trailing stop step

• 11/08/2019 at 4:52 PM #112433
  tommyp23

  hi guys,

  I have a simple strategy that trails the position entered into with a trailing stop. instead of activating as soon as the price moves 1 pip in favour, i want it to start once the trade is onside by 10 pips, so the step is 10. then once at breakeven I want the stop to trail the price by a step of 5 points, is this possible? I am a newbie but cant find anything that illustrates this on the forums at present.

   

  currently all i have in my code at present for my stops and targets is below:

  // Stops SET STOP pTRAILING 10 // Targets SET TARGET pPROFIT 35

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  // Stops SET STOP pTRAILING 10 // Targets SET TARGET pPROFIT 35

   

  

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  11/08/2019 at 5:25 PM #112439
  robertogozzi

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  11/08/2019 at 5:29 PM #112440
  robertogozzi

  I suggest not to use the built-in SET STOP pTRAILING instruction, it’s not possible to set a breakeven and the step is 1 and cannot be changed.

  You’d rather resort to coded trailing stop snippet than can be found throughout this forum and mainly here https://www.prorealcode.com/blog/trading/complete-trailing-stop-code-function/.

  If you have a strategy but don’t know how to add it, then post your code and ask… someone will help you asap.

  

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  11/08/2019 at 5:36 PM #112442
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  You can also browse this file to find functions and examples that may help you when coding https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rgboqj7sVwsP9ZRhOduOefye48QMWC07jWVXCl-KJPU/edit#gid=0.

  

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