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Re: Last signal, a stop?



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Yarroll,

Metastock displays a 'Stop Sign' symbol on the price chart when you get
stopped out. You'll have to wait until the next entry signal to get back in.
However, you could use a more complex entry using an 'IF' to allow entry
under more than one condition.

Tom Strickland

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From: "Yarroll" <komin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2002 1:19 PM
Subject: Last signal, a stop?


> Hello Group,
>
> Does Metastock have a way to tell that the system's last signal was a
stop?
> Lets say my system is a simple 5-day moving average crossover and it uses
a 2% max loss
> stop. After being stopped out of a losing trade, do I have to wait for the
next crossover
> or is there a way to enter earlier, if the last signal was a stop?
> I just hope I make myself clear :-((
>
> The only way I can think of is export system's trades and equity data into
Excel; format
> them as securities and convert them back to Metastock; and refer to equity
data using
> Security function. I'm not even sure references to stops are doable this
way but, they
> sure would be very clumsy.
>
> Thanks, all the best
> Yarroll
>
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