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jonedyer
Posted : Friday, August 6, 2010 12:38:01 AM
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 MINL2 used as a trailing stop for rapidly advancing stocks. Useing tabs, would like scan a watchlist for all stocks that close below MINL2.
Bruce_L
Posted : Friday, August 6, 2010 10:22:41 AM


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The Close can't be below the Low of the current Bar, so I'm going to assume you mean MINL2.1 instead of MINL2. If so, you could create the following Personal Criteria Formula and use it as a Sort or WatchList Column.

C < MINL2.1

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stochastics
Posted : Wednesday, May 28, 2014 10:26:00 PM
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Bruce,

I like this formula (C < MINL2.1) but wanted to either add to or substitute.  Here's what I'm thinking:  when I enter a play and the play goes the right direction & starts gaining, I don't want to give up gained ground, at least no more than 1.5%.  How does that PCF look like?  C >= 1.015 * (MINL2.1)???

Bruce_L
Posted : Thursday, May 29, 2014 10:04:56 AM


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C >= 1.015 * MINL2.1 checks for the current price to be at least 1.5% above the lowest low of the previous two bars.

While I am not entirely sure what you are describing when you say, "...when I enter a play and the play goes the right direction & starts gaining, I don't want to give up gained ground, at least no more than 1.5%.", having price be at least 1.5% above the lowest low of the previous two bars doesn't seem right.

It seems like you would either want to check for price being at least 1.5% above the current low:

C >= 1.015 * L

Or check for price being at least 1.5% below the current high:

C <= .985 * H

But those are only guesses.



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stochastics
Posted : Sunday, June 1, 2014 10:33:05 PM
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Thanks Bruce,
These seem to be my work in progress as trailing stops guides.  
C < MINC3.1 or C < MINL2.1 
or another work in progess is C < 1.0015 * (MINC4.1)    
stochastics
Posted : Wednesday, June 18, 2014 10:50:21 PM
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Hi Bruce,
While I've been using the following as trailing stops (guides) for up plays:
C >= MINL2.1 
OR C > (MINC3.1)  
OR C > (2 * L1 - H1 + 2 * C1) / 3    (=S1) 
 
and these trailing stops (guides) for down plays:
C <= MAXH2.1 
OR C <= MAXC3.1
OR C < (2 * H1 - L1 + 2 * C1) / 3    (=R1)
 
I wanted to use an alert just before my stop to notify me that there's trouble.  
For up-plays, I wanted to use a figure in-between Pivot & S1.
 
For down-plays, I wanted to use a figure in-between Pivot & R1.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!   
Bruce_L
Posted : Thursday, June 19, 2014 11:05:28 AM


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The midpoint between S1 and PP is:

(L1 + C1) / 2

The midpoint between R1 and PP is:

(H1 + C1) / 2



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