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Graham,
I posted a similar question and was hoping that Amibroker would make life a bit less complex for the non-programmers of the world...If I understand you,if I set an initial maximum loss stop 6%,a profit target on 50%of my position up 20%,I can not SIMPLY "move my max loss stop" up to breakeven should the price of the stock reach the +20% profit target.I would need to get involved with looping functions...
That is the last thing i wanted to hear!!!
Is there a resource one could access that would help the novice programmer learn to do these tasks???
I purchased Amibroker for this sole purpose,and am a bit overwhelmed...
Thanks
Allan
----- Original Message -----
From: Graham <kavemanperth@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thursday, July 6, 2006 9:37 pm
Subject: Re: [amibroker] Does backtester have an initial breakeven stop capability?
> This is just some general information to help you get started
> This can be done with AFL and the method you do it be depends on how
> your basic exits are calculated.
> Generally for anything that references entry conditions for an exit
> requires a loop to define your values and trade signals, or at least
> ensure that any additional buy signals after the actual trade is
> entered are excluded as they will modify your trail price array
> values.
> You must also include the correct references for buyprice if you have
> trade delays.
> eg
> valuewhen(buy,buyprice) is ok if you trade zero delays, but for 1 bar
> delay you would need to use valuewhen(ref(buy,-1),buyprice)
>
> --
> Cheers
> Graham
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> Yes, I write AFL code to your requirements
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>
>
> On 07/07/06, scourt2000 <stevehite@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > I've been looking at the various stops in the backtester and didn't
> > find something that I do all the time in real-time trading:
> >
> > When I am up X number of ticks when trading the ER2, I move my
> stop to
> > a breakeven + 1 tick. The backtester has a trailing stop, but
> this is
> > different. I want to test just an initial move of a stop to
> lock in
> > either a breakeven trade or a certain amount of profit once I'm
> up on
> > a trade BEFORE I start trailing the stop.
> >
> > Can this be done simply?
> >
> > Thanks.
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