Re: EasyLanguage Question

["david b. stanley" <davestan@xxxxxxxxxx>]

vars:SigVal(0),SigName(""),EntryP(0),ExitP(0),Profit(0),PF(0),
MP(0);

MP=MarketPosition;

If {Buy Setup Conditions} and SigVal<>1 then begin
    if  PF >= 2.0 then Buy("MyBuy") at Market;
    SigVal=1;EntryP=C;SigName="MyBuy";
end;

if reason to exit then begin
  if SigVal=1 then begin
    if  MP=1 then EXITLONG("MyBExit") at Market;
    ExitP=C;Profit=ExitP-EntryP;SigName="MyBExit");
    {...Calculate and print whatever values you want in the report...}
    SigVal=0;
  end;

dbs


Ian MacAuslan wrote:

> I'm loading "ProfitFactor" into a variable, so I can keep track of how
> it changes with each subsequent trade that is generated.
>
> My thinking is, I'd like to use it as an additional setup -- of the form
>
> If {Buy Setup Conditions} AND PF >= 2.0 then
>     Buy at Market;
>
> My problem is, once PF falls below 2, it won't generate any more trades
> -- the system shuts off.  It seems to me the answer would be to have it
> always on in "phantom mode" generating phantm trades for the purposes of
> calculating PF.
>
> Does any EasyLanguage guru out there have an idea how I might do this?
> Unfortunately, there isn't a "BuyPhantom" function.
>
> Thankyou!