What I am trying to do in plain English is make the ATR profit target " dynamic " by
" incrementalizing " it. See code snippett below :

So, currently mFactor A / B = static values. Which means they have a stationary value based on whether or not the ATR value is above or below the benchmark value of .25. The ATR value is determined by the price, so as price goes up or down the ATR value will change correspondingly in turn causing the mFactor to change BUT ONLY if it goes ABOVE or goes BELOW the .25 value. What I am attempting to do is have the mFactor change ( increment or de increment if you will ) along with the change in the ATR value.

So, let's say for every five points of the declining ATR value the mFactor increases by 1 point. Or for every one point of ATR decline the mFactor increases by one point....hopefully this make sense.

mFactorA = ATR(14)[0];
mFactorB = ATR(14)[0];


if (mFactorA > .25 + + // AS THIS .25 VALUE INCREMENTS BY ONE
&& Open[0] <= ATRPREDICTOR2(2, 10, 3).Upper[0]
&& High[3] > High[2] // SHORT
&& High[2] > High[1])

if (mFactorB < .25 - - // AS THIS .25 VALUE DE INCREMENTS BY ONE
&& Open[0] <= ATRPREDICTOR2(2, 10, 3).Upper[0]
&& High[3] > High[2] // SHORT
&& High[2] > High[1])

{
EnterShort(DefaultQuantity, "Condition 7A Entry");
DrawDiamond("Sell Order Diamond # 7" + CurrentBar, true, 0, High[0] + 75 * TickSize, Color.Green);
mFactorA=((ATR(14)[0]/TickSize)* - - 2 ); // THEN THE 2 VALUE DE INCREMENTS BY ONE
SetProfitTarget("Condition 7A Entry", CalculationMode.Ticks,mFactorA);
}

{
EnterShort(DefaultQuantity, "Condition 7B Entry");
DrawDiamond("Sell Order Diamond # 7" + CurrentBar, true, 0, High[0] + 75 * TickSize, Color.PaleGreen);
mFactorB=((ATR(14)[0]/TickSize)* + + 3 ); // THEN THE 3 VALUE INCREMENTS BY ONE
SetProfitTarget("Condition 7B Entry", CalculationMode.Ticks,mFactorB);
}

Thanks,
Richard

resirca52009 

What I am trying to do in plain English is make the ATR profit target " dynamic " by " incrementalizing " it. See code snippett below : So, currently mFactor A / B = static values. Which means they have a stationary value based on whether or not the ATR value is above or below the benchmark value of .25. The ATR value is determined by the price, so as price goes up or down the ATR value will change correspondingly in turn causing the mFactor to change BUT ONLY if it goes ABOVE or goes BELOW the .25 value. What I am attempting to do is have the mFactor change ( increment or de increment if you will ) along with the change in the ATR value. So, let's say for every five points of the declining ATR value the mFactor increases by 1 point. Or for every one point of ATR decline the mFactor increases by one point....hopefully this make sense. mFactorA = ATR(14)[0]; mFactorB = ATR(14)[0]; if (mFactorA > .25 + + // AS THIS .25 VALUE INCREMENTS BY ONE && Open[0] <= ATRPREDICTOR2(2, 10, 3).Upper[0] && High[3] > High[2] // SHORT && High[2] > High[1]) if (mFactorB < .25 - - // AS THIS .25 VALUE DE INCREMENTS BY ONE && Open[0] <= ATRPREDICTOR2(2, 10, 3).Upper[0] && High[3] > High[2] // SHORT && High[2] > High[1]) { EnterShort(DefaultQuantity, "Condition 7A Entry"); DrawDiamond("Sell Order Diamond # 7" + CurrentBar, true, 0, High[0] + 75 * TickSize, Color.Green); mFactorA=((ATR(14)[0]/TickSize)* - - 2 ); // THEN THE 2 VALUE DE INCREMENTS BY ONE SetProfitTarget("Condition 7A Entry", CalculationMode.Ticks,mFactorA); } { EnterShort(DefaultQuantity, "Condition 7B Entry"); DrawDiamond("Sell Order Diamond # 7" + CurrentBar, true, 0, High[0] + 75 * TickSize, Color.PaleGreen); mFactorB=((ATR(14)[0]/TickSize)* + + 3 ); // THEN THE 3 VALUE INCREMENTS BY ONE SetProfitTarget("Condition 7B Entry", CalculationMode.Ticks,mFactorB); } Thanks, Richard

You would need to used the increment / decrement operators on variables, not on constants.

rleplae 

You would need to used the increment / decrement operators on variables, not on constants.

rleplae,

Again, thanks for your reply. Could you offer an example ? A link, a document, any other resources ? I have been researching random walk with drift theory, maximal curves, continuous stochastic processes, measure & integration, probabilities and discrete intervals in an attempt to find a way to achieve my goal here of having a dynamic stop loss and dynamic profit target. The one I currently use is somewhat dynamic but it could be much better. My goal is to have my stop loss and profit target "move and calculate" with the recent past ( say, the past 30 - 15 minute bars ) as well as the current price. I am basically trying to calculate volatility on a minute by minute basis and adjust my stop loss and profit target accordingly......say, in 15 minute intervals, if that happens to be the time frame that I am trading from.

Thanks,
Richard

resirca52009 

rleplae, Again, thanks for your reply. Could you offer an example ? A link, a document, any other resources ? Thanks, Richard

In the attached file you will find examples where stop and target is dynamically moved...

good luck !

Thanks for the code example ! I'll spend some time reviewing.....