true,false) command. It is the "x" I 
just showed that needs to be a 1 to enable, or a 0 to disable.

Here is a portion of my code:

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BuyPrice = Max(BuySTOP,Low);
SellPrice = Min(SellSTOP,High);

profit_ten_percent = (((High - BuyPrice)/BuyPrice) >= 0.10);
enable_stop = IIf(profit_ten_percent,1,0);

ApplyStop(2,enable_stop,3,True,False);
Sell = Cross(SellPrice,Low);
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It's the "enable_stop" variable that fouls this up. Is this strategy 
even possible? I would greatly appreciate any help on this.

Thank you, Jim



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