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=CROSSFROMABOVE(ID18.SG1, ID19.SG1) to create a Color Bar Alert ID14.SG1
=ID14.SG1@3>0 is entered in cell M3 for Sell Entry. The Color Bar Alert is set to -Evaluate on Close-.
The Alert appears under the correct conditions on the close of the bar/candle (it's a Range bar), the trade arrow appears under the Alert indicator (Diamond) but the trade entry is not on the next bar but on the second bar after the alert.
What am I missing here ?
thanks!
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You could bypass the color bar output and instead directly use the spreadsheet's syntax for the signal in M3:
=CROSSFROMABOVE(ID18.SG1@3:ID18.SG1@4,ID19.SG1@3:ID19.SG1@4)
Standby, I may have spoken too soon, something else is going on.
It seems like with the Spreadsheet Syntax it's not waiting for the Evaluate on Close, but doing the trade in the bar that has the alert as soon as the alert goes off.
That did it.
I also tried it with the Color Bar Alert but with the Alert not having the Evaluate on Close parameter in the Alert but in the 'Signal Only On Bar Close (K,M)' parameter set .
It's confusing as I thought having the Alert with Evaluate on Close would give the same result but it obviously (now to me anyway) does not. I think I understand why.
@tomgilb Please can you help? I'm testing out a simple auto trade strategy but the market orders are filling 5 points from arrows. Any way I can combat this? Thanks