Just wanted to bring one of the systems that I developed for the book to everybody’s attention. This is a simple system that puts on two contracts and peels one off after a certain profit and then lets the other one ride. Its a mini-Russell system. Full code is disclosed in the book – source code can be imported into other applications. The object of this code is to demonstrate multiple contracts and money management techniques. Remember –
Monthly Archives: August 2013
This Code Uses A Loop To Calculate Buy/Sell Levels Based on Current Position
Instead of doing this:
if currentshares = LTT then begin buy("B-20A.5") LTT shares next bar highest(h,20)[BB] + (0.5*N) or higher; buy("B-20A 1") LTT shares next bar highest(h,20)[BB] + (1.0*N) or higher; buy("B-20A1.5") LTT shares next bar highest(h,20)[BB]+ (1.5*N) or higher; end; if currentshares = LTT * 2 then begin buy("B-20B 1") LTT shares next bar highest(h,20)[BB] + (1.0*N) or higher; buy("B-20B1.5") LTT shares next bar highest(h,20)[BB] + (1.5*N) or higher; end; if currentshares = LTT * 3 then buy("B-20C1.5") LTT shares next bar highest(h,20)[BB] + (1.5*N) or higher; end;
Just do this:
for iCnt = 0 to 3 begin if lastTradeLoser then begin if mp <> -1 and currentContracts = iCnt * lotSize then begin buyPrice = hh20 + iCnt * N/2; end; end; end; if lastTradeLoser then begin if currentContracts < 4 * lotsize then Buy ("Turtle20Buy") lotSize contracts next bar at buyPrice stop; end;
Instead of having multiple buy orders at different levels -simply change your buy levels using the for-next loop and issue just one order. Only problem is you can only issue one buy order per bar. Whereas the former approach will place multiple orders for the next bar. Usually this will not cause a problem unless your buy/sell levels are very close. The use of the for-next loop is up to one's own programming style. I like the for-next loop.