[amibroker] help! pyramiding - scaling out

["gborrageiro" <gborrageiro@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

hi,

I'm trying to test taking profits on a system using two standard contracts (notional $1mn each contract), with an exit after 5 profitable 5 pips on the first mn, then a trailing 10 pip stop thereafter.

I have a coding error somewhere, as long positions work fine but short positions do not.

please help!

thx

Buy = Cross( MA( C, 10 ), MA( C, 50 ) ); 
Sell = 0; 
short = Cross( MA( C, 50 ), MA( C, 10 ) ); 
Cover = 0; 

FirstProfitTarget = 0.0005;
SecondProfitTarget = 0.0100;
TrailingStop = 0.0010;

priceatbuy = 0;
highsincebuy = 0;
priceatshort = 0;
lowsinceshort = 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 ] >=  FirstProfitTarget + priceatbuy )
        {
            // first profit target hit - scale-out
            exit = 1;
            Buy[ i ] = sigScaleOut;
        }

        if ( exit == 1 AND
                High[ i ] >= SecondProfitTarget + priceatbuy )
        {
            // second profit target hit - exit
            exit = 2;
            SellPrice[ i ] = Max( Open[ i ],  SecondProfitTarget + priceatbuy );
        }

        if ( Low[ i ] <=  highsincebuy - TrailingStop )
        {
            // trailing stop hit - exit
            exit = 3;
            SellPrice[ i ] = Min( Open[ i ], highsincebuy - TrailingStop );
        }

        if ( exit >= 2 )
        {
            Buy[ i ] = 0;
            Sell[ i ] = exit + 1; // mark appropriate exit code
            exit = 0;
            priceatbuy = 0; // reset price
            highsincebuy = 0;
        }
    }
}


for ( i = 0; i < BarCount; i++ )
{
    if ( priceatShort == 0 AND Short[ i ] )
    {
        priceatShort = ShortPrice[ i ];
    }

    if ( priceatShort < 0 )
    {
        lowsinceshort = Min( Low[ i ], lowsinceshort );

        if ( exit == 0 AND
                Low[ i ] <=  -FirstProfitTarget + priceatShort )
        {
            // first profit target hit - scale-out
            exit = 1;
            Short[ i ] = sigScaleOut;
        }

        if ( exit == 1 AND
                Low[ i ] <= -SecondProfitTarget + priceatShort )
        {
            // second profit target hit - exit
            exit = 2;
            SellPrice[ i ] = Min( Open[ i ],  -SecondProfitTarget + priceatShort );
        }

        if ( High[ i ] >=  lowsinceshort + TrailingStop )
        {
            // trailing stop hit - exit
            exit = 3;
            SellPrice[ i ] = Max( Open[ i ], lowsinceshort + TrailingStop );
        }

        if ( exit >= 2 )
        {
            Short[ i ] = 0;
            Cover[ i ] = exit + 1; // mark appropriate exit code
            exit = 0;
            priceatShort = 0; // reset price
            lowsinceshort = 0;
        }
    }
}

SetPositionSize( 2, spsShares );
SetPositionSize( 50, spsPercentOfPosition * ( Buy == sigScaleOut ) ); // scale out 50% of position
SetPositionSize( 50, spsPercentOfPosition * ( Short == sigScaleOut ) ); // scale out 50% of position

PositionSize = MarginDeposit = 1;
NumContracts = 2;
PositionSize = NumContracts * MarginDeposit;




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