Is it a bug in Amibroker that the following does not work?

ProfitTarget= -ROC(15);
ApplyStop(stopTypeProfit,stopModePercent,ProfitTarget,1,True,0 );

What is wrong with this code?

--- In [email protected], "zozuzoza" <zoz...@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Howard,
> 
> -ROC(15) is positive. I have tried to change it to ROC(15) but it does not 
> work
> either. Just for interest, I have tried with RSI() and it was working but this
> is not what I want.
> 
> Br,
> Zozu
> 
> --- In [email protected], Howard B <howardbandy@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Zozu --
> > 
> > If you want a profit target of, say, 2.5 percent, the ApplyStop statement
> > wants a positive 2.5 for the third argument.  (See the help files or
> > reference manual.)  Plot the array ProfitTarget to see what the values being
> > computed by the ROC statement are.  Multiply that array by whatever factor
> > is required to give you the amount of profit target you want to use.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Howard
> > 
> > 
> > On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 6:07 AM, zozuzoza <zozuka@> wrote:
> > 
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > > Does anyone have an idea how to implement dynamic, volatility based
> > > profittarget? When the instrument drops more, the profittarget is higher.
> > >
> > > I tried the following but it does not work.
> > > ProfitTarget= -ROC(15);
> > > ApplyStop(stopTypeProfit,stopModePercent,ProfitTarget,1,True,0 );
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Zozu
> > >
> > >  
> > >
> >
>


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