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Kevin
The code could also be modified to enter at a specific price on the correct entry bar using Trade
Equity. This tool is available to all MS users of versions 6.52 through 9.0.
Roy
{Enter Long}
(Ref(H,-3) < Ref(H,-4) AND
Ref(H,-2) < Ref(H,-3) AND
Ref(H,-1) < Ref(H,-2) AND
Ref(L,-3) < Ref(L,-4) AND
Ref(L,-2) < Ref(L,-3) AND
Ref(L,-1) < Ref(L,-2)
AND H > Ref(H,-1) AND
Mov(C,20,E) > Mov(C,50,E)) * Max(OPEN, Ref(HIGH,-1));
{Trade Equity LE} {V4.2b}
{© 2004 Roy Larsen, rlarsen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx}
B:=Input("Entry 1=O 2=C 3=H 4=L 5=Stop",1,5,5);
Z:=Input("Exit 1=O 2=C 3=H 4=L 5=Stop" ,1,5,5);
Nd:=Input("Entry Delay",0,3,0);
Xd:=Input("Exit Delay", 0,3,0);
Cn:=Input("Entry / Exit Costs",0,9999,2020);
I:=Input("Display Options 0-12",0,12,0);
Cp:=5000;{* trade capital, 0 = points only}
F:=1; {* position size, <1 = %, >1 = shares}
N:=0;
Ns:=Fml("Long Entry");
X:= 0;
Xs:=Fml("Trade Stop LE");
{* end user area *}
{remainder of code not included}
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin" <kevin_barry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <metastockusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 4:19 AM
Subject: [Metastockusers] A Little Twist On The MS v7 System Tester
> There has been some recent discussion about the relative system testing
> merits of MS v8 and TradeSim. A lot of traders might have neither but would
> still like to test swing-type strategies in MS v7.2 and below with all of
> its limitations. Here is how to do it.
>
> Here is a typical swing trade setup in the system tester:
>
> Enter Long:
>
> Ref(H,-3) < Ref(H,-4) AND
> Ref(H,-2) < Ref(H,-3) AND
> Ref(H,-1) < Ref(H,-2) AND
> Ref(L,-3) < Ref(L,-4) AND
> Ref(L,-2) < Ref(L,-3) AND
> Ref(L,-1) < Ref(L,-2)
> AND
> H > Ref(H,-1)
> AND
> Mov(C,20,E) > Mov(C,50,E)
>
> (Here, we are trading a pullback in a rising trend)
>
> Typically, we would have been lowering our limit buy order each day to a
> point or so above the previous day's high in order to catch the
> (inevitable) reversal of the pullback.
>
> Modify the entry signal thus:
>
> Ref(
> Ref(H,-3) < Ref(H,-4) AND
> Ref(H,-2) < Ref(H,-3) AND
> Ref(H,-1) < Ref(H,-2) AND
> Ref(L,-3) < Ref(L,-4) AND
> Ref(L,-2) < Ref(L,-3) AND
> Ref(L,-1) < Ref(L,-2)
> AND
> H > Ref(H,-1)
> AND
> Mov(C,20,E) > Mov(C,50,E)
> ,+1)
>
> .....and in System Testing Options, set the entry price to High with a
> delay of zero.
>
> When you run your test, you will enter your long trade at the previous
> day's high. A minor inconvenience is that the long entry signal on your
> chart will appear one day earlier than the actual trade.
>
> Regards,
> Kevin
>
>
>
>
>
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