or if any1 knows the answer to the following:

I am a trend follower and I use two kind of stop losses:
cumulative, if met the market is not re-entered

trailing, if met the position is closed and the market should be re-entered

I can not code the re-enter condition once a trailing stop is triggered .....

basically once i buy, if a movement against the trend of a certain amount occurs, the position is closed, however if a new max is printed as settlement price since the buy signal, then I want to buy again.... consideration are reversed for a sell short kinda trade

thanks for the answer, I apology I haven't been very clear in my post

the go long criteria and the re-enter criteria are different. To give you a better picture

buy (open long)

cross(mov(c,60,e), mov(c,250,e))

sell (close long)

log(c,ref(c,-1))<-2*stdev(10)

when the sell (close long) condition is met, I would need a conditional buy that checks whether a new settlement price goes through the highest closing price since the buy (open long) condition was met.

and yes my EST is set such that I can hold multiple position, and actually this lead to another problem of mine. I have pyramiding conditions ( I buy more when the up trend is clear and sound), the additional purchases are not closed all at once: if I am long 3 futures, the position is flattened whenever the sell (close long) condition is met 3 times in a row.... I would like the position flattened when the sell (close long) is met the first time .......

thanks