EMA crossover with Nicolas' Break even stop loss

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    robertogozzi
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    Can you post the date & time of at least one trade that shows the issue? (from your first pic I can’t tell exactly when).

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    Thally
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    Hi Roberto,

    I actually fixed this code last night see addition at lines 67 to 69 in the below code. However, sadly when accounting for a 2pt spread on the NASDAQ what is a highly profitable strategy becomes a losing strategy. Back to the drawing board then.

    // Intraday trend following strategy. Entries and Exits defined by EMA crossovers. Position size determiend by distance to stop loss and percent of equity at risk. Initial stop loss set at recent swing low or high. Profits are protected by a stoploss that moves to breakeven after a defined number of points
    
    // Definition of code parameters
    DEFPARAM CumulateOrders = False // Cumulating positions deactivated
    DEFPARAM FlatBefore = 230000
    DEFPARAM FlatAfter = 211500
    
    EMAfast = 11
    EMAslow = 38
     
    //Risk Management
    Capital = 36000
    Risk = 0.01
    equity = Capital + StrategyProfit
    maxrisk = round(equity*Risk)
    PositionSizeL = abs(round((maxrisk/StopLossL)/PointValue)*pipsize)
    PositionSizeS = abs(round((maxrisk/StopLossS)/PointValue)*pipsize)
    
    // Conditions to enter long positions
    indicator1 = ExponentialAverage[EMAfast](close)
    indicator2 = ExponentialAverage[EMAslow](close)
    c1 = (indicator1 CROSSES OVER indicator2)
     
    IF c1 THEN
    BUY PositionSizeL PERPOINT AT MARKET
    StopLossL = abs(close -  LOWEST[10](Low)) + 1.5 * pointsize
    set stop loss StopLossL
    ENDIF
     
    // Conditions to exit long positions
    indicator3 = ExponentialAverage[EMAfast](close)
    indicator4 = ExponentialAverage[EMAslow](close)
    c2 = (indicator3 CROSSES UNDER indicator4)
     
    IF c2 THEN
    SELL AT MARKET
    ENDIF
     
    // Conditions to enter short positions
    indicator5 = ExponentialAverage[EMAfast](close)
    indicator6 = ExponentialAverage[EMAslow](close)
    c3 = (indicator5 CROSSES UNDER indicator6)
     
    IF c3 THEN
    SELLSHORT PositionSizeS PERPOINT AT MARKET
    StopLossS = abs(close -  HIGHEST[10](High)) + 1.5 * pointsize
    set stop loss StopLossS
    ENDIF
     
    // Conditions to exit short positions
    indicator7 = ExponentialAverage[EMAfast](close)
    indicator8 = ExponentialAverage[EMAslow](close)
    c4 = (indicator7 CROSSES OVER indicator8)
     
    IF c4 THEN
    EXITSHORT AT MARKET
    ENDIF
    
    //trailing stop function
    TrailingStart = AverageTrueRange[10] * pipsize //trailing will start @trailinstart points profit
    TrailingStep = -2 * pipsize
    
    if not onmarket then
    newsl=0
    endif
    
    if ((longonmarket and shortonmarket[1]) or (longonmarket[1] and shortonmarket)) then
    newsl=0
    endif
    
    if longonmarket then
    if close-tradeprice(1)>= TrailingStart then
    newsl=TRADEPRICE(1) + TrailingStep
    endif
    endif
    if shortonmarket then
    if tradeprice(1)-close>= TrailingStart then
    newsl= TRADEPRICE(1) - TrailingStep
    endif
    endif
    
    if longonmarket and newsl>0 then
    sell at newsl stop
    endif
    
    if shortonmarket and newsl>0 then
    exitshort at newsl stop
    endif
    
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    crolakstrading
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    Hi I’m curious about this.. Where do you place the Stoploss..

    StopLossL = abs(close   LOWEST[10](Low)) + 1.5 * pointsize  does this meam swing low??

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    robertogozzi
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    Yes, it’s the lowest low within the last 10 bars, so it could be a swing point (+ 1.5 pips), within 40+ bars would grant a greater accuracy.

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    crolakstrading
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    thanks very much for the clarification!!

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EMA crossover with Nicolas' Break even stop loss


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