Way to Execute Something Once, Then Move On?

August 3rd, 2018, 01:30 PM

Thank you very much for that idea, Chris! And for those interested, info about the "Once" Reserved word is on page 861 of this PDF:

https://uploads.tradestation.com/uploads/EasyLanguage-Functions-and-Reserved-Words-Reference.pdf

ABCTG

If you actually only want to do it once and not once per trade, you could also look at the reserved word "once" or simply initialize your variable with the reset value. However from your code it looks more like you are trying to track the high while you are in a position, which will likely mean you want to reset the variable at the beginning of every trade.

Regards,

ABCTG

August 3rd, 2018, 01:35 PM

I suppose the downside of this is that it will literally only run the script once. I verified this via the Print function.

I was hoping that when MarketPosition switched back from 0/1/-1 it would "reset" the once and run it again. I'll report back if I figure out a fix (I.e went the MarketPosition went from 0 to 1; Run script once. Then went it went back to 0 again it would essentially reset the once command so when it went from 0 to 1 again (or -1) it would run again.

Code

IF MarketPosition = 1  THEN ONCE Reset; 
  
IF MarketPosition = -1 THEN ONCE Reset ;

ABCTG · August 3rd, 2018, 01:39 PM

Hi Brandon,

yes, that's why I suggested it might not be suitable for your approach as you can not reset the once.

Did you test the code snippet I posted using print statements? What results did you get?

Regards,

ABCTG

djvie11

I suppose the downside of this is that it will literally only run the script once. I verified this via the Print function.

I was hoping that when MarketPosition switched back from 0/1/-1 it would "reset" the once and run it again. I'll report back if I figure out a fix (I.e went the MarketPosition went from 0 to 1; Run script once. Then went it went back to 0 again it would essentially reset the once command so when it went from 0 to 1 again (or -1) it would run again.

Code

IF MarketPosition = 1  THEN ONCE Reset; 
  
IF MarketPosition = -1 THEN ONCE Reset ;

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