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Thanks, Mike.
I dug through the EL reference and it says that the exit commands are a
one-shot deal, as you say. I'll have to code up discrete exit statements
for my scale-out process. Absolutely doable, but 5 times as much work as it
should be for implementing a simple concept.
Rob
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Gossland [mailto:mga@xxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 4:12 PM
> To: Rob Hartman; omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Why not exit? - EL question
>
>
> At 02:41 PM 02/18/2003, you wrote:
>
> >Hello, All -
> >
> >EL help, please...
> >
> >I'm trying to code exits that "scale" out of multicontract positions. It
> >appears that my exit statement is only executed once, and not
> multiple times
> >as I believe I have coded it to do. I've added print statements
> to see if
> >the code path is being used, and it is. The diagnostic print text is
> >displayed, but the exit statement does not appear to execute.
> >
> >Looks like:
> >---------------------
> >If MP=1 and close > ProfitTarget then begin
> > ExitLong CurrentContracts/2 total at Market;
> > Print(date," ",getsymbolname," exit half of the
> contracts right now!");
> >End;
> >---------------------
> >
> >ProfitTarget is reset to a higher level after each partial exit.
> >
> >The print statement is executed multiple times as the progressive targets
> >are set and reached, yet the "exitlong" command appears to not be
> >executed... I need clue.
> >
> >I've implemented of EL that uses multiple different exits for different
> >reasons, but not the "same" exit like this.
> >
> >Any ideas would be helpful.
> >
> >Regards,
> >Rob Hartman
>
> You have run up against one of TS's problems. I remember
> wrestling with this one a long time ago.
>
> Once an order has been used for scaling out of a position, it is
> used up and no longer available. It will not trigger again within
> the same trade. Hmph!
>
> You'll have to figure out a way of executing any remaining exit
> orders as a separate orders, even though they will be doing
> exactly the same thing.
>
> It's very strange that there isn't a provision to allow you to
> scale out, similar to the way you can control pyramiding in, but
> that's the way it is for now.
>
> Regards,
> Mike Gossland
>
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