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jumpbackjack		#1 Posted : Tuesday, March 29, 2011 10:54:17 PM(UTC)
Rank: Member Groups: Registered, Registered Users, Subscribers Joined: 8/25/2009(UTC) Posts: 15		This is supposed to be an 8% trailing stop in my Sell Order tab: Entry:=Simulation.CurrentPositionAge=0; HighestHigh:=Highestsince(1,Entry,High); Sellprice:=HighestHigh-(HighestHigh*.08); C<SellPrice Can anyone tell me why it won't work? The system never sells, yet the stock does go below the 8% trailing stop level. Thanks.
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gauravudani		#2 Posted : Wednesday, March 30, 2011 1:29:45 AM(UTC)
Rank: Member Groups: Registered, Registered Users Joined: 2/12/2008(UTC) Posts: 17		Try Using the traling stoploss in the stops
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haddison		#3 Posted : Thursday, March 31, 2011 11:07:15 AM(UTC)
Rank: Advanced Member Groups: Registered, Registered Users, Subscribers Joined: 3/6/2010(UTC) Posts: 113 Location: London		I think there's something wrong with the first line as it has two equals signs. You may need to use the ValueWhen function: Entry:=ValueWhen(1,Simulation.CurrentPositionAge=0,C)
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MS Support		#4 Posted : Tuesday, April 5, 2011 5:00:07 PM(UTC)
Rank: Advanced Member Groups: Moderators, Registered, Registered Users, Subscribers Joined: 10/8/2010(UTC) Posts: 1,960 Thanks: 92 times Was thanked: 155 time(s) in 150 post(s)		The simulation functions do not have any historical values. They are only defined for the current bar. You can not look back to find values they had on previous bars or use functions like valuewhen or highestsince to find conditions based on simulation functions.
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jjstein		#5 Posted : Tuesday, April 5, 2011 7:46:12 PM(UTC)
Rank: Advanced Member Groups: Registered, Registered Users, Subscribers Joined: 5/13/2005(UTC) Posts: 715 Location: Midwest, USA Was thanked: 1 time(s) in 1 post(s)		Is there a documentation/reference PDF for simulation functions?
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MS Support		#6 Posted : Wednesday, April 6, 2011 1:54:44 PM(UTC)
Rank: Advanced Member Groups: Moderators, Registered, Registered Users, Subscribers Joined: 10/8/2010(UTC) Posts: 1,960 Thanks: 92 times Was thanked: 155 time(s) in 150 post(s)		The simulations functions are documented in the "paste functions" dialog. Check the box "Show English Names" and it will give a description of what each function calculates.
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jjstein		#7 Posted : Wednesday, April 6, 2011 3:50:31 PM(UTC)
Rank: Advanced Member Groups: Registered, Registered Users, Subscribers Joined: 5/13/2005(UTC) Posts: 715 Location: Midwest, USA Was thanked: 1 time(s) in 1 post(s)		Yes, that's been around for awhile... So, still no actual documentation on how everything ties together, how the simulation works, etc., then? Not even 3rd party, book, article, whatever?
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MS Support		#8 Posted : Tuesday, April 12, 2011 11:05:27 AM(UTC)
Rank: Advanced Member Groups: Moderators, Registered, Registered Users, Subscribers Joined: 10/8/2010(UTC) Posts: 1,960 Thanks: 92 times Was thanked: 155 time(s) in 150 post(s)		I have not found any other material the describes the simulation functions, what they do, or how they work. I'm sorry, but for now, it seems the only documentation is the paste functions dialog descriptions.
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