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September 24th, 2016, 11:30 PM

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Trying to set trailing stop to be two ticks below the low>> HELP!

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Posted By kevinkdog

Did you do something like this? You define XXX -...

Did you do something like this? You define XXX - where the function kicks in, and the trailing amount ZZZ

So, if I wanted to hit a max profit of $1000, and then have a stop $500 below that,...

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July 17th, 2016, 11:04 PM

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Trying to set trailing stop to be two ticks below the low>> HELP!

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Posted By kevinkdog

setexitonclose; but remember it will not...

setexitonclose;

but remember it will not work with real money on last bar of day. It works in backtest though.

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July 17th, 2016, 10:26 PM

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Trying to set trailing stop to be two ticks below the low>> HELP!

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Posted By kevinkdog

If you want to exit right when this is evaluated...

If you want to exit right when this is evaluated as true, then

sell this bat at close;

would work (except for last bar of day)

or

sell next bar at market;

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July 17th, 2016, 06:45 PM

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Trying to set trailing stop to be two ticks below the low>> HELP!

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Posted By kevinkdog

You've got to create your own trailing stop...

You've got to create your own trailing stop expression. MaxpositionProfit and OpenPositionProfit could be useful.

Maybe if MaxpositionProfit-OpenPositionProfit>1000 //means when your current...

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July 17th, 2016, 03:33 PM

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Trying to set trailing stop to be two ticks below the low>> HELP!

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Posted By kevinkdog

If you wrote code that calculated the price you...

If you wrote code that calculated the price you wanted, you could.

Say you were long, and you calculate a price of XXXX to exit. Then it is simply:

if close<XXXX sell this bar at close;
...

Forum: NinjaTrader

August 4th, 2015, 11:29 AM

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Trying to set trailing stop to be two ticks below the low>> HELP!

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Posted By kevinkdog

Yes, as I previously mentioned, you can get...

Yes, as I previously mentioned, you can get accurate results if you use Look Inside Bar Backtesting at the 1 tick level. But that usually means you can only test 6 months back, unless you have a...

Forum: NinjaTrader

August 3rd, 2015, 06:58 PM

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Trying to set trailing stop to be two ticks below the low>> HELP!

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Posted By kevinkdog

Just don't believe the results. Once you see...

Just don't believe the results. Once you see them, you will certainly want to believe them.

Forum: NinjaTrader

August 3rd, 2015, 06:41 PM

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Trying to set trailing stop to be two ticks below the low>> HELP!

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Posted By kevinkdog

Try SetDollarTrailing. But, both of the trailing...

Try SetDollarTrailing. But, both of the trailing functions will give overly optimistic results, unless you use LIBB at the 1 tick level. Personally, I'd avoid both of them.

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