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I have looked through several pages of posts and did not find what i am looking for...so here goes...
A system that I am currently testing (futures) exits on the following:
Simulation.CurrentPositionPointDifference > 1 or
Simulation.CurrentPositionPointDifference < -1 or
Hour()>12
which makes you a point or loses you a point, or gets you out at 3:00 EST...this has been cool for testing my entry criteria but....
What I really want to do is start with an inital Target (limit sell / buytocover) and an initial StopLoss (stop market),
and manage both values based on price and time since entry.
It looks to me from the "Sell Order" window that I can choose a formula for the stop OR the limit price, but not both...
surely there is a way?
Thanks!...-wec
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anyone? ;-) Is there a way to be specifying a Limit Exit and a Stop Exit from bar to bar?
Thanks,
-wec
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Deaar Wecoyote,
The use of simulation functions are only valid in the system tester. They cannot be used in real time trading IE: not in indicators,not in experts, and not in explorations!
So what is the sense of using them? To inflate a false equity line and giving you false hope?
I wish that Equis would either make them available for real time use or eliminate them alltogether!
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ok even still, assuming that in real time I will manage the exit criteria...how can you program dynamic and simultaneous limit and stops?...possibe?
thanks again...
also, I can workaround the use of simulation variables I think by using barssince and valuewhen...in my experts, I just don't know how to tell the tester to be watching for both a stop and a limit order at the same time.
does what I am asking make sense?
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