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Re: EL OpenPositionProfit exit query



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> Even this doesn't work:
> if blah blah blah... then buy this bar at close;
> exitlong at entryprice-1 stop:
> It's still completely ignoring the first bar after the buy.

EntryPrice isn't set until the bar after the buy -- so it probably 
has a value of 0 on the bar when you enter.  So you buy on bar 1, 
your entry price is X, but the exitlong price is -1.  On bar 2 
EntryPrice is X, you issue the exitlong at X-1, and it takes effect 
on bar 3.

Gary