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[amibroker] Re: SetOption("MaxOpenPositions",1) but "short" still cancels "long"



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Sorry, there was a little mistake in the code. 
Now itīs correct. Thanks.

--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "livetraderman" 
<livetraderman@xxxx> wrote:
> Hello, 
> 
> I use AB 4.70.5 RT with ESignal plugin (forex data).
> 
> In backtester settings and in the specific chart code 
> I set the number of max. positions to "1": 
> -> SetOption("MaxOpenPositions",1).
> 
> After the trading system triggered once "Buy" and openes 
> a "long" position, all following "buy" signals are ignored,
> as long as the applystop function HAS closed the position
> (with profit or loss). This works fine as lomg as the 
> becktester is set to "Long" in the field "Positions" and the
> trading system (code) is set to only trigger "buy" signals.
> 
> After I set backtester to "Long and short" and enabled the 
> according code in the chart to trigger "buy" AND "short"
> signals, the "SetOption("MaxOpenPositions",1)" seems not 
> to work properly anymore, because the tradingsystem
> accepts e.g. "short" orders, while a "long" position is 
> still open (was not closed by applystop yet).
> 
> What am I doing wrong ?
> 
> Thanks for any help in advance.
> 
> Regards
> Robert
> 
> Code:
> 
> //////////////////////////////////////////////
> // EURUSD system
> SetOption("MaxOpenPositions",1);
> PositionSize = 100000;
> Buy = condition1;
> Short = condition2
> Sell = C>100000; 
> Cover = C>100000; 
> ApplyStop(stopTypeLoss,stopModePoint,0.0020,1,False,2); 
> ApplyStop(stopTypeProfit,stopModePoint,0.0020,1,False,2); 
> Equity(1,-1);
> Plot(Close,"EURUSD",color=10,128);
> AlertIf(Buy,"EXEC...","Buy",1);
> AlertIf(Buy,"EXEC...","Short",3);
> //////////////////////////////////////////////




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