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Stop limit orders in MC strat

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 aczk 
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Hi
Trying to get this to work:

After buy signal on bar one, submit a stop limit order at the high price of the signal bar for the next bar, to catch a breakout.

If the stoplimit order is submitted but not filled after lets say 2 bars, then I want to cancel it.

thx appreciate any feedback!

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Hi!

What is your current code?

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inputs: SellBars(3),Threshold (10);

value1=ThreeBarPattern(0);

if value1 < Threshold and marketposition = 0 then buy next bar at high stop high limit ;


if value1 < Threshold and marketposition = 0 then sellshort next bar at low stop low limit;


setexitonclose;
setbreakeven(75);


Basic skeleton code for now, stuck on the stoplimiting!

Signal bar is determined by value1 then I want to buy/short the breakout of the next bar with a limit stop just above/below the signal bar's high/low. On the picture the lines indicate pretty much what the limit order are meant to catch. So should be stop limits right!?!?


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OK.

Do you really need a stop-limit entry? Isn't a stop entry enough?

Anyway, what exactly does not work? In other words: what is the problem?
The orders are not executed?
You just want to add the feature "after 2 bars, cancel it"?

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In order to help you, below please find an example of code.

The signal is: two HH in a row (= 2 bars with a H higher than the bar before)
In case of signal, entry long next bar with a stop order at the H of the current bar (your breakout)
The signal is valid for 3 bars (the entry level remains the H of the signal pattern, not the H of the last bar).

I do not say that this code is perfect. I've prepared it in 10 minutes. But it can give you food for thought.

Nicolas


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Inputs:
NumberBarsLimit ( 4 ),
TextBold ( true ),
TextColor ( red ),
TextOffsetInTicks ( 4 );

Variables:
TickSize ( MinMove / PriceScale ),
NumberOfBarsSinceBuySetup ( 0 ),
SetupHigh ( 0 );

// if we already have an open long position, no need to count:
if MarketPosition = 1 then begin
NumberOfBarsSinceBuySetup = 0;
end;

// increase the counter of bars since the setup was identified:
if NumberOfBarsSinceBuySetup > 0 then begin
NumberOfBarsSinceBuySetup = NumberOfBarsSinceBuySetup + 1;
end;

// if the counter reaches its limit, put it back to zero:
if NumberOfBarsSinceBuySetup = NumberBarsLimit then begin
NumberOfBarsSinceBuySetup = 0;
end;

// setup = buy after two HH in a row:
if MarketPosition = 0 AND NumberOfBarsSinceBuySetup = 0 AND H > H[1] AND H[1] > H[2] then begin
NumberOfBarsSinceBuySetup = 1;
SetupHigh = High;
end;

// entry long:
if MarketPosition = 0 AND NumberOfBarsSinceBuySetup > 0 then Buy next bar at SetupHigh stop;

// exit after two bars:
if MarketPosition = 1 AND BarsSinceEntry >= 2 then Sell next bar at market;

// display the value of the counter on the screen:
if NumberOfBarsSinceBuySetup > 0 then begin
Value2 = Text_New_s(Date, Time_s, L - TextOffsetInTicks * TickSize, NumToStr(NumberOfBarsSinceBuySetup, 0));
Text_SetColor(Value2, TextColor);
Text_SetAttribute(Value2, 1, TextBold);
end;


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thx for this. but doesn't this strat just place a stop buy order at the high.

I am looking to put a buy limit order at that spot!

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Hi @aczk,

Could you kindly clarify?

1. Do you want to place
(a) a limit order (as you said in that message)
or
(b) a stop limit order (as you said in the first message of the thread)?

2. If (b), the stop and the limit orders are both are High of the current bar?

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1 (a) to buy highs a stop limit order as we are still below that price!
2 at the high of this bar
thx

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Hi,

I'm lost. You refer to 1.(a) and "stop limit order" whereas "stop limit order" was 1.(b).
Sorry about my questions: I just want to understand what you want, and it is still unclear.

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