Try this
SetOption("AllowSameBarExit",0);
--- In [email protected], "peter843" <yahoogro...@...> wrote:
>
> I understand what you are saying about how the results could be misleading if
> Max loss and Profit targets both occur on the same bar.
>
> What is happening is that my Max. loss stops and Profit target stops are
> getting triggered on the bar of entry. Since I am entering on the close the
> result is completely wrong.
>
> --- In [email protected], "onelkm" <LKMCD1@> wrote:
> >
> > You
> > could try
> > ApplyStop( stopTypeNBar, stopModeBars, 1,2 );
> > which will stop out the following day. Also, remember this from the help
> > files under applystop:
> >
> > If two or more different stops are triggered on the VERY SAME bar then they
> > are evaluated in this fixed order:
> > Fixed Ruin stop (loosing 99.96% of the starting capital)
> > Max. loss stop
> > Profit target stop
> > Trailing stop
> > N-bar stop
> >
> > I have found that trading with trail, profit and loss stops in the same afl
> > with end of day data using activete stops immediately is very misleading.
> > You get some result when a backtest is run, but due to the statement above,
> > you don't know in real trading what the order of the high and low was
> > throughout the day. Thus if the low preceded the high, you might get
> > stopped out first, switch it around and you may have hit your profit stop
> > first. For these reasons, I only use intraday data if I am using multiple
> > stops in the same code with activete stops immediately. I only used stops
> > based on the closing price for daily data.
> >
> >
> > --- In [email protected], "peter843" <yahoogroups@> wrote:
> > >
> > > I am using ApplyStop 3 times in my code - ProfitStop, MaxLoss, and a 1
> > > bar stop. When I uncheck "activate stops immediately" (as instructed by
> > > tech support) then only the 1 bar stop is triggered even though the data
> > > shows that the other stops should be triggering.
> > >
> > > When I check "activate stops immediately" then I get stopped out on the
> > > bar of entry even though I am buying on the close.
> > >
> >
>
