ROUNDEDDOWNRound down quantities to buy or sell (used for stocks with the instruction to buy an amount in cash).
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ROUNDEDDOWN |
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Round up quantities to buy or sell (used for stocks with the instruction to buy an amount in cash).
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ROUNDEDUP |
Instruction to close a long position.
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SELL |
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If LongOnMarket AND ExitConditions THEN SELL AT MARKET ENDIF |
Instruction to open a short position.
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SELLSHORT |
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IF NOT ShortOnMarket AND ShortConditions THEN SELLSHORT 1 SHARES AT MARKET ENDIF |
Determines the type of order: either target or stop.
You should look at the “SET TARGET” and “SET STOP” function in the documentation:
“SET”‘ is an instruction used to set TARGET and STOP LOSS:
http://www.prorealcode.com/documentation/target/
http://www.prorealcode.com/documentation/stop/
Allows you to place a stop at X points / % / € / unit above the entry price of the position (for a buy order or below for a sellshort order).
SET STOP can be used with any of the PROFIT variation, such as:
Set Stop pProfit/%Profit/$Profit/Profit X
Example:
Put the order stoploss in profit at 10 points above the entry price:
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SET STOP PPROFIT 10 |
Allows you to place a target at X points / % / € / unit below the entry price of the position (in case of a buy order or above in case of a sellshort order), to limit your loosing position.
SET TARGET can be used with any of the LOSS variation, such as:
Set target ploss/%loss/$loss/loss X
Example:
Put the order takeprofit in loss at 10 points below the entry price (buy order case):
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SET TARGET PLOSS 10 |
Designates the number of shares to buy or sell.
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SHARES |
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myMACD = MACD[12,26,9](close) short = myMACD crosses under 0 IF NOT ShortOnMarket AND short THEN SELLSHORT 1 SHARES AT MARKET ENDIF |
Indicates whether there are short positions or not already open.
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SHORTONMARKET |
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myMACD = MACD[12,26,9](close) short = myMACD crosses under 0 IF NOT ShortOnMarket AND short THEN SELLSHORT 1 CONTRACTS AT MARKET ENDIF |
Allows to know if a Short position has been opened on the candlestick N (N optional by default at 0). (more…)
