BreakEven & Trailing Profit: complete function

• 11/25/2020 at 5:55 PM #151590
  robertogozzi

  I added lines 9 and 10 for settings, then lines 29-32 and lines 49-52 for the code to manage the additional percentage.

   

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  11/25/2020 at 8:37 PM #151641
  ullle73

  nonetheless, what algo is it you are using in your pictures? MOD?

  

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  11/28/2020 at 5:45 PM #152033
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  Thank you Roberto for the kind help! I have just updated my code with this and trimmed some parameters so now it is up in the Demo, will be interesting to see the result in the coming weeks. Thanks!

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  12/15/2020 at 12:58 PM #153839
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  a try to cover a position on the trailingstop of robertogozzi

  Basically it uses the levels of Donchian if the trade is triggered. If the trailing stop is not triggered, it uses previous determined lows before the trade to exit, with in consideration to a minimum distance to the tradeprice.

  Also has a second exit method if above is not triggered and the lines are narrow. If it crosses the top line for a long and retraces back to the lowest it exits too, again with in consideration of a minimum distance between max & min levels

  With this, most likely with mistakes, I hope that if the market reverse there is an alternative way to exit the trade before going to the stoploss.

  Instead of a fixed amount to start the trailingstop, it uses now a %.  Pipsize is left out on the part I added. I’am unsure if it is * or /. What I added can be disabled.

   

  once trailingstop=1 once useDonchian =1 // if breakeven is not triggered if trailingstop then if ts2sensitivity=1 then ts2sensitivitylong=close ts2sensitivityshort=close elsif ts2sensitivity=2 then ts2sensitivitylong=high ts2sensitivityshort=low endif once hdp1=close once ldp1=close once hdp2=close once ldp2=close once hdp3=close once ldp3=close // below; 0 = disable minimumdistance critera mdist=((tradeprice(1)/100)*0.09) mdist2=((tradeprice(1)/100)*0.09) if longonmarket and (shortonmarket[1] or not onmarket[1]) or shortonmarket and (longonmarket[1] or not onmarket[1]) then once flag=0 hdp1=highest[7](high)[1] ldp1=lowest[7](low)[1] hdp2=highest[14](high)[1] ldp2=lowest[14](low)[1] hdp3=highest[21](high)[1] ldp3=lowest[21](low)[1] maxrun=max(hdp1,hdp2) maxrun2=max(maxrun,hdp3) minrun=min(ldp1,ldp2) minrun2=min(minrun,ldp3) endif if not onmarket or ((longonmarket and shortonmarket[1]) or (longonmarket[1] and shortonmarket)) then trailstart2 = 0.1 //% start trailing profits from this point basepercent = 0.2 //20.0% profit percentage to keep when setting berakeven stepsize = 2 //10 pip chunks to increase percentage percentinc = 0.1 //10.0% percent increment after each stepsize chunk barnumber = 10 //10 add further % so trades don't keep running too long barpercent = 0.1 //10% add this additional percentage every barnumber bars roundto = 0 //-0.5 rounds lower, +0.4 higher, 0 defaults prt behaviour pricedistance = 10 * pipsize //7 minimun distance from current price y1 = 0 //reset to 0 y2 = 0 //reset to 0 profitpercent = basepercent //reset to desired default value tradebar = barindex trailstart = ((close/100)*trailstart2) ts2sensitivity= 2 elsif longonmarket then if ts2sensitivitylong > (tradeprice(1) + (y1 * pipsize)) then x1 = (ts2sensitivitylong - tradeprice(1)) / pipsize if x1 >= trailstart then diff1 = abs(trailstart - x1) chunks1 = max(0,round((diff1 / stepsize) + roundto)) profitpercent = basepercent + (basepercent * (chunks1 * percentinc)) barcount = barindex - tradebar if barcount mod barnumber = 0 then profitpercent = profitpercent + barpercent endif profitpercent = max(profitpercent[1],min(100,profitpercent)) y1 = max(x1 * profitpercent, y1) endif else if useDonchian then if (tradeprice(1)-ldp1)>mdist and close crosses under ldp1 then sell at market endif if (tradeprice(1)-ldp2)>mdist and close crosses under ldp2 then sell at market endif if (tradeprice(1)-ldp3)>mdist and close crosses under ldp3 then sell at market endif if high crosses over maxrun2 then flag=1 endif if flag=1 and low crosses under minrun2 and maxrun2-minrun2>mdist2 then sell at market endif endif endif elsif shortonmarket then if ts2sensitivityshort < (tradeprice(1) - (y2 * pipsize)) then x2 = (tradeprice(1) - ts2sensitivityshort) / pipsize if x2 >= trailstart then diff2 = abs(trailstart - x2) chunks2 = max(0,round((diff2 / stepsize) + roundto)) profitpercent = basepercent + (basepercent * (chunks2 * percentinc)) barcount = barindex - tradebar if barcount mod barnumber = 0 then profitpercent = profitpercent + barpercent endif profitpercent = max(profitpercent[1],min(100,profitpercent)) y2 = max(x2 * profitpercent, y2) endif else if useDonchian then if hdp1-tradeprice(1)>mdist and close crosses over hdp1 then exitshort at market endif if hdp2-tradeprice(1)>mdist and close crosses over hdp2 then exitshort at market endif if hdp3-tradeprice(1)>mdist and close crosses over hdp3 then exitshort at market endif if low crosses under minrun2 then flag=1 endif if flag=1 and high crosses over maxrun2 and maxrun2-minrun2>mdist2 then exitshort at market endif endif endif endif if y1 then sellprice = tradeprice(1) + (y1 * pipsize) if abs(ts2sensitivitylong - sellprice) > pricedistance then if ts2sensitivitylong >= sellprice then sell at sellprice stop else sell at sellprice limit endif else sell at market endif endif if y2 then exitprice = tradeprice(1) - (y2 * pipsize) if abs(ts2sensitivityshort - exitprice) > pricedistance then if ts2sensitivityshort <= exitprice then exitshort at exitprice stop else exitshort at exitprice limit endif else exitshort at market endif endif endif graphonprice hdp1 graphonprice ldp1 graphonprice hdp2 graphonprice ldp2 graphonprice hdp3 graphonprice ldp3

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  once trailingstop=1 once useDonchian =1 // if breakeven is not triggered   if trailingstop then if ts2sensitivity=1 then ts2sensitivitylong=close ts2sensitivityshort=close elsif ts2sensitivity=2 then ts2sensitivitylong=high ts2sensitivityshort=low endif   once hdp1=close once ldp1=close once hdp2=close once ldp2=close once hdp3=close once ldp3=close   // below; 0 = disable minimumdistance critera mdist=((tradeprice(1)/100)*0.09) mdist2=((tradeprice(1)/100)*0.09)   if longonmarket and (shortonmarket[1] or not onmarket[1]) or shortonmarket and (longonmarket[1] or not onmarket[1]) then once flag=0 hdp1=highest[7](high)[1] ldp1=lowest[7](low)[1] hdp2=highest[14](high)[1] ldp2=lowest[14](low)[1] hdp3=highest[21](high)[1] ldp3=lowest[21](low)[1] maxrun=max(hdp1,hdp2) maxrun2=max(maxrun,hdp3) minrun=min(ldp1,ldp2) minrun2=min(minrun,ldp3) endif   if not onmarket or ((longonmarket and shortonmarket[1]) or (longonmarket[1] and shortonmarket)) then trailstart2   = 0.1 //%      start trailing profits from this point basepercent   = 0.2 //20.0%  profit percentage to keep when setting berakeven stepsize      = 2 //10     pip chunks to increase percentage percentinc    = 0.1 //10.0%  percent increment after each stepsize chunk barnumber     = 10  //10     add further % so trades don't keep running too long barpercent    = 0.1 //10%    add this additional percentage every barnumber bars roundto       = 0   //-0.5   rounds lower, +0.4 higher, 0 defaults prt behaviour pricedistance = 10 * pipsize //7      minimun distance from current price y1            = 0           //reset to 0 y2            = 0           //reset to 0 profitpercent = basepercent //reset to desired default value tradebar      = barindex trailstart    = ((close/100)*trailstart2) ts2sensitivity= 2 elsif longonmarket then if ts2sensitivitylong > (tradeprice(1) + (y1 * pipsize)) then x1 = (ts2sensitivitylong - tradeprice(1)) / pipsize if x1 >= trailstart then diff1         = abs(trailstart - x1) chunks1       = max(0,round((diff1 / stepsize) + roundto)) profitpercent = basepercent + (basepercent * (chunks1 * percentinc)) barcount      = barindex - tradebar if barcount mod barnumber = 0 then profitpercent = profitpercent + barpercent endif profitpercent = max(profitpercent[1],min(100,profitpercent)) y1 = max(x1 * profitpercent, y1) endif else if useDonchian then if (tradeprice(1)-ldp1)>mdist and close crosses under ldp1 then sell at market endif if (tradeprice(1)-ldp2)>mdist and close crosses under ldp2 then sell at market endif if (tradeprice(1)-ldp3)>mdist and close crosses under ldp3 then sell at market endif   if high crosses over maxrun2 then flag=1 endif if flag=1 and low crosses under minrun2 and maxrun2-minrun2>mdist2 then sell at market endif endif endif elsif shortonmarket then if ts2sensitivityshort < (tradeprice(1) - (y2 * pipsize)) then x2 = (tradeprice(1) - ts2sensitivityshort) / pipsize if x2 >= trailstart then diff2         = abs(trailstart - x2) chunks2       = max(0,round((diff2 / stepsize) + roundto)) profitpercent = basepercent + (basepercent * (chunks2 * percentinc)) barcount      = barindex - tradebar if barcount mod barnumber = 0 then profitpercent = profitpercent + barpercent endif profitpercent = max(profitpercent[1],min(100,profitpercent)) y2 = max(x2 * profitpercent, y2) endif else if useDonchian then if hdp1-tradeprice(1)>mdist and close crosses over hdp1  then exitshort at market endif if hdp2-tradeprice(1)>mdist and close crosses over hdp2  then exitshort at market endif if hdp3-tradeprice(1)>mdist and close crosses over hdp3  then exitshort at market endif   if low crosses under minrun2 then flag=1 endif if flag=1 and high crosses over maxrun2 and maxrun2-minrun2>mdist2 then exitshort at market endif endif endif endif if y1 then sellprice = tradeprice(1) + (y1 * pipsize) if abs(ts2sensitivitylong - sellprice) > pricedistance then if ts2sensitivitylong >= sellprice then sell at sellprice stop else sell at sellprice limit endif else sell at market endif endif if y2 then exitprice = tradeprice(1) - (y2 * pipsize) if abs(ts2sensitivityshort - exitprice) > pricedistance then if ts2sensitivityshort <= exitprice then exitshort at exitprice stop else exitshort at exitprice limit endif else exitshort at market endif endif endif   graphonprice hdp1 graphonprice ldp1   graphonprice hdp2 graphonprice ldp2   graphonprice hdp3 graphonprice ldp3

   

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  12/22/2020 at 4:53 PM #154903
  Franro

  I am running this on a 5min strategy. My trailing has started but every 50 min  (barnumber 10×5(min) the stop does not move up additional 10% (barpercent). Why though?

  TrailStart = 11 //30 Start trailing profits from this point BasePerCent = 0.07 //20.0% Profit percentage to keep when setting BerakEven StepSize = 10 //10 Pip chunks to increase Percentage PerCentInc = 0.07 //10.0% PerCent increment after each StepSize chunk BarNumber = 10 //10 Add further % so that trades don't keep running too long BarPerCent = 0.100 //10% Add this additional percentage every BarNumber bars RoundTO = -0.5 //-0.5 rounds always to Lower integer, +0.4 rounds always to Higher integer, 0 defaults PRT behaviour PriceDistance = 7 * pipsize //7 minimun distance from current price y1 = 0 //reset to 0 y2 = 0 //reset to 0 ProfitPerCent = BasePerCent //reset to desired default value

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  TrailStart    = 11         //30     Start trailing profits from this point BasePerCent   = 0.07       //20.0%  Profit percentage to keep when setting BerakEven StepSize      = 10         //10     Pip chunks to increase Percentage PerCentInc    = 0.07      //10.0%  PerCent increment after each StepSize chunk BarNumber     = 10          //10     Add further % so that trades don't keep running too long BarPerCent    = 0.100       //10%    Add this additional percentage every BarNumber bars RoundTO       = -0.5        //-0.5   rounds always to Lower integer,   +0.4 rounds always to Higher integer,     0 defaults PRT behaviour PriceDistance = 7 * pipsize //7      minimun distance from current price y1            = 0           //reset to 0 y2            = 0           //reset to 0 ProfitPerCent = BasePerCent //reset to desired default value

   

  

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  12/22/2020 at 5:09 PM #154904
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  (I am using Robertos code)

  

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  12/23/2020 at 1:37 AM #154936
  robertogozzi

  This works correctly with your settings:

  defparam cumulateorders = false p = 100 t = 0 if close crosses over average[p,t](close) then buy at market elsif close crosses under average[p,t](close) then sellshort at market endif set target pprofit 500 // IF Not OnMarket THEN // // when NOT OnMarket reset values to default values TrailStart = 11 //30 Start trailing profits from this point BasePerCent = 0.07 //20.0% Profit percentage to keep when setting BerakEven StepSize = 10 //10 Pip chunks to increase Percentage PerCentInc = 0.07 //10.0% PerCent increment after each StepSize chunk BarNumber = 10 //10 Add further % so that trades don't keep running too long BarPerCent = 0.100 //10% Add this additional percentage every BarNumber bars RoundTO = -0.5 //-0.5 rounds always to Lower integer, +0.4 rounds always to Higher integer, 0 defaults PRT behaviour PriceDistance = 7 * pipsize //7 minimun distance from current price y1 = 0 //reset to 0 y2 = 0 //reset to 0 ProfitPerCent = BasePerCent //reset to desired default value TradeBar = BarIndex + 1 ELSIF LongOnMarket AND close > (TradePrice + (y1 * pipsize)) THEN //LONG positions // // compute the value of the Percentage of profits, if any, to lock in for LONG trades // x1 = (close - tradeprice) / pipsize //convert price to pips IF x1 >= TrailStart THEN // go ahead only if N+ pips Diff1 = abs(TrailStart - x1) //difference from current profit and TrailStart Chunks1 = max(0,round((Diff1 / StepSize) + RoundTO)) //number of STEPSIZE chunks ProfitPerCent = BasePerCent + (BasePerCent * (Chunks1 * PerCentInc)) //compute new size of ProfitPerCent // compute number of bars elapsed and add an additionl percentage // (this percentage is different from PerCentInc, since it's a direct percentage, not a Percentage of BasePerCent) // (if BasePerCent is 20% and this is 10%, the whole percentage will be 30%, not 22%) BarCount = BarIndex - TradeBar IF BarCount MOD BarNumber = 0 THEN ProfitPerCent = ProfitPerCent + BarPerCent ENDIF // ProfitPerCent = max(ProfitPerCent[1],min(100,ProfitPerCent)) //make sure ProfitPerCent doess not exceed 100% y1 = max(x1 * ProfitPerCent, y1) //y1 = % of max profit ENDIF ELSIF ShortOnMarket AND close < (TradePrice - (y2 * pipsize)) THEN //SHORT positions // // compute the value of the Percentage of profits, if any, to lock in for SHORT trades // x2 = (tradeprice - close) / pipsize //convert price to pips IF x2 >= TrailStart THEN // go ahead only if N+ pips Diff2 = abs(TrailStart - x2) //difference from current profit and TrailStart Chunks2 = max(0,round((Diff2 / StepSize) + RoundTO)) //number of STEPSIZE chunks ProfitPerCent = BasePerCent + (BasePerCent * (Chunks2 * PerCentInc)) //compute new size of ProfitPerCent // compute number of bars elapsed and add an additionl percentage // (this percentage is different from PerCentInc, since it's a direct percentage, not a Percentage of BasePerCent) // (if BasePerCent is 20% and this is 10%, the whole percentage will be 30%, not 22%) BarCount = BarIndex - TradeBar IF BarCount MOD BarNumber = 0 THEN ProfitPerCent = ProfitPerCent + BarPerCent ENDIF // ProfitPerCent = max(ProfitPerCent[1],min(100,ProfitPerCent)) //make sure ProfitPerCent doess not exceed 100% y2 = max(x2 * ProfitPerCent, y2) //y2 = % of max profit ENDIF ENDIF IF y1 THEN //Place pending STOP order when y1 > 0 (LONG positions) SellPrice = Tradeprice + (y1 * pipsize) //convert pips to price // // check the minimun distance between ExitPrice and current price // IF abs(close - SellPrice) > PriceDistance THEN // // place either a LIMIT or STOP pending order according to current price positioning // IF close >= SellPrice THEN SELL AT SellPrice STOP ELSE SELL AT SellPrice LIMIT ENDIF ELSE // //sell AT MARKET when EXITPRICE does not meet the broker's minimun distance from current price // SELL AT Market ENDIF ENDIF IF y2 THEN //Place pending STOP order when y2 > 0 (SHORT positions) ExitPrice = Tradeprice - (y2 * pipsize) //convert pips to price // // check the minimun distance between ExitPrice and current price // IF abs(close - ExitPrice) > PriceDistance THEN // // place either a LIMIT or STOP pending order according to current price positioning // IF close <= ExitPrice THEN EXITSHORT AT ExitPrice STOP ELSE EXITSHORT AT ExitPrice LIMIT ENDIF ELSE // //ExitShort AT MARKET when EXITPRICE does not meet the broker's minimun distance from current price // EXITSHORT AT Market ENDIF ENDIF graph BasePerCent graph ProfitPerCent graph BarCount//(barIndex - tradeindex) graph close - TradePrice graphonprice SellPrice coloured(255,0,0,255) graphonprice ExitPrice coloured(0,255,0,255) graph BarPerCent

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  defparam cumulateorders = false p = 100 t = 0 if close crosses over average[p,t](close) then buy at market elsif close crosses under average[p,t](close) then sellshort at market endif set target pprofit 500 // IF Not OnMarket THEN // // when NOT OnMarket reset values to default values TrailStart    = 11         //30     Start trailing profits from this point BasePerCent   = 0.07       //20.0%  Profit percentage to keep when setting BerakEven StepSize      = 10         //10     Pip chunks to increase Percentage PerCentInc    = 0.07      //10.0%  PerCent increment after each StepSize chunk BarNumber     = 10          //10     Add further % so that trades don't keep running too long BarPerCent    = 0.100       //10%    Add this additional percentage every BarNumber bars RoundTO       = -0.5        //-0.5   rounds always to Lower integer,   +0.4 rounds always to Higher integer,     0 defaults PRT behaviour PriceDistance = 7 * pipsize //7      minimun distance from current price y1            = 0           //reset to 0 y2            = 0           //reset to 0 ProfitPerCent = BasePerCent //reset to desired default value TradeBar      = BarIndex + 1 ELSIF LongOnMarket AND close > (TradePrice + (y1 * pipsize)) THEN                              //LONG positions // // compute the value of the Percentage of profits, if any, to lock in for LONG trades // x1 = (close - tradeprice) / pipsize                                     //convert price to pips IF x1 >= TrailStart THEN                                                //    go ahead only if N+ pips Diff1         = abs(TrailStart - x1)                                 //difference from current profit and TrailStart Chunks1       = max(0,round((Diff1 / StepSize) + RoundTO))           //number of STEPSIZE chunks ProfitPerCent = BasePerCent + (BasePerCent * (Chunks1 * PerCentInc)) //compute new size of ProfitPerCent // compute number of bars elapsed and add an additionl percentage // (this percentage is different from PerCentInc, since it's a direct percentage, not a Percentage of BasePerCent) // (if BasePerCent is 20% and this is 10%, the whole percentage will be 30%, not 22%) BarCount      = BarIndex - TradeBar IF BarCount MOD BarNumber = 0 THEN ProfitPerCent = ProfitPerCent + BarPerCent ENDIF // ProfitPerCent = max(ProfitPerCent[1],min(100,ProfitPerCent))         //make sure ProfitPerCent doess not exceed 100% y1 = max(x1 * ProfitPerCent, y1)                                     //y1 = % of max profit ENDIF ELSIF ShortOnMarket AND close < (TradePrice - (y2 * pipsize)) THEN                             //SHORT positions // // compute the value of the Percentage of profits, if any, to lock in for SHORT trades // x2 = (tradeprice - close) / pipsize                                     //convert price to pips IF x2 >= TrailStart THEN                                                //      go ahead only if N+ pips Diff2         = abs(TrailStart - x2)                                 //difference from current profit and TrailStart Chunks2       = max(0,round((Diff2 / StepSize) + RoundTO))           //number of STEPSIZE chunks ProfitPerCent = BasePerCent + (BasePerCent * (Chunks2 * PerCentInc)) //compute new size of ProfitPerCent // compute number of bars elapsed and add an additionl percentage // (this percentage is different from PerCentInc, since it's a direct percentage, not a Percentage of BasePerCent) // (if BasePerCent is 20% and this is 10%, the whole percentage will be 30%, not 22%) BarCount      = BarIndex - TradeBar IF BarCount MOD BarNumber = 0 THEN ProfitPerCent = ProfitPerCent + BarPerCent ENDIF // ProfitPerCent = max(ProfitPerCent[1],min(100,ProfitPerCent))         //make sure ProfitPerCent doess not exceed 100% y2 = max(x2 * ProfitPerCent, y2)                                     //y2 = % of max profit ENDIF ENDIF IF y1 THEN                                                                 //Place pending STOP order when y1 > 0   (LONG positions) SellPrice = Tradeprice + (y1 * pipsize)                                 //convert pips to price // // check the minimun distance between ExitPrice and current price // IF abs(close - SellPrice) > PriceDistance THEN // // place either a LIMIT or STOP pending order according to current price positioning // IF close >= SellPrice THEN SELL AT SellPrice STOP ELSE SELL AT SellPrice LIMIT ENDIF ELSE // //sell AT MARKET when EXITPRICE does not meet the broker's minimun distance from current price // SELL AT Market ENDIF ENDIF IF y2 THEN                                                                 //Place pending STOP order when y2 > 0   (SHORT positions) ExitPrice = Tradeprice - (y2 * pipsize)                                 //convert pips to price // // check the minimun distance between ExitPrice and current price // IF abs(close - ExitPrice) > PriceDistance THEN // // place either a LIMIT or STOP pending order according to current price positioning // IF close <= ExitPrice THEN EXITSHORT AT ExitPrice STOP ELSE EXITSHORT AT ExitPrice LIMIT ENDIF ELSE // //ExitShort AT MARKET when EXITPRICE does not meet the broker's minimun distance from current price // EXITSHORT AT Market ENDIF ENDIF graph BasePerCent graph ProfitPerCent graph BarCount//(barIndex - tradeindex) graph close - TradePrice graphonprice SellPrice coloured(255,0,0,255) graphonprice ExitPrice coloured(0,255,0,255) graph BarPerCent

   

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  01/07/2021 at 10:32 AM #156726
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  I was tired that day, Thanks Roberto!

  I like the trailing and it works well. I get the best results in backtest from having a low PerCentInc it mostly depends on some trades which have ran over 5% (1000 euro), meaning I dont run the strategy with a TP. MFE is in most of the times therefor very far away from the actual Abs Perf.

  The conclusion I have came with is that this trailing would be better if I added some more exits with it for example positions ends when trend is not so strong anymore or others and there for end its position.

   

  Maybe this can save someones time. Good luck!

   

   

  

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  01/07/2021 at 1:10 PM #156740
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  Hi

   

  apologies if this is obvious to the pros out there, but im still getting to grips with trailing stops.

   

  lets say I usually have a fixed TP of 75 pips.
  However, instead of closing at 75, im happy to let it run, up to say…. 150 pips (or some other indicator) but I want to make sure I take a minimum of 50 pips profit if it reverses… can I use this code for that and what settings would I need?

   

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  01/07/2021 at 1:29 PM #156742
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  In your case you’d better use the code snippet at https://www.prorealcode.com/blog/trading/complete-trailing-stop-code-function/ (linesd 17 – 56) replacing lines 19 and 20 with, say, 75 and 50.

   

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  01/07/2021 at 1:47 PM #156746
  Monobrow

  Exactly what I needed.. many thanks Robert – And Nicolas for the code.

  

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  01/20/2021 at 4:45 PM #158701
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  Ciao Roberto, would this work with cumulative orders? by changing tradeprice to positionprice? or does it need more than that?

  

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  01/21/2021 at 1:21 PM #158822
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  nonetheless, it’s actually  a bit more complex, because each new bar it might have accumulated more or less positions, so the previous trailing exit, if any, needs to be adjusted. It will keep the older one if it grants greater profits.

  This is the new code dealing with accumulation of positions. I suggest that it be used in ANY case, though, since it will operate correctly even when not accumulating, it will simply never detect different position sizes and PositionPrice will match TradePrice:

  Trailing Stop with accumulation of positions

  DirectionSwitch = (LongOnMarket AND ShortOnMarket[1]) OR (LongOnMarket[1] AND ShortOnMarket) //True when there's been a change in the direction (likely to be due to a Stop & Reverse) IF Not OnMarket OR DirectionSwitch THEN // // when NOT OnMarket or thare's been a change in direction, reset values to their default settings // TrailStart = 30 //30 Start trailing profits from this point BasePerCent = 0.200 //20.0% Profit percentage to keep when setting BerakEven StepSize = 10 //10 Pip chunks to increase Percentage PerCentInc = 0.100 //10.0% PerCent increment after each StepSize chunk RoundTO = -0.5 //-0.5 rounds always to Lower integer, +0.4 rounds always to Higher integer, 0 defaults PRT behaviour PriceDistance = 7 * pipsize //7 minimun distance from current price y1 = 0 //reset to 0 y2 = 0 //reset to 0 ProfitPerCent = BasePerCent //reset to desired default value PositionCount = 0 SellPrice = 0 ExitPrice = 9999999 ELSE //------------------------------------------------------ // --- Update Stop Loss after accumulating new positions //------------------------------------------------------ PositionCount = max(PositionCount,abs(CountOfPosition)) // // update Stop Loss only when PositionCount has changed (actually when increased, we don't move it if there's been some positions exited) // IF PositionCount <> PositionCount[1] AND (ExitPrice + SellPrice) <> 9999999 THEN //go on only if Trailing Stop had already started trailing IF LongOnMarket THEN q1 = PositionPrice + ((close - PositionPrice) * ProfitPerCent) //calculate new SL SellPriceX = max(max(SellPriceX,SellPrice),q1) SellPrice = max(max(SellPriceX,SellPrice),PositionPrice + (y1 * pipsize)) //set exit price to whatever grants greater profits, comopared to the previous one ELSIF ShortOnMarket THEN r1 = ((PositionPrice - close) * ProfitPerCent) //calculate new SL ExitPriceX = min(min(ExitPriceX,ExitPrice),r1) ExitPrice = min(min(ExitPriceX,ExitPrice),PositionPrice - (y2 * pipsize)) //set exit price to whatever grants greater profits, comopared to the previous one ENDIF ENDIF // --- Update END ENDIF // IF LongOnMarket AND close > (TradePrice + (y1 * pipsize)) THEN //LONG positions // // compute the value of the Percentage of profits, if any, to lock in for LONG trades // x1 = (close - tradeprice) / pipsize //convert price to pips IF x1 >= TrailStart THEN // go ahead only if N+ pips Diff1 = abs(TrailStart - x1) //difference from current profit and TrailStart Chunks1 = max(0,round((Diff1 / StepSize) + RoundTO)) //number of STEPSIZE chunks ProfitPerCent = BasePerCent + (BasePerCent * (Chunks1 * PerCentInc)) //compute new size of ProfitPerCent ProfitPerCent = max(ProfitPerCent[1],min(100,ProfitPerCent)) //make sure ProfitPerCent doess not exceed 100% y1 = max(x1 * ProfitPerCent, y1) //y1 = % of max profit ENDIF ELSIF ShortOnMarket AND close < (TradePrice - (y2 * pipsize)) THEN //SHORT positions // // compute the value of the Percentage of profits, if any, to lock in for SHORT trades // x2 = (tradeprice - close) / pipsize //convert price to pips IF x2 >= TrailStart THEN // go ahead only if N+ pips Diff2 = abs(TrailStart - x2) //difference from current profit and TrailStart Chunks2 = max(0,round((Diff2 / StepSize) + RoundTO)) //number of STEPSIZE chunks ProfitPerCent = BasePerCent + (BasePerCent * (Chunks2 * PerCentInc)) //compute new size of ProfitPerCent ProfitPerCent = max(ProfitPerCent[1],min(100,ProfitPerCent)) //make sure ProfitPerCent doess not exceed 100% y2 = max(x2 * ProfitPerCent, y2) //y2 = % of max profit ENDIF ENDIF //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ // manage actual Exit, if needed //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IF y1 THEN //Place pending STOP order when y1 > 0 (LONG positions) SellPrice = max(SellPrice,Tradeprice + (y1 * pipsize)) //convert pips to price // // check the minimun distance between ExitPrice and current price // IF abs(close - SellPrice) > PriceDistance THEN // // place either a LIMIT or STOP pending order according to current price positioning // IF close >= SellPrice THEN SELL AT SellPrice STOP ELSE SELL AT SellPrice LIMIT ENDIF ELSE // //sell AT MARKET when EXITPRICE does not meet the broker's minimun distance from current price // SELL AT Market ENDIF ENDIF IF y2 THEN //Place pending STOP order when y2 > 0 (SHORT positions) ExitPrice = min(ExitPrice,Tradeprice - (y2 * pipsize)) //convert pips to price // // check the minimun distance between ExitPrice and current price // IF abs(close - ExitPrice) > PriceDistance THEN // // place either a LIMIT or STOP pending order according to current price positioning // IF close <= ExitPrice THEN EXITSHORT AT ExitPrice STOP ELSE EXITSHORT AT ExitPrice LIMIT ENDIF ELSE // //ExitShort AT MARKET when EXITPRICE does not meet the broker's minimun distance from current price // EXITSHORT AT Market ENDIF ENDIF

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  DirectionSwitch = (LongOnMarket AND ShortOnMarket[1]) OR (LongOnMarket[1] AND ShortOnMarket)  //True when there's been a change in the direction (likely to be due to a Stop & Reverse) IF Not OnMarket OR DirectionSwitch THEN    //    // when NOT OnMarket or thare's been a change in direction, reset values to their default settings    //    TrailStart    = 30          //30     Start trailing profits from this point    BasePerCent   = 0.200       //20.0%  Profit percentage to keep when setting BerakEven    StepSize      = 10          //10     Pip chunks to increase Percentage    PerCentInc    = 0.100       //10.0%  PerCent increment after each StepSize chunk    RoundTO       = -0.5        //-0.5   rounds always to Lower integer,   +0.4 rounds always to Higher integer,     0 defaults PRT behaviour    PriceDistance = 7 * pipsize //7      minimun distance from current price    y1            = 0           //reset to 0    y2            = 0           //reset to 0    ProfitPerCent = BasePerCent //reset to desired default value    PositionCount = 0    SellPrice     = 0    ExitPrice     = 9999999 ELSE    //------------------------------------------------------    // --- Update Stop Loss after accumulating new positions    //------------------------------------------------------    PositionCount = max(PositionCount,abs(CountOfPosition))    //    // update Stop Loss only when PositionCount has changed (actually when increased, we don't move it if there's been some positions exited)    //    IF PositionCount <> PositionCount[1] AND (ExitPrice + SellPrice) <> 9999999 THEN //go on only if Trailing Stop had already started trailing       IF LongOnMarket THEN          q1         = PositionPrice + ((close - PositionPrice) * ProfitPerCent)     //calculate new SL          SellPriceX = max(max(SellPriceX,SellPrice),q1)          SellPrice  = max(max(SellPriceX,SellPrice),PositionPrice + (y1 * pipsize)) //set exit price to whatever grants greater profits, comopared to the previous one       ELSIF ShortOnMarket THEN          r1         = ((PositionPrice - close) * ProfitPerCent)                     //calculate new SL          ExitPriceX = min(min(ExitPriceX,ExitPrice),r1)          ExitPrice  = min(min(ExitPriceX,ExitPrice),PositionPrice - (y2 * pipsize)) //set exit price to whatever grants greater profits, comopared to the previous one       ENDIF    ENDIF // --- Update END ENDIF // IF LongOnMarket AND close > (TradePrice + (y1 * pipsize)) THEN                              //LONG positions    //    // compute the value of the Percentage of profits, if any, to lock in for LONG trades    //    x1 = (close - tradeprice) / pipsize                                     //convert price to pips    IF x1 >= TrailStart THEN                                                //    go ahead only if N+ pips       Diff1         = abs(TrailStart - x1)                                 //difference from current profit and TrailStart       Chunks1       = max(0,round((Diff1 / StepSize) + RoundTO))           //number of STEPSIZE chunks       ProfitPerCent = BasePerCent + (BasePerCent * (Chunks1 * PerCentInc)) //compute new size of ProfitPerCent       ProfitPerCent = max(ProfitPerCent[1],min(100,ProfitPerCent))         //make sure ProfitPerCent doess not exceed 100%       y1 = max(x1 * ProfitPerCent, y1)                                     //y1 = % of max profit    ENDIF ELSIF ShortOnMarket AND close < (TradePrice - (y2 * pipsize)) THEN                             //SHORT positions    //    // compute the value of the Percentage of profits, if any, to lock in for SHORT trades    //    x2 = (tradeprice - close) / pipsize                                     //convert price to pips    IF x2 >= TrailStart THEN                                                //      go ahead only if N+ pips       Diff2         = abs(TrailStart - x2)                                 //difference from current profit and TrailStart       Chunks2       = max(0,round((Diff2 / StepSize) + RoundTO))           //number of STEPSIZE chunks       ProfitPerCent = BasePerCent + (BasePerCent * (Chunks2 * PerCentInc)) //compute new size of ProfitPerCent       ProfitPerCent = max(ProfitPerCent[1],min(100,ProfitPerCent))         //make sure ProfitPerCent doess not exceed 100%       y2 = max(x2 * ProfitPerCent, y2)                                     //y2 = % of max profit    ENDIF ENDIF //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ //                    manage actual Exit, if needed //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IF y1 THEN                                                                 //Place pending STOP order when y1 > 0   (LONG positions)    SellPrice = max(SellPrice,Tradeprice + (y1 * pipsize))                  //convert pips to price    //    // check the minimun distance between ExitPrice and current price    //    IF abs(close - SellPrice) > PriceDistance THEN       //       // place either a LIMIT or STOP pending order according to current price positioning       //       IF close >= SellPrice THEN          SELL AT SellPrice STOP       ELSE          SELL AT SellPrice LIMIT       ENDIF    ELSE       //       //sell AT MARKET when EXITPRICE does not meet the broker's minimun distance from current price       //       SELL AT Market    ENDIF ENDIF IF y2 THEN                                                                 //Place pending STOP order when y2 > 0   (SHORT positions)    ExitPrice = min(ExitPrice,Tradeprice - (y2 * pipsize))                  //convert pips to price    //    // check the minimun distance between ExitPrice and current price    //    IF abs(close - ExitPrice) > PriceDistance THEN       //       // place either a LIMIT or STOP pending order according to current price positioning       //       IF close <= ExitPrice THEN          EXITSHORT AT ExitPrice STOP       ELSE          EXITSHORT AT ExitPrice LIMIT       ENDIF    ELSE       //       //ExitShort AT MARKET when EXITPRICE does not meet the broker's minimun distance from current price       //       EXITSHORT AT Market    ENDIF ENDIF

   

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  01/21/2021 at 3:07 PM #158832
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  Roberto, you are a megastar. I was just in the middle of trying to work it out for myself but it was making my head hurt.

  Hugely appreciate all the work you put in here!

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  01/21/2021 at 3:17 PM #158836
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  BTW, I have been using this to make it work as a % trailing start:

  n = (tradeprice*ts)/100 // ts = % trailing start TrailStart = n // Start trailing profits from this point

  1 2	n = (tradeprice*ts)/100    //    ts = % trailing start TrailStart    = n          //    Start trailing profits from this point

  So presumably I now change tradeprice to positionprice ?

  

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