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[amibroker] Re: Help with one line of code.



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What is a n-bar stop.
Can you give an example?


--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Mark H" <amibroker@xxx> wrote:
>
> How about using n-bar stops?
> 
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: conchoriverwater 
>   To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>   Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 1:37 PM
>   Subject: [amibroker] Help with one line of code.
> 
> 
>   When I am doing a back test, I want to trigger the sell at 
exactly 
>   10 bars after the buy. 
>   When I use the following code, there is a problem.
> 
>   G = BarsSince(Buy); 
>   Sell=IIf(G==10,1,0);
> 
>   The bar count starts again every time a buy condition is hit.
>   If a buy is hit two bars in a row, it doesn't work.
> 
>   Is there a better way to do this?
> 
>   Please keep it simple. I cut and paste a lot of code and only 
>   understand the simple stuff.
> 
>   Thanks
> 
>   James
>