Re: [amibroker] Entry, exit and ATR trailing stop

[Mark H]

Same day stop exit would be hard to back test using daily data unless you use entry at open. If you don't, there is no way to know whether your entry or the stop is hit *first* on a daily bar. I think that's the reason why trailing stop doesn't support same day exit. If you do use entry at open, you can certainly simulate the trailing stop yourself using your own code instead of ApplyStop().   ----- Original Message ----- From: jlami11 To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 10:58 AM Subject: [amibroker] Entry, exit and ATR trailing stop Hello, I've written some coding to enter Long or short for moving avg cross-overs. i.e. Buy= Cross(ShortMA, LongMA); Short = sell; Sell= Cross(LongMa, ShortMa); cover = buy; The other exit is a ATR trailing stop. But the problem is: When I make trailing stop real tight e.g. 0.2, 0.1*ATR, and im hanging it from prev. day's high,(exiting if today's low is below trail stop). The day i get signal to Enter, (for some trades) the entire days range or at least the low is already below the stop. When this occurs i think the backtester doesn't even enter the trade, since i seem to be missing some trades, compared to when trail stop is 3*ATR. Is this the case? I wanted to have it at least enter and exit trade on the same day,not just skipping them, for comparative purposes in testing exits. Anyone know how to do this? I also realized all the chandelier exits that are in the library do not work "properly" according to Chuck lebeau's method. They either allow the exits to move down (long trades) i.e. as ATR expands. Or When getting highest value of trail stop since Entry, gets refreshed each time a redundant buy signal appears. So it gets highest trail stop since the redundant signal, allowing a shift down in trail stop. The Chandelier plugin mentioned i think does not allow you to specify where to hang trail (i.e. from high or low). If long i think it only hangs from High etc. (pls correct me if im wrong) Having said all that does anyone have code of a "proper" chandelier exit according to chuck lebeau? If so do you mind showing me, i think my code does it except for problem about the tight ATR stops (beggining of post). __._,_.___ Please note that this group is for discussion between users only. To get support from AmiBroker please send an e-mail directly to SUPPORT {at} amibroker.com For NEW RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENTS and other news always check DEVLOG: http://www.amibroker.com/devlog/ For other support material please check also: http://www.amibroker.com/support.html SPONSORED LINKS Investment management software Investment property software Investment software Investment tracking software Return on investment software Your email settings: Individual Email|Traditional Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch to Fully Featured Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe __,_._,___