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Re: [amibroker] Trailing Stops - AFL help



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On Tuesday 11 of November 2003 22:21, the_real_redleg wrote:
> Is there a way to turn a trailing stop "on" or "off" at certain
> events in backtesting?
>
> I understand that the basic command for a 35 pip trailing stop (for
> example) is
>
> applystop(2,2,0.0035,True,False)
>
> However, I use the "powerbot" trading robot and it allows a trailing
> stop to be activiated at a certain profit level. For example, you
> can tell it to use a 35 pip trailing stop but only after you hit 50
> pips of profit in a given trade.
>
> How can I program that in AFL? I tried using the "if else" feature,
> but it doesn't work for arrays. I tried using the iff function, but
> that seems to just return a value rather than performing an action.

try flip()
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