HOW!!?? Turn SetStopLoss into a ExitLongLimit

March 23rd, 2011, 06:57 PM

Greets!

I have (for me) intriguing idea after taking a long look ayt how the SetStopLoss was having my automated strategy trades finish: it looks like there could be another 3 or more ticks of profit available beyond what price was selected as the 'stop loss limit'.

I tried just adding another 3 ticks to the calculation I was using, with a small amount of success (ie same# of trades are taken, small increase in net points) but if I try to make the process into a ExitLongLimit the results are not fruitful (ie dont ask)

Code

				//**************************************
                //          Adjust TrailLong Exit
                //**************************************
				double TRAILtickAdjustLONG = 0;
			//
						if (  (BarsSinceEntry(0, "",0)) >= iTrailStartBarNum )
				{	 // Rule#1   flat for 3 bars in a row
					if(	iTrailUseTSr1 == 1	&& sTrailSS[0] == 1 && vTrailCt >= 3) 
						TRAILtickAdjustLONG++;
					// Rule#2    flat for 2 bars in a row  
					if(	iTrailUseTSr2 == 1	&& sTrailSS[0] == 1 && vTrailCt >= 2)
						TRAILtickAdjustLONG++;
					// Rule#3  TSST EXIT DOWNtrending
					if(	iTrailUseTSr3 == 1	&& sExitSS[0] == -1)
						TRAILtickAdjustLONG++;
					// Rule#4  fast period EXITing EMA1 is in a DOWNslope
					if(	iTrailUseEMA1r4 == 1 && Falling(sExitMA1) )
						TRAILtickAdjustLONG++;
					// Rule#5  slow period EXITing EMA2 is in a DOWNslope
					if(	iTrailUseEMA2r5  == 1	&& Falling(sExitMA2))
						TRAILtickAdjustLONG++;
					// Rule#6  Filter UPslope > EMA3 UPslope 
					if(	iTrailUseK2EMA3r6 == 1	
                                                                                                && Rising(sTrailUKF) && sTrailUKF[0] > sTrailMA3[0]	
                                                                                                && Rising(sTrailMA3) )
						TRAILtickAdjustLONG++;
					// Rule#7  EXITing KFilter is in a DOWNslope
					if(            iTrailUseUKFr7 == 1 && Falling(sExitUKF)) 
						TRAILtickAdjustLONG++;  
					//
						tVars.cStopLossTicks -= TRAILtickAdjustLONG;
//
		// this is what I tried to substitute into the code line 'SetStopLoss( )' with horrible results
			//	if ( Lows[1][0] <=  (Position.AvgPrice - tVars.cStopLossTicks * vTickMult))
			//		ExitLongLimit( (Position.AvgPrice - tVars.cStopLossTicks * vTickMult) + 3*TickSize);
					
			SetStopLoss(CalculationMode.Ticks, tVars.cStopLossTicks * vTickMult + 3*TickSize);															
			DrawSquare(CurrentBar.ToString() + "sl", true, 0, Position.AvgPrice - tVars.cStopLossTicks * TickSize * vTickMult, Color.Crimson);
				}			
			}

Any suggestions on how this can be coded effectively? My guess is that this may apply to several people that use SetStopLoss.

TIA!
Jon

update: swapped out

Code

 if ( Lows[1][0]

for

Code

  if ( Low[0]

and looks more normal but still looking for ideas
more update: I started another thread on MIT / LIT ... I feel that the question posed in this thread will be in the same context as the other discussion

March 26th, 2011, 11:38 AM

Sorry I am not following, maybe someone else will

Mike

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