How to change stop loss to break even

Pere · 2019-08-26T09:07:34+00:00

I put normally a stop loss on my ProOrders. How can I change it’s value to zero after 2 or 3 candles (if I’m doing profit>x)? I tried following: sl=100 IF LONGONMARKET AND (BARINDEX-TRADEINDEX)>1 AND close>TRADEPRICE THEN sl=0 ENDIF SET STOP pLOSS sl but it goes again to 100 if close<TRADEPRICE on the next candles. After switching from 100 to 0 I want to remain it there.

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08/26/2019 at 10:07 AM #105555 quote
Pere
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I put normally a stop loss on my ProOrders. How can I change it’s value to zero after 2 or 3 candles (if I’m doing profit>x)?

I tried following:
```
sl=100
IF LONGONMARKET AND (BARINDEX-TRADEINDEX)>1 AND close>TRADEPRICE THEN
sl=0
ENDIF
SET STOP pLOSS sl
```
but it goes again to 100 if close<TRADEPRICE on the next candles.

After switching from 100 to 0 I want to remain it there.
08/26/2019 at 10:31 AM #105559 quote

Vonasi
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Pere – Please use the ‘Insert PRT Code’ button when posting code. i tidied it up for you. 🙂

08/26/2019 at 10:34 AM #105560 quote
Vonasi
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The problem is that if a trade moves back into a loss then the conditions are not met so the stop loss returns.

What you have coded is not a break even code but one that removes the stoploss completely. Use the search box to search for ‘BreakEven’ and there are plenty of topics with example code available.

This should fix your code but perhaps it is not what you actually want:
```
if not onmarket and (your entry conditions) then
buy 1 contract at market
sl=100
endif

IF LONGONMARKET AND (BARINDEX-TRADEINDEX)>1 AND close>TRADEPRICE THEN
sl=0
ENDIF

SET STOP pLOSS sl
```
08/26/2019 at 11:18 AM #105565 quote

Pere
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Thank you Vonasi. I was just preparing the question, but just in this moment I had a power outage of one hour, and I don’t know how the question was posted, but it was.

08/26/2019 at 11:32 AM #105570 quote

Pere
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Thank you @Vonasi. Problem is solved with the instructions found on

https://www.prorealcode.com/blog/learning/breakeven-code-automated-trading-strategy/
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Forum:	ProOrder: Automated Strategies & Backtesting
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Started:	08/26/2019
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