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Go into system tester and then 'edit' your system.
Go to Stops...
Inactivity
Minimum change-10000
Periods - 3 or whatever amount of days you want to exit
Von Hef wrote:
>
> Nicholas,
> I have also dealt with this problem....here is what I usually do:
> For every condition that is used for an entry, I set as a binary signal,
> An example:
> "Bs1:=If(Cross(C,Mov(c,13,e)),
> {then}1,
> {else}0);"
>
> I would do this for all 3 then use the following for an exit:
>
> "BarsSince(Bs1=1)>=3 and BarsSince(Bs2=1)>=3 and
> BarsSince(Bs3=1)>=3"
>
> Of course there are other ways to do this, I just used this example to spark
> your
> creative juices <g>.
>
> Adam Hefner
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Nicholas Kormanik <nkormanik@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 1999 3:39 AM
> Subject: Problem: "Sell three days after bought...."
>
> >
> > Another plea for help.... In the System Tester, the enter long signal I'm
> > trying to study is actually a complicated **set** of signals.
> >
> > The exit long signal I want, just for testing purposes, is to "sell three
> > days after buying."
> >
> > Hey, folks, seems pretty simple, doesn't it? But MetaStock wants to make
> > life difficult.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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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