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kjackson01
Posted : Tuesday, February 2, 2010 4:23:57 PM
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I'm trying to figure out how to back test scaling in on a  trade - I'm having trouble trying to create a rule to identify the 2nd purchase after the initial purchase is made.  Once the initial purchase is identified, say RSI below a point, the second purchase would only be made when the stock closes below the purchase price.  The additional purchase may not be made for several days - i can't just look back to price.close(1) - I don't know how many days to look back. 
jas0501
Posted : Tuesday, February 2, 2010 5:56:14 PM
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Backscanner only supports a single open position per symbol.

You can however attempted tracking the performance of scaling in and out using realcode.
kjackson01
Posted : Thursday, February 4, 2010 5:49:35 PM
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Are there any examples available of scaling in using real code?
jas0501
Posted : Thursday, February 4, 2010 11:42:08 PM
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QUOTE (kjackson01)
Are there any examples available of scaling in using real code?


see Real Code Request for Partial exits or Buys  as a starting point
jas0501
Posted : Thursday, February 4, 2010 11:45:45 PM
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also

Multple Entries in the same stock ?
jas0501
Posted : Monday, February 8, 2010 3:05:18 PM
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lastly see

Backscanner Questions - StockFinder 4 or 5 
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