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Re: [amibroker] Re: 'Simple!' dynamic applystop help please



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> Applystop take a value the buy day and keep it ( the same value fixed 
> on buyday) during all the trade duration.

This is true ONLY if volatile parameter is FALSE.
But when volatile parameter is TRUE then stop value CHANGES every bar.

Best regards,
Tomasz Janeczko
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephane Carrasset" <s.carrasset@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 9:40 PM
Subject: [amibroker] Re: 'Simple!' dynamic applystop help please


> Applystop take a value the buy day and keep it ( the same value fixed 
> on buyday) during all the trade duration.
> so it can't work the wy you want.
> either you write a loop...
> or you apply a stoploss at 30 points and a trailingstop at 40 points.
> 
> 
> 
> <firehorse888uk@xxxx> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I'm backtesting forex.
>> 
>> On the day of the trade, I want the stop loss to be 30pts.
>> On subsequent days, I want the stop loss to be 40pts.
>> Edited relevant section of code follows:
>> 
>> StopLvl = 0.0030;
>> 
>> Buydate = ValueWhen(Buy,Day()); // Determine buy day
>> 
>> StopLvlWid = 0.0010;
>> 
>> StopLvl = IIf( Day()!=Buydate, StopLvl+StopLvlWid, StopLvl);
>> 
>> ApplyStop(stopTypeLoss, stopModePoint, StopLvl, True, True);
>> 
>> 
>> Can anyone see why the above code doesn't work.
>> I've tracked StopLvl and it changes correctly for the following day.
>> I've set dynamic level to true so I don't understand why the trade
>> stops out at 30pts rather than 40pts on subsequent days.
>> 
>> Thanks
>> Alan
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