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Re: sell after a specific # of days



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Onno, 
This does what Mike asked; tho unprofitably without further refinement.
Craig

System notes:	Gapup() System w/ 5-Day Delayed Exit
Enter long	
GapUp()

Close long	
Ref(GapUp(),-5)

Initial equity	 10000
Positions	 Long and short
Trade price	 Open
Trade delay	 1
Entry commission 0%
Exit commission	 0%
Interest rate	 0%
Margin req.	 100%


Onno Goedknegt wrote:
> 
> Mike,
> 
> I am afraid your solution will not work, but...
> I think Frans Derksen came up with a genius solution.
> 
> Trail:
> -stops
> -inactivity change
> -minimum change = 10000 (huge) and period = 6
> 
> Because the minimum will not be reached the system will close your position.
> 
> Regards,
> Onno
> 
> At 04:16 17-5-99 -0400, you wrote:
> >i am trying to write a trading system & don't know if this is the
> >correct way for metastock:
> >buy:gapup()
> >sell:ref(gapup(),+5)
> >
> >the sell should occur 5 days AFTER the buy condition.
> >
> >thanks.
> >mike arnoldi
> >