How to get the current points ahead or behind in code

• 03/01/2021 at 5:02 PM #162885
  charleskyriakou

  I would like to vary a trailing stop loss mid-trade depending on the current points ahead / behind of the trade, but I can’t seem to find the constant in the coding window function help. Does anyone know if this exists or how I can derive this value?

  Thanks in advance.

   

  

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  03/01/2021 at 9:10 PM #162899
  Mattias

  Something like this?

  status = close - tradeprice(1)

  1	status = close - tradeprice(1)

  Simply check the difference between the current close and which price the last order was executed.

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  03/02/2021 at 8:56 AM #162921
  Vonasi

  Mattias’s suggestion will only work for long positions so you will need to use the reversed calculation for short positions:

  status = tradeprice(1) - close

  1	status = tradeprice(1) - close

  Also if you have multiple positions open at multiple prices then it won’t work.

  You should consider using COUNTOFPOSITION with POSITONPRICE or POSITIONPERF in a calculation.

  https://www.prorealcode.com/documentation/countofposition/

  https://www.prorealcode.com/documentation/positionprice/

  https://www.prorealcode.com/documentation/positionperf/

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