automated trading – help with macd cross over 0 value

• 11/08/2017 at 5:45 AM #51883
  Amer

  hope someone can help me. It is possible that when you work with automated trade, you can program the following. example when macd cross over value 0, buy but first 10 pips up. or more exactly put an order 10 pips up when macd cross over 0 value. thanks in advance

  

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  11/08/2017 at 12:04 PM #51927
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  once buytrigger=0 MACDHist = MACD[12,26,9](close) if MACDHist crosses over 0 then buytrigger=close+10*pipsize endif if buytrigger>0 then buy 1 contract at buy trigger stop endif if MACDHist crosses under 0 and buytrigger>0 then buytrigger=0 endif

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  once buytrigger=0 MACDHist = MACD[12,26,9](close) if MACDHist crosses over 0 then   buytrigger=close+10*pipsize endif if buytrigger>0 then buy 1 contract at buy trigger stop endif if MACDHist crosses under 0 and buytrigger>0 then buytrigger=0 endif

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  11/08/2017 at 3:10 PM #51956
  jebus89

  Hi, im still trying to learn and was wondering what the buytrigger does?
  Not sure what this means: Close+10*pipsize

  also what does this do:

  buy 1 contract at buy trigger stop // Did u mean buy 1 contract at buytrigger? What does the “stop” on the end do?

  

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  11/08/2017 at 3:32 PM #51958
  Despair

  There should of course be written “buytrigger” in one word. It was separated by the autocorrect function of my computer and I did not read through what I wrote before posting, sorry for that.

  Your other question I’m not sure about. The code does exactly what Amer asked for. When the MACD crosses over zero it put a buy order 10 pips above the close and keeps this level as buytrigger until the MACD crosses under zero again. I think all is correct besides the “buytrigger” which had a space in the middle. 🙂

  

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  11/08/2017 at 6:44 PM #52001
  Amer

  This is it i think. I will test it and come back with results. Thank you very much.

  Regards Amer

  

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  11/09/2017 at 1:17 PM #52115
  Amer

  <span lang="en">a bit difficult to explain, but what I'm looking for is the same as currently available on automated trading in prorealtime. example macd cross over 0 value 10 periods ago. but in my case I'm looking for distance of 10 pips ass buytrigger insted of 10 periods ago. </span>

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  <span lang="en">a bit difficult to explain, but what I'm looking for is the same as currently available on automated trading in prorealtime. example macd cross over 0 value 10 periods ago. but in my case I'm looking for distance of 10 pips ass buytrigger insted of 10 periods ago. </span>

  

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  11/09/2017 at 1:54 PM #52127
  Despair

  This is exactly what the code does. It set a buy stop 10 pips about the value of the close when the MACD crossed zero.

  

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  11/10/2017 at 12:42 PM #52233
  Amer

  thanks again. will test it soon.

  

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  11/10/2017 at 3:09 PM #52262
  Eric

  if it dont work try change the name “buytrigger”

  once trigger=0 MACDHist = MACD[12,26,9](close) if MACDHist crosses over 0 then trigger=close+10*pipsize endif if trigger>0 then buy 1 contract at trigger stop endif if MACDHist crosses under 0 and trigger>0 then trigger=0 endif

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  once trigger=0 MACDHist = MACD[12,26,9](close) if MACDHist crosses over 0 then   trigger=close+10*pipsize endif if trigger>0 then buy 1 contract at trigger stop endif if MACDHist crosses under 0 and trigger>0 then trigger=0 endif

   

   

  

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