Re: Problem: "Sell three days after bought...."

["Frans J. Derksen" <derksenf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Nicolas,

Go: System tester -> edit-> stops -> inactivity -> put in a BIG number in
Min. Change(for example 5000) -> put 3 in periods.

Hope this helps,

Frans

At 02:39 AM 08-09-99 -0600, you wrote:
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>Another plea for help....  In the System Tester, the enter long signal I'm
>trying to study is actually a complicated **set** of signals.
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>The exit long signal I want, just for testing purposes, is to "sell three
>days after buying."
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>Hey, folks, seems pretty simple, doesn't it?  But MetaStock wants to make
>life difficult.
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>If the enter long signal were one isolated indicator crossing, I could
>simply use the ref(signal, +3), to exit the trade.  But....  I have a
>complicated **set** of signals for entry, not one isolated indicator
>crossing.
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>Now, how about using ref(**set**, +3)?  Seems a simple solution.
>Unfortunately, MetaStock doesn't apparently allow one to name a **set** of
>indicators like that; instead the System Tester seems to want me to state
>each sub-component separately, and do the ref(sub-signal, +??) for each.  It
>becomes really convoluted and messy.
>
>Do you folks have any help on this one?  Hopefully there's an easier way.
>
>Thanks,
>Nicholas
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