Trying to set trailing stop to be two ticks below the low>> HELP!

September 13th, 2014, 02:20 PM

Hi there,

I am hoping more experienced futures.io (formerly BMT) members such as @Beljevina @bukkan @ratfink @sam028 @vvhg @KennyK @vantojo @ would be kind enough to provide some assistance.

I am brand new to the world of coding, so please be a bit patient with me.

My objective is to have a profit target that is 1 ATR below the low of the entry candle (Short).

I developed the bulk of the strategy in the wizard , but I was informed by NT staff, the wizard does not have the ability to subtract the ATR, and has to be manually coded.

If someone could be so kind as to show me how to manually alter the code I would greatly appreciate it.

I would be more than happy to PM you my code.

Thank You,

BF.

September 14th, 2014, 06:42 PM

Not compiled nor tested but something like this :

Code

                            
int AtrPeriod=14;

SetProfitTarget(CalculationMode.Price,Low[0]-ATR(AtrPeriod)[0]);

September 16th, 2014, 03:31 PM

sam028

Not compiled nor tested but something like this :

Code

                            
int AtrPeriod=14;

SetProfitTarget(CalculationMode.Price,Low[0]-ATR(AtrPeriod)[0]);

Hello Sam, @sam028

Thank you so much for providing me with this code. I am trying my best to learn C#.

Just curious, have you ever experienced a situation where there was a particular model, that you could not code/backtest?

Have a great day!

BF

August 3rd, 2015, 06:39 PM

So this thread seems to be on a similar topic ...

I'm looking to use the "Percent Trailing" code for easylanguage and turn it into a "point trailing" code. This is what the % trailing looks like:

Code

inputs: 
	PositionBasis( true ), 
	FloorAmt( 1 ), 
	TrailingPct( 20 ) ;                              

if PositionBasis then
	SetStopPosition
else
	SetStopShare ;

SetPercentTrailing( FloorAmt, TrailingPct ) ;

Now what I'm looking to do is substitute "FloorAmt" with something like "PointAmt" (<-- not a reserved word) and "SetPercentTrailing" with "SetPointTrailing" (<--- also not a reserved word).

I've looked at the reserved words and can't seem to find a solution to this. Does anyone have an idea of how I could go about coding this? ANY info would be very much appreciated!

thanks,
brandon

kevinkdog · August 3rd, 2015, 06:41 PM

djvie11

So this thread seems to be on a similar topic ...

I'm looking to use the "Percent Trailing" code for easylanguage and turn it into a "point trailing" code. This is what the % trailing looks like:

Code

inputs: 
	PositionBasis( true ), 
	FloorAmt( 1 ), 
	TrailingPct( 20 ) ;                              

if PositionBasis then
	SetStopPosition
else
	SetStopShare ;

SetPercentTrailing( FloorAmt, TrailingPct ) ;

Now what I'm looking to do is substitute "FloorAmt" with something like "PointAmt" (<-- not a reserved word) and "SetPercentTrailing" with "SetPointTrailing" (<--- also not a reserved word).

I've looked at the reserved words and can't seem to find a solution to this. Does anyone have an idea of how I could go about coding this? ANY info would be very much appreciated!

thanks,
brandon

Try SetDollarTrailing. But, both of the trailing functions will give overly optimistic results, unless you use LIBB at the 1 tick level. Personally, I'd avoid both of them.

August 3rd, 2015, 06:55 PM

kevinkdog

Try SetDollarTrailing. But, both of the trailing functions will give overly optimistic results, unless you use LIBB at the 1 tick level. Personally, I'd avoid both of them.

Gotcha, thanks for the suggestion!

I also just got the below code to work too, if anyone needs it

Quoting

PositionBasis( true ),
TrailingPts ( 1 ),
TrailingPct ( 50 ) ;

kevinkdog · August 3rd, 2015, 06:58 PM

djvie11

Gotcha, thanks for the suggestion!

I also just got the below code to work too, if anyone needs it

Just don't believe the results. Once you see them, you will certainly want to believe them.

August 4th, 2015, 11:09 AM

kevinkdog

Just don't believe the results. Once you see them, you will certainly want to believe them.

Kevin -

I agree with you - in my past experience these results were much, muuuuch better than how the strategy actually performed in the live market. What's your opinion of this occurrence? Slippage? The trailingPct not actually being able to see the fluctuations of the market in real-time?

If so, wouldn't using the back-testing resolution of "Use look-inside-bar Back Testing" be of use in this situation?

thanks
-brandon

kevinkdog · August 4th, 2015, 11:29 AM

djvie11

Kevin -

I agree with you - in my past experience these results were much, muuuuch better than how the strategy actually performed in the live market. What's your opinion of this occurrence? Slippage? The trailingPct not actually being able to see the fluctuations of the market in real-time?

If so, wouldn't using the back-testing resolution of "Use look-inside-bar Back Testing" be of use in this situation?

thanks
-brandon

Yes, as I previously mentioned, you can get accurate results if you use Look Inside Bar Backtesting at the 1 tick level. But that usually means you can only test 6 months back, unless you have a tick database stored on your PC.

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