Re: [amibroker] Using BuyStop and SellStop orders - How does it work?

[cas soni]

Hello pcmoxon,you didn't use PLOT..add this lines  SetChartOptions(0, 
chartShowDates); Plot(C,"Close",colorWhite,64);



PlotShapes(IIf(Buy , shapeSmallUpTriangle, shapeNone) ,colorGreen, 0,L,-20); 

PlotShapes(IIf(Sell  , shapeSmallDownTriangle, shapeNone) ,colorRed, 0,H,-20);



Plot(MA1,"\nDynPiv25",ParamColor("Color 1",ColorRGB(238,174,238)),stylethick);

Plot(MA2,"\nDynPiv50",ParamColor("Color1 2",ColorRGB(255,20,147)),styleline);
and make sure your market start time / end time is correctly set

Thank you
--- On Fri, 30/7/10, pcmoxon <teklin...@googlemail.com> wrote:

From: pcmoxon <teklin...@googlemail.com>
Subject: [amibroker] Using BuyStop and SellStop orders - How does it work?
To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, 30 July, 2010, 12:01 AM















 
 



  


    
      
      
      Hi,



I am trying to test a simple MA Cross over system that uses Buy-Stop and 
Sell-Stop orders. I can't for the life Of me workout how this should work.



What I want the system to do is only trade between the 'tstart' & 'tend' 
parameter. When there is a MA-Cross set a BuyStop or Sell stop order at the 
High/Low of the bar where the MA-Cross ocurred, so the trade is only entered 
when the stop order is taken out.



I would be very gratefull if someone can take a look at my code below and point 
me in the right direction to get this to work.



Thanks,

Pete



//

   //+----------------------------------------------------------+

   //| Variable/Parameters Start                                        |

   //+----------------------------------------------------------+

//      Set up the lengths for the moving averages

Length1    = Param("Fast MA",3,1,20,1);

Length2    = Param("Slow MA",30,21,80,1);

// Trade Times

tstart     = 070000; 

tend       = 150000; 

time_valid = TimeNum() >= tstart AND TimeNum() <= tend; 



//+----------------------------------------------------------+

   //| Buy Sell Logic                                                   |

   //+----------------------------------------------------------+

MA1 = MA(C,Length1);

MA2 = MA(C,Length2);



Buy   = Ref(Cross(MA1,MA2),-1) AND time_valid;

Short = Ref(Cross(MA2,MA1),-1) AND time_valid;

Sell = Short;

Cover = Buy;



BuyStop  = Ref(H,-1);

SellStop = Ref(L,-1);



BuyPrice  = Max( BuyStop, Low ); // make sure buy price not less than Low 

SellPrice = Min( SellStop, High ); // make sure sell price not greater than 
High 



Buy  = ExRem(Buy,Sell);

Sell = ExRem(Sell,Buy);