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Trailing stop for profit rather than pips
Started Jun 24, 2009|Platform Tech|0 replies
Does anyone have a trailing stop EA that will trail the profit ($) of the account (rather than ...
Looks like another version of a Martingale. It will work well for a while but at some point the "perfect storm" will arise and it will blow your account. Tried it, been there, done that.
It stands to reason. Of course if I always correctly determine which way the market is going I can just place a trade, remove all s/l and wait.
You are right on both counts. I think the trendline function works backwards to this though. I think I enters when the trendline is broken rather than shut down. I agree that EA's are prone to fail. But if it is mixed with manual discretion it ...
That makes sense. If the S/R lines are crossed then the EA would shut down and close trades on that chart.
I have been on FXDD which is an ECN broker.
And you have this on the 5 minute chart?
Thanks bauerjj10. I don't post much either due to the fact that I have yet to turn a consistent profit on a live account. If you don't mind me asking, what settings are you using for the fully auto version?
Do you mean you had an account with $900 (or lbs)? If so, the lot size of .1 seems very large. With that size of an account I wouldn't have a lot size bigger than .02. Take your lot size and multiply it by your SL and the number of open positions ...
I am all ears. — Hi Andrewnair. I don't post much. I listen and (try) to learn. So, I am looking forward to hearing what you have to say. Please teach me more. Porky
Use the EA I posted. Set the "TrailingStop Type" to "4", Set "BreakEven" to "30", Set "Lock in Pips" to "0".
Does anyone have a trailing stop EA that will trail the profit ($) of the account (rather than ...