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Re: Formula Help-MS ver 5.11



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Al

I have Version 6.5 and it works for me. I used your long entry and my
exit was C<10 just to see if it worked. Gave me 11 trades, 3 wins and 8
losses. I tested it on Jones Intercable just cause that's where my
cursor landed when I opened the window.

John Manasco

Al Taglavore wrote:
> 
> I do need some formula help.  I have a method that I have been trading with
> some success, and, like all traders, I want to adjust (tinker) with it to
> test the parameters.
> 
> I want to enter long when the open is "n" below the previous day's close
> and then trades "n" above the previous day's close.  If today's H+L is
> equal to or greater than the 10 day ATR, then no entry.
> The profit target will be 10 da ATR-(L+previous day's close).  The exit
> will be the profit target or MOC.
> 
> I can and have traded this visually, but I need to test the method for
> greater confidence and so that I can establish stop values, i.e. save my
> southernmost extremity.  Again, I have ver 5.11, so I do not have the
> "prev" function.  What I have done, does not return a trade result:
> ENTER LONG
> When(O+(Mov(ATR(10),1,S )*.250 ) < Ref(C,-1) AND
> O+(Mov(ATR(10),1,S ) *.125)>Ref(C,-1))
> 
> Where have I gone wrong?
> 
> Al Taglavore