Strategy Sell before Buy

[StockT8er]

How do I code to eliminate this?

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[rad14733]

We need to know what strategy code you are running to give any advice on that peculiarity... Please post the script in question...

 

[BenTen]

Are you talking about doing the opposite aka shorting the stock? You would need to set it to Sell to Open and Buy to Close.

 

[StockT8er]

def BuySignal = if BuyDiff crosses above 0  then 1 else 0;
def SellSignal = if SellDiff crosses below 0 then 1 else 0;

AddOrder(OrderType.BUY_TO_OPEN, RTH and (BuySignal + BuySignal[-1]) / 2, price = BuyorderPrice, tickcolor = GetColor(1), arrowcolor = GetColor(1), name = "CDS_LE_G");

AddOrder(OrderType.SELL_TO_CLOSE, (SellSignal + SellSignal[-1]) / 2, price = SellorderPrice, tickcolor = GetColor(0), arrowcolor = GetColor(0), name = "CDS_SE");
or
AddOrder(OrderType.BUY_TO_OPEN, RTH and BuySignal[-1], price = BuyorderPrice, tickcolor = GetColor(1), arrowcolor = GetColor(1), name = "CDS_LE_G");

AddOrder(OrderType.SELL_TO_CLOSE, SellSignal[-1], price = SellorderPrice, tickcolor = GetColor(0), arrowcolor = GetColor(0), name = "CDS_SE");

Both will do it when it Buys and sells same bar. it will always list the sell first then buy, therefore not register as a win or loss or break even in the PL_Lablers Strategy

 

[BenTen]

@StockT8er Why do you have two sets of Buy to Open and Sell to Close?

 

[StockT8er]

i'm just showing 2 examples of how I have entered them. This one I just coded to see if it would help with false signals, have not tested yet
(BuySignal + BuySignal[-1]) / 2

 

[rad14733]

Can't really make a determination without seeing the ENTIRE script... Not providing it just delays your getting a good answer... Give us something to work with...

 

[StockT8er]

After going live, I figured out what I had done. I had 2 [-1] in the code in different places