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Re: [amibroker] Stop issue



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onelkm

Does changing the fifth parameter (volatile) alter your results?

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ChrisB






onelkm wrote:
>
> I can't figure out why the stop in the following example doesn't work
> right Could someone help me understand why?
> under applystop in the users guide it says the following:
> Scenario 2:
> you trade on today's close and want to exit intraday on stop price
> Correct settings:
> ActivateStopsImmedi ately turned OFF
> ExitAtStop = 1
> Trade delays set to zero
> Trade price set to close
>
> OK, that's what I want to do. What happens is the system buys at the
> close as it should. On the day following the trade, the system
> sometimes stops out based on the high of the buy bar instead of
> calculating the stop based on the buy price. Why does this happen?
> Here's an example of the code:
> //Set Parameters
>
> SetOption("NoDefaul tColumns" ,0);
>
> SetOption("InitialE quity",25000) ;
>
> SetOption("AllowSam eBarExit" ,0);
>
> SetOption("Activate StopsImmediately ",0);
>
> SetOption("AllowPos itionShrinking" ,1);
>
> SetOption("FuturesM ode",0);
>
> SetOption("Interest Rate",0);
>
> SetOption("MaxOpenP ositions" ,1000);
>
> SetOption("MinShare s",.001);
>
> SetOption("Commissi onMode",2) ; //$ per trade
>
> SetOption("Commissi onAmount" ,10);
>
> SetOption("MarginRe quirement" ,100); //No margin
>
> SetOption("ReverseS ignalForcesExit" ,0);
>
> SetOption("UsePrevB arEquityForPosSi zing",1);
>
> SetTradeDelays( 0,0,0,0);
>
> BuyPrice = SellPrice = C;
>
> BuyPrice = C;
>
> SellPrice = C;
>
> Buy = C>MA(C,20) ;
>
> Sell = 0;
>
> ApplyStop( stopTypeTrailing, stopModePercent, 5,1);
>
>
>
>  

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