Selling at a STD in a downtrend

• 08/21/2021 at 8:11 AM #175830
  marie123

  Hello guys,

  I used to code the ProScreener only and this is my first try to code the ProBuilder.

  A very simple idea: I want to sell a stock if it is in a downtrend and touches the SMA20+3*STD. The stop loss should be SMA20+4*STD and the take profit is the SMA20.
  Seems to be simple but I have problems with the syntax and would be very thankful for any help.

  entry=average[20](close)+3*std[20](close) stoploss=average[20](close)+4*std[20](close) takeprofit=average[20](close) downtrend=close<average[50](close) and average[50](close)<average[200](close) if downtrend then if high>entry then sell 100 shares at market set stop loss stoploss set target profit takeprofit endif endif

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  entry=average[20](close)+3*std[20](close) stoploss=average[20](close)+4*std[20](close) takeprofit=average[20](close) downtrend=close<average[50](close) and average[50](close)<average[200](close)   if downtrend then if high>entry then sell 100 shares at market set stop loss stoploss set target profit takeprofit endif endif

   

  

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  08/21/2021 at 8:54 AM #175832
  GraHal

  Try SellShort (instead of Sell).

  Sell is only used if are already Long.

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  08/21/2021 at 9:22 AM #175836
  marie123

  It works, thank you very much.

  Is is somehow possible to get a report from all trades or is it just visually in the chart possible to analyze the backtests?

  

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  08/21/2021 at 10:12 AM #175837
  nonetheless

  it should automatically deliver a report, but if not then left click on “ProBacktest – Equity curve:” and select Detailed Report

  you can customise the report for what details you want to see.

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