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Richard Estes
-----Original Message-----
From: Ray E. Knecht <razor@xxxxxxxx>
To: Meta Stock <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Friday, June 19, 1998 11:49 PM
Subject: capture purchase price ...
>I really enjoy this group and all of the interaction !
>
>I have been using this program for a few years now and have called and
>emailed these people about the following questions.
>
>Lots of replies - just no satisfaction.
>
>Perhaps somebody here might be able to help me.
>
>I have a trading system written and it works just dandy with one exception.
>
>I can't seem to figure HOW to hold my purchase price.
>
>I want to do some tests against this variable and develop my own retrace
>sell signal and not use their trailing stop.
>
>Say I buy it on the open after a condition is met and the open price on
that
>day is $40.
>
>Now I know that it is maintained somewhere as they are testing against this
>with they profit loss and their trailing loss calculations.
>
>I want to be able to save that $40 value and calculate against it until it
>is sold.
>
>On the next buy signal, I might have a new value of $32 or $76, but I can't
>figure out HOW to find and save that value.
>
>Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Thanks - Ray E. Knecht
>
>"I know you believe you understand what you think I said,
>but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not
>what I meant." Alan Greenspan - Fed Rsrv Brd Chrmn
>
>http://www.epix.net/~razor
>razor@xxxxxxxx
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