Hello Friends,

So I am pyramiding/ buying at specified intervals. It seems as my trailing profit/set break even is being triggered for ALL the "current shares." I.e. one share breaks even or hits it's trailing profit then all of the shares are closed out.

I'm trying to code it to where each individual buy has its own trailing profit/break even (not if one share breaks even, it closes all my positions).

I'm thinking I might be able to accomplish this by having multiple windows open and running each buy on its own workspace, but seems like there might be an easier way.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
Ryan

jkepha 

Hello Friends, So I am pyramiding/ buying at specified intervals. It seems as my trailing profit/set break even is being triggered for ALL the "current shares." I.e. one share breaks even or hits it's trailing profit then all of the shares are closed out. I'm trying to code it to where each individual buy has its own trailing profit/break even (not if one share breaks even, it closes all my positions). I'm thinking I might be able to accomplish this by having multiple windows open and running each buy on its own workspace, but seems like there might be an easier way. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Ryan

Your method won't work, mainly because the servers don't care about charts, strategies, or anything other than the trade commands sent to it from the platform. You can deal with this in your code by using stop orders and specifying the number of contracts.

First, take a look at the _StpOrLim strategy. It may have some code to get you on your way.

There are a number of ways to scale out. Here is one idea:

 

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[IntrabarOrderGeneration = false] vars: ScaleOutContracts(0) , // This will hold the number of contracts/shares you want to exit (sell or buytocover) ScaleOutPrice (0) // your sell price ; ScaleOutContracts = (CurrentContracts / 2 , 0) ; // just an example... sell half our position ScaleOutPrice = low[1] ; // just an example price Condition1 = Close < Close[1] ; // just my example here, but this is your condition for scaling out // For a long position if marketposition = 1 and Condition1 then Sell ScaleOutContracts contracts next bar at ScaleOutPrice stop ; this sets the trailing stop price for the number of contracts I want exit

Let me know if this helps.

Thank you!! What is scaleout? I can't find this reserved word / function in easy language documentation.


Thanks,
Ryan

vmodus 

Your method won't work, mainly because the servers don't care about charts, strategies, or anything other than the trade commands sent to it from the platform. You can deal with this in your code by using stop orders and specifying the number of contracts. First, take a look at the _StpOrLim strategy. It may have some code to get you on your way. There are a number of ways to scale out. Here is one idea:   Code [IntrabarOrderGeneration = false] vars: ScaleOutContracts(0) , // This will hold the number of contracts/shares you want to exit (sell or buytocover) ScaleOutPrice (0) // your sell price ; ScaleOutContracts = (CurrentContracts / 2 , 0) ; // just an example... sell half our position ScaleOutPrice = low[1] ; // just an example price Condition1 = Close < Close[1] ; // just my example here, but this is your condition for scaling out // For a long position if marketposition = 1 and Condition1 then Sell ScaleOutContracts contracts next bar at ScaleOutPrice stop ; this sets the trailing stop price for the number of contracts I want exit Let me know if this helps.

jkepha 

Thank you!! What is scaleout? I can't find this reserved word / function in easy language documentation. Thanks, Ryan

'ScaleOut' refers to my variable names. In the example code I shared, you would need to specify your condition for scaling out of a position (profit target, points, etc.). For example, if you have three contracts of ESZ20, you might want to exit one contract when you hit a profit target of $250. You can use the ContractProfit function to do this:

 

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// borrowed from TradeStation documentation If ContractProfit >= 250 Then Sell 1 contract This Bar on Close;

Look at the help for this function, as they discuss using it to scale out of a position.