Hi all,

This is my first post and my first foray into the world of prorealtime so forgive me if this is a simple fix!

I’ve set up an auto trading system and want a trailing stop loss of 12 points on each order that is executed however it doesn’t seem to be working correctly. Each trade that has been activated so far (on the prorealtime demo platform via IG) has either gone straight down and hit the 12 point stop (as expected) or gone up, in one instance over 30 points, and then stopped out where it entered, finishing with a loss of 2 points (the spread). I can’t for the life of me work out why it isn’t working. My understanding is that if it went up 30 points then with a 12 point trailing stop, I should guarantee a profit of 18 points.

Anyway, here’s the code. Any help will be much appreciated.

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// Main code : MySystem(3)
//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Definition of code parameters
DEFPARAM CumulateOrders = False // Cumulating positions deactivated

// Conditions to enter long positions
c1 = (close > high[1])
c2 = (close > high[2])
c3 = (close > high[3])
c4 = (close > high[4])
c5 = (close > high[5])
c6 = (close > high[6])
c7 = (close > high[7])
c8 = (close > high[8])
c9 = (close > high[9])
c10 = (close > high[10])
c11 = (close > high[11])
c12 = (close > high[12])
c13 = (close > high[13])
c14 = (close > high[14])
c15 = (close > high[15])
c16 = (close > high[16])
c17 = (close > high[17])
c18 = (close > high[18])
c19 = (close > high[19])
c20 = (close > high[20])
indicator1 = MACD[12,26,9](close)
c21 = (indicator1 > 0)

IF c1 AND c2 AND c3 AND c4 AND c5 AND c6 AND c7 AND c8 AND c9 AND c10 AND c11 AND c12 AND c13 AND c14 AND c15 AND c16 AND c17 AND c18 AND c19 AND c20 AND c21 THEN
BUY 3 PERPOINT AT MARKET
ENDIF

// Conditions to exit long positions


// Conditions to enter short positions
c33 = (close < low[1])
c34 = (close < low[2])
c35 = (close < low[3])
c36 = (close < low[4])
c37 = (close < low[5])
c38 = (close < low[6])
c39 = (close < low[7])
c40 = (close < low[8])
c41 = (close < low[9])
c42 = (close < low[10])
c43 = (close < low[11])
c44 = (close < low[12])
c45 = (close < low[13])
c46 = (close < low[14])
c47 = (close < low[15])
c48 = (close < low[16])
c49 = (close < low[17])
c50 = (close < low[18])
c51 = (close < low[19])
c52 = (close < low[20])
indicator3 = MACD[12,26,9](close)
c53 = (indicator3 < 0)

IF c33 AND c34 AND c35 AND c36 AND c37 AND c38 AND c39 AND c40 AND c41 AND c42 AND c43 AND c44 AND c45 AND c46 AND c47 AND c48 AND c49 AND c50 AND c51 AND c52 AND c53 THEN
SELLSHORT 3 PERPOINT AT MARKET
ENDIF

// Conditions to exit short positions


// Stops and targets
SET STOP pTRAILING 12