Re: [amibroker] Re: Is NumContracts an array?

[Grant Noble <gruntus@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

MarginDeposit = x;
contracts = y;
SetPositionSize( contracts, spsShares );

Position size determined as x * y by AB.

You need to play with the value of MarginDeposit to reflect stop distance.
G

dralexchambers wrote:
> Thanks Grant.
> 
> I'm new to the backtester, so would using "SetPositionSize( 
> contracts, spsShares );" change for each trade
> 
> - if not, how would I manually set the position size per trade 
> depending on how far the stop loss is from the entry?
> 
> Alex
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