// Conditions to enter long positions
indicator1 = Average[20](close)
indicator2 = Average[100](close)
c1 = (indicator1 CROSSES UNDER indicator2)

IF c1 THEN
BUY 5 CONTRACT AT MARKET
ENDIF

// Conditions to exit long positions
indicator3 = Average[20](close)
indicator4 = Average[100](close)
c2 = (indicator3[2] CROSSES OVER indicator4[2])

IF c2 THEN
SELL AT MARKET
ENDIF

// Stops and targets
SET STOP pLOSS 500

1y backtesting gave 50 trades and 8.8% time in market. Stoploss was never triggerd during this year.

// Conditions to enter long positions
indicator1 = Average[20](close)
indicator2 = Average[100](close)
c1 = (indicator1 CROSSES UNDER indicator2)

IF c1 THEN
BUY 5 CONTRACT AT MARKET
ENDIF

// Conditions to exit long positions
indicator3 = Average[20](close)
indicator4 = Average[100](close)
c2 = (indicator3[2] CROSSES OVER indicator4[2])

If c2 Then
// Stops and targets
trailingstart = 1   //trailing will start @trailinstart points profit
trailingstep  = 1     //trailing step to move the "stoploss"
 
//reset the stoploss value
IF NOT ONMARKET THEN
newSL=0
ENDIF
 
//manage long positions
IF LONGONMARKET THEN
//first move (breakeven)
IF newSL=0 AND close-tradeprice(1)>=trailingstart*pipsize THEN
newSL = tradeprice(1)+trailingstep*pipsize
ENDIF
//next moves
IF newSL>0 AND close-newSL>=trailingstep*pipsize THEN
newSL = newSL+trailingstep*pipsize
ENDIF
ENDIF
 
//stop order to exit the positions
IF newSL>0 THEN
SELL AT newSL STOP
ENDIF
Endif
SET STOP pLOSS 500

This is with the trailing stoploss triggerd at c2. Trailingstart and trailingstep set to 1 should give a similar result as to the one without trailing stop.

1y backtesting gave 23 trades and 61% time in market. Stoploss was  triggerd 2 during this year.

I tried with different values for trailingstart and trailing step, but nothing works. As you can see the trailing stop does not work as it should and does almost never sell where it should, and that is “why time in market” goes from 8% to 61%. The results are day and night and they should be almost the same.

After alot of detective work. The second one with trailing, will only trigger “IF indicator3[2] CROSSES OVER indicator4[2] AND (now this is strange) if 2 candles after the cross over the candle goes lower then the close of the one before”

Somehow the trailing stop gets bound with what happends 2 candles after C2 and works ONLY in this candle and ONLY if this cadles low is lower then the previous candles close. And if it dont happend this candle, the bot needs to wait for next C2 bore it can try again. This almost never happends and this is why time in market exploded.

(Yes I have a delay on the sale with 2 candles, but I have the same problem with my bots without it)

I hope I make some sence, and if you have time can help me from here

Without-trailing.jpg With-trailing.jpg