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BUT....the "killer" in all of this:
1) can't use a variable for the signal id
ex: buy(entry_x) at market;
2) can't detect WHICH exit or Which ENTRY actually occurred
ex: if BarsSinceExit(1)=1 and WhichExit="myexit" then alert("myexit was
fired-off previous bar");
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Trent [mailto:trent@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 2:59 PM
> To: Omega List
> 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
>
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