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Re: [amibroker] Re: More problems with Profit Targets - Could somebody look over this please?



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ProfitTarget is an array and should have the array identifier


 High[ i ] >= ProfitTarget[i] + priceatbuy)

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On 18/04/07, bernardedmond01 <bernardedmond01@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks for that Graham. The bigger problem is I get an error message
> saying that I can't use conditions in this format. What does that
> mean?
>
> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Graham <kavemanperth@xxx> wrote:
> >
> > Just this part I think
> > High[ i ] >= ProfitTarget + priceatbuy)
> >
> > --
> > Cheers
> > Graham
> > AB-Write >< Professional AFL Writing Service
> > Yes, I write AFL code to your requirements
> > http://www.aflwriting.com
> >
> >
> >
> > On 16/04/07, bernardedmond01 <bernardedmond01@xxx> wrote:
> > > Could someone take a look at this pls?
> > > I'm trying to code exiting once price is above buyprice by 3*ATR
> (20)
> > > at the time of purchase. The basic code is based on the user
> guide
> > > but I've gone wrong somewhere.
> > > Thanks in advance.
> > >
> > > BuyATR=ValueWhen(Buy,ATR(20)); // profit
> > >
> > > ProfitTarget = 3*BuyATR;
> > > priceatbuy=0;
> > > highsincebuy = 0;
> > >
> > > exit = 0;
> > >
> > > for( i = 0; i < BarCount; i++ )
> > >
> > > {
> > >    if( priceatbuy == 0 AND Buy[ i ] )
> > >      {
> > >        priceatbuy = BuyPrice[ i ];
> > >      }
> > >
> > >    if( priceatbuy > 0 )
> > >      {
> > >        highsincebuy = Max( High[ i ], highsincebuy );
> > >
> > >       if( exit == 0 AND
> > >           High[ i ] >= ProfitTarget * priceatbuy)
> > >        {
> > >          // first profit target hit - scale-out
> > >          exit = 1;
> > >          Buy[ i ] = sigScaleOut;
> > >        }
> > >
> > >   }
> > > }
> > >
> > > SetPositionSize( 50, spsPercentOfPosition * ( Buy ==
> > > sigScaleOut ) ); // scale out 50% of position


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