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Re: EasyLanguage problem: BUY("A") from entry("B")



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Trent, this is suppossed to work just as you state in TSPro, but I'm getting
error messages when trying to verify stating that the "name is already in
use"... doh!

Cheers,
Gene

----- Original Message -----
From: "Trent" <trent@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Omega List" <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 2:58 PM
Subject: EasyLanguage problem: BUY("A") from entry("B")


> I have sent this letter to the omega support service without
> receiving reply.
> Somebody has found a solution to this problem?
>
> Dear Sirs,
> I'm a programmer and an EL user since 1996.
> Problem: the greatest limit I've found in EL is the fact that a
> BUY or SELL order automatically closes all open position of
> the whole strategy. This fact forbid to merge together different
> signals. Can you imagine having joined together 10 different
> signals, 9 of them being "long" for one contract each while the
> 10th decides to go "short" for one contract? As a result we
> would be short for 1 contract instead of being long for 8!!!
>
> Suggestion: this fact could be avoided simply implementing
> FROM ENTRY(" ") also for BUY and SELL orders as it
> already appens for EXITLONG and EXITSHORT ones.
>
> ex:   BUY("A") from entry("B")    or    SELL("B") from
> entry("A") in this case we could avoid to close all positions
> opened with other names.
> Regards
>
>