Rec usaged is not allowed in this context

January 18th, 2017, 07:06 PM

Demigods,

I have the following code I use as a trailing stop loss:

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#ATR Stoploss
input Length = 20;
input ATRFactor = 3;
input AverageType = AverageType.WILDERS;

def HiLo = Min(high - low, 1.5 * Average(high - low, Length));
def HRef = if low <= High[1]
    then high - close[1]
    else (high - close[1]) - 0.5 * (low - high[1]);
def LRef = if high >= low[1]
    then close[1] - low
    else (close[1] - low) - 0.5 * (low[1] - high);

def TrueRange;
    TrueRange = Max(HiLo, Max(HRef, LRef));

def ATR = ATRFactor*MovingAverage(AverageType, TrueRange, Length);

def trail;
    if (close()[1] > trail[1]) {
    trail = Max(trail[1], close - ATR);
    } else {
    trail = Min(trail[1], close - ATR);
    }

plot TrailingStop = trail;

When I build a conditional sell order in the Study Order Condition screen, I set it up as the following:

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close crosses below ATRTrailingStop_UPTREND_v2()

My problem is, seemingly at random, I'll get an error message stating "rec usage is not allowed in this context". Twice now, I've built this study from scratch, testing to see if the order will pass with each change and it'll work, but then it seems as if it just decides it doesn't want to work anymore.

For example, I set the order up last night and it worked perfectly this morning. When I tied to setup my next order, I get the error message. What am I dong wrong? I'm stumped...HALP

Rec usaged is not allowed in this context

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