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Re: TS Entry Price Error



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Is bouncing ticks turned off.  This may help.


Chris Norrie

   
> Would one of the TS Systems people be willing to take a shot at this dilemma?
>       
> In testing a TradeStation Trading System on a Daily Chart, I am telling TS
> to Sell Short at or below a specific price if certain Entry Criteria is met--  
>     
> Example:
> -------------------------------
> EntPrice = 79.625;
>     
> Sell Next Bar at EntPrice Stop;
> -------------------------------
>     
> TS Enters the trade, but at 78.75, not at the specified 79.625
>      
> The stats on the Entry Bar are: Open=79.68, High=80.87, Low=78.12, Close=78.12
>     
> The Market traded below the specified Entry Price during the first 20
> minutes of the Entry Day, then rallied and again reached the Entry Price
> around mid-day then sold off to close at 78.12
>      
> The question is, where did TS get the 78.78 Entry Price and how is it
> possible to tell TS to use the 79.625 Entry Price that a Broker would have
> executed?
>        
> Thanks in advance for any insight on this.