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[Metastockusers] Re: Plotting a trailing stop in the chart window



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Thanks for that, Jose Silva's coding is always great and instructive.

cheers
metarockx


--- In Metastockusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "tobtrade2001" 
<tobtrade2001@xxxx> wrote:
> Pegasus has a very good code for trailing stops. Go here: 
> http://users.bigpond.com/prominex/MetaStock/TrailStop.txt
> 
> --- In Metastockusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "metarockx" <k_rock@xxxx> 
> wrote:
> > hi everybody
> > 
> > I have designed a close trailing stop for short term systems.
> > The logic is to start with an ATR multiple subtracted from the 
low 
> > on the first day of the trade and on the following days to rise 
> the 
> > stop by the difference of the respective lows, yet in such a way 
> > that the stop for the long position can never be lower than the 
> > previous stop value.
> > 
> > (entry is only a simple example) 
> > 
> > atrs := 4;
> > atrmult:= 0.25;
> > 
> > longentry:= Cross(C,MOV(C,30,S));
> > 
> > stopl:=If(BarsSince(longentry)=0,L-ATR(atrs)*atrmult,If(L>Ref(L,-
> > 1),PREV+(L-Ref(L,-1)),PREV));
> > 
> > stopl;
> > 
> > I'd like to plot this as an indicator in the chart window. My 
> > problem is that during the "flat" periods the stop grows higher 
> and 
> > higher and so it distorts the chart view.
> > 
> > Anybody got an idea how to avoid that?
> > 
> > Thanks so much
> > 
> > metarockx


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