Multiple limit target orders

August 26th, 2013, 08:26 PM

Does anyone know why setting up limit order exits based off of the entry price as shown below is not working
(note: I am using two separate entries of 100000 units - so the entry prices should be different...)

LT1 and LT2 are "limit target" variables

if marketposition = 1 and currententries = 2 then begin
LT1 = entryprice*(1+.005);
LT2 = entryprice*(1+.006);
sell ("LT1") currentshares/2 shares next bar at LT1 limit;
sell ("LT2") currentshares/2 shares next bar at LT2 limit;
end;

I have tried incorporating the code right after the buy order like so (see below) and that hasn't worked either:

....
buy ( "1S" )100000 shares next bar at market;
LT1 = entryprice*(1+.005);
sell ("LT1") currentshares/2 shares next bar at LT1 limit;
end;

buy ( "2S" )100000 shares next bar at market;
LT2 = entryprice*(1+.005);
sell ("LT2") currentshares/2 shares next bar at LT2 limit;
end;

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

August 26th, 2013, 11:10 PM

You will probably want to post this in an appropriate forum. What kind of code is it? What trading software? Find the correct subforum and you will get some replies I'm sure.

ABCTG · August 27th, 2013, 03:03 AM

toddma,

what is the result you are getting, if you say it is not working?
One issue with entryprice can be that it doesn't have the value of the current entry at the time you are using it.
Meaning in your second code part, I am pretty sure that entryprice still contains the entry price for the previous problem.
To better help you I would need to see what it does on the chart for example. As not working can mean a wide range from do nothing to do something, but not what is intended etc. (depending on what the person means with do nothing).

Regards,
ABCTG

toddma

Does anyone know why setting up limit order exits based off of the entry price as shown below is not working
(note: I am using two separate entries of 100000 units - so the entry prices should be different...)

LT1 and LT2 are "limit target" variables

if marketposition = 1 and currententries = 2 then begin
LT1 = entryprice*(1+.005);
LT2 = entryprice*(1+.006);
sell ("LT1") currentshares/2 shares next bar at LT1 limit;
sell ("LT2") currentshares/2 shares next bar at LT2 limit;
end;

I have tried incorporating the code right after the buy order like so (see below) and that hasn't worked either:

....
buy ( "1S" )100000 shares next bar at market;
LT1 = entryprice*(1+.005);
sell ("LT1") currentshares/2 shares next bar at LT1 limit;
end;

buy ( "2S" )100000 shares next bar at market;
LT2 = entryprice*(1+.005);
sell ("LT2") currentshares/2 shares next bar at LT2 limit;
end;

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

August 29th, 2013, 05:40 PM

toddma

Does anyone know why setting up limit order exits based off of the entry price as shown below is not working
(note: I am using two separate entries of 100000 units - so the entry prices should be different...)

LT1 and LT2 are "limit target" variables

if marketposition = 1 and currententries = 2 then begin
LT1 = entryprice*(1+.005);
LT2 = entryprice*(1+.006);
sell ("LT1") currentshares/2 shares next bar at LT1 limit;
sell ("LT2") currentshares/2 shares next bar at LT2 limit;
end;

I have tried incorporating the code right after the buy order like so (see below) and that hasn't worked either:

....
buy ( "1S" )100000 shares next bar at market;
LT1 = entryprice*(1+.005);
sell ("LT1") currentshares/2 shares next bar at LT1 limit;
end;

buy ( "2S" )100000 shares next bar at market;
LT2 = entryprice*(1+.005);
sell ("LT2") currentshares/2 shares next bar at LT2 limit;
end;

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

When using entryprice you want to specify which entry: for instance entryprice(0) = current entry... Or entryprice(1) for 1 entry ago... Hope this helps.

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Multiple limit target orders