Hey guys, I’m a little new here so sorry if this question has been covered previously or in the manual but I haven’t seen it! Will share my strategy when it’s complete…
– I’m looking to buy a trending market, when it pulls back to the 10 EMA, and set my stop at the 20 EMA. This is a fixed stop rather than trailing. How can I set my stop in this way? (I.e. define stop distance as equal to the distance to 20 EMA?)
-second, how do I set my £risk (in other words £/point ) in order to risk the same amount for every trade (bearing in mind the stop distance will vary – per my first point)?
– finally: how can I set my profit target as a percentage of the stop distance, for example 2 x stop
Thanks in advance for any advice- I will look to share my strategy when it’s up and running
Thanks, Tom
LeoParticipant
Veteran
Maxrisk=15 // define pips for a stop loss
Entrylong=close
Stoplosslong= (close - MA20)/pipsize //distance in pips to MA20
IF stoplosslong < maxrisk then
Buy n contract at market
Else
Entrylong= MA20 + (maxrisk-spread)*pipsize
Buy n contracts at entrylong limit
Stoplosslong = maxrisk
Endif
stop ploss stoplosslong
thanks Leo it worked fine