Buy stock on given date with Trailing stop
Author: The_Viper
Creation Date: 11/15/2013 11:15 AM
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The_Viper

#1

11/15/2013 11:15 AM

I have a few questions which on a very basic strategy.

How can I buy a series of stocks on given dates? For example; DXJ on 10/2/13 at end of day, PBF on 11/2/13 at end of day. For all intensive purposes I don’t care what the prices are on that day.

Also I would like add trailing stops for each stock. For example sell individual stocks when they fall by 4% or 5%.

Thank you for your help.
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Eugene

#2

11/15/2013 11:45 AM

Here you go. Run this strategy in multi-symbol mode on a DataSet that contains all stocks (DXJ, PBF etc) you intend to buy:

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The_Viper

#3

11/15/2013 12:34 PM

Eugene

Wow 11 Minutes response time… I am very impressed!

Thank you
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pscanlon1

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9/17/2015 3:46 PM

How would you do the trailing stop code like this for a short position? ie, CoverAtTrailingStop

My trailing stop price never changes..

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Eugene

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9/17/2015 3:58 PM

QUOTE:
My trailing stop price never changes..

That's because it's for longs; for short trades you have to invert it like this:

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Hint: create a strategy from Rules, add "Cover at trailing stop", then "Open code in new Strategy window" to see how it's done.

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