plot a $1.00 trailing stop

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I want to plot a $1.00 trailing stop in TOS. This is not a volatility-based stop. It is just the trailing stop TOS uses in Active Trader to exit a trade on a $1.00 pullback from the current high. I have tried a variety of codes, but I haven't gotten it right yet.

#Lookup 20_Trail 1.00
#20 period midprice long-short condition
def LO = Lowest(low, 20);
def HI = Highest(high, 20);
def MID = ((HI - LO) / 2 + LO);

def MidOver = high > mid;
def MidUnder = low < mid;

#$1.00 trailing stop off the high
def LOW1 = Lowest(low, 1);
def HIGH1 = Highest(high, 1);

plot HiTrail = HIGH1 - 1.00;# and midover;
plot LoTrail = LOW1 + 1.00 ;#and midunder;
 
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I want to plot a $1.00 trailing stop in TOS. This is not a volatility-based stop. It is just the trailing stop TOS uses in Active Trader to exit a trade on a $1.00 pullback from the current high. I have tried a variety of codes, but I haven't gotten it right yet.

#Lookup 20_Trail 1.00
#20 period midprice long-short condition
def LO = Lowest(low, 20);
def HI = Highest(high, 20);
def MID = ((HI - LO) / 2 + LO);

def MidOver = high > mid;
def MidUnder = low < mid;

#$1.00 trailing stop off the high
def LOW1 = Lowest(low, 1);
def HIGH1 = Highest(high, 1);

plot HiTrail = HIGH1 - 1.00;# and midover;
plot LoTrail = LOW1 + 1.00 ;#and midunder; hal_stop


i think you are describing 2 things.
i think of a trailing stop as a line that...
I want to plot a $1.00 trailing stop in TOS. This is not a volatility-based stop. It is just the trailing stop TOS uses in Active Trader to exit a trade on a $1.00 pullback from the current high. I have tried a variety of codes, but I haven't gotten it right yet.

#Lookup 20_Trail 1.00
#20 period midprice long-short condition
def LO = Lowest(low, 20);
def HI = Highest(high, 20);
def MID = ((HI - LO) / 2 + LO);

def MidOver = high > mid;
def MidUnder = low < mid;

#$1.00 trailing stop off the high
def LOW1 = Lowest(low, 1);
def HIGH1 = Highest(high, 1);

plot HiTrail = HIGH1 - 1.00;# and midover;
plot LoTrail = LOW1 + 1.00 ;#and midunder; hal_stop


i think you are describing 2 things.
i think of a trailing stop as a line that starts from a buy signal, and is based on prices from several candles and can only rise or stay the same. it exists until it is crossed.
a stop based on just the current candle is something else. here is my interpretation.

it draws a,
..horizontal line, over the last 2 candles, and 1 candle space after them.
..a bubble with the stop level

if price crosses below the line, a down arrow appears.

can pick a number to subtract from the high,
..a number (like $1.00),
..or some multiple of the ATR (default is 90% of ATR)

i started with the original code and added an option to turn the lines off.


Code:
#stop_dollars_or_atr

#https://usethinkscript.com/threads/plot-a-1-00-trailing-stop.17019/#post-133368
#plot a $1.00 trailing stop

def na = double.nan;
def bn = barnumber();

#def lastbn = HighestAll(If(IsNaN(close), 0, bn));
#def lastbar = if (bn == lastbn) then 1 else 0;
def lastbar = !isnan(close[0]) and isnan(close[-1]);

#Lookup 20_Trail 1.00
#20 period midprice long-short condition
def LO = Lowest(low, 20);
def HI = Highest(high, 20);
def MID = ((HI - LO) / 2 + LO);

def MidOver = high > MID;
def MidUnder = low < MID;


#$1.00 trailing stop off the high
def len1 = 1;
def LOW1 = Lowest(low, len1);
def HIGH1 = Highest(high, len1);

input show_original_lines = yes;
plot HiTrail = if show_original_lines then (HIGH1 - 1.00) else na;# and midover;
plot LoTrail = if show_original_lines then (LOW1 + 1.00) else na;#and midunder;

# choose atr or $$
input stop_type = { default amount, atr};
input stop_amount = 1.0;
input stop_atr_factor = 1.0;
def atr1 = atr();
def stop_atr = round(stop_atr_factor * atr1,2);

def stop_amt;
switch (stop_type) {
case amount:
    stop_amt = stop_amount;
case atr:
stop_amt = stop_atr;
}

def stop_lvl = round(high - stop_amt, 2);

addlabel(1, "stop amount " + stop_amt, color.yellow);
addlabel(1, "stop level " + stop_lvl, color.yellow);

def stop_line = if lastbar[-1] then stop_lvl[-1]
else if lastbar[0] then stop_lvl[0]
else if lastbar[1] then stop_lvl[1]
else na;

# plot a line on last 2 bars and next 1
input show_stop1_line = yes;
plot z1 = if show_stop1_line then stop_line else na;
z1.SetDefaultColor(Color.cyan);
z1.setlineweight(2);
z1.hidebubble();

def bub1 = 1;
addchartbubble(
 show_stop1_line and lastbar[bub1],
 stop_line[bub1-1],
 "H-\n" + stop_line[bub1]
, color.yellow, no);

# down arrow when price goes below stop level
plot z2 = if lastbar and close < stop_line then high*1.001 else na;
z2.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.ARROW_DOWN);
z2.SetDefaultColor(Color.cyan);
z2.setlineweight(3);
z2.hidebubble();

#

green candle
stop_amount = 1
EeHruLf.jpg


red candle
stop_amount = 0.3
JCJRyn9.jpg
 
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