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Re: [amibroker] Plotting Bands when Long or Short



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Why have one set of bands for both long and short
Plot them separately

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On 1/23/06, cstrader <cstrader232@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I believe you are having the same troubles that I was in a few weeks ago.
> It's not clear to me if you want the long to close when the short is opened
> or not.  Also, your 'trailing stop' formula is not clear.  If the trailing
> stop is based on the open price then your sell is linked to the buy.  I'm
> guessing you are also wanting to exclude unwanted intermediate signals.  To
> do these things I have discovered -- with much help from the users of this
> group -- that you must use either applystop if it is suitable, or use a
> 'for' loop to define your trade signals -- Flip, exrem etc are not suitable
> for this.
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> chuck
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "sslack88" <jzzpiano88@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2006 7:45 PM
> Subject: [amibroker] Plotting Bands when Long or Short
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> >I want to plot a green band if I am in a long position, and a red band
> > if I am in a short position.  No problem, right?
> >
> > Here's the tricky part:
> >
> > ** Only one position can be open at a time
> > * TrailingStop is a function I created
> >
> > LongEntry = C > Ref(C,-1);
> > LongExit = C < TrailingStop;
> >
> > ShortEntry = C < Ref(C,-1);
> > ShortExit = C > TrailingStop;
> >
> > * Remember, only one position can be open at a time.  Obviously,
> > higher closes are going to exist even when I am in a short position,
> > so using the FLIP function doesn't seem to work.
> >
> > Any Ideas?  Thanks in advance.
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