how to "not enter the market" if i just took a trade?

• 10/08/2018 at 11:20 PM #82315
  jebus89

  I want the rule to not enter the market if i have taken a trade within say the last 10 bars.

  By “taken a trade” i mean if i have just finished a trade. If the trade was profitable i  dont want to enter the market within the next 10 bars. If there is no way of seeing whether or not the last trade was a profit or loss  i would still try to backtest the rule.

  possible?

   

  

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  10/08/2018 at 11:31 PM #82316
  robertogozzi

  1. You have to use a variable to start counting bars when you exit a trade (you have to check you are NOT LONGONMARKET now but were LONGONMARKET the previous bar) and set another variable to disable trading
  2. After 10 bars you have to allow trading again

  ONCE BarCount = 0 ONCE TradeON = 1 //1=trading allowed 0=trading disbaled IF LongOnMarket AND Not LongOnMarket[1] THEN TradeON = 0 //disable trading BarCount = 0 //reset counter ENDIF IF Not LongOnMarket THEN //Increase counter when not on market BarCount = BarCount + 1 ENDIF IF BarCount > 10 THEN TradeON = 1 ENDIF

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  ONCE BarCount = 0 ONCE TradeON  = 1           //1=trading allowed     0=trading disbaled IF LongOnMarket AND Not LongOnMarket[1] THEN    TradeON  = 0             //disable trading    BarCount = 0             //reset counter ENDIF IF Not LongOnMarket THEN    //Increase counter when not on market    BarCount = BarCount + 1 ENDIF IF BarCount > 10 THEN    TradeON = 1 ENDIF

  you’ll also have to add “AND TradeOn” to your condition to enter a new trade.

   

   

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  10/09/2018 at 9:44 AM #82341
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  Big thanks

  

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