EasyLanguage - Extending the Order to More Thatn One Bar

[vanyok 10]

Hello everyone. I'm new to the forum.

Nice little community you guys have here

 

Can someone help me out with this problem? I can't figure out how to extend the order to more than one candle...Is it possible ?

 

By default Strategy orders look something like:

 

IF blah then BUY THIS CANDLE MARKET;

or

IF blah then BUY 1 CONTRACT AT blah NEXT BAR LIMIT

 

IF that next candle doesn''t meet my criteria the order gets canceled.

 

I would like my order to look something like this instead:

IF "blah" then BUY 1 CONTRACT AT blah NEXT 3 BAR LIMIT

 

So basically I would like my limit order to stay active for next 3 bars ( or whatever amount of bars I specify) unless filled.

 

Is it possible ? How can I achieve this?

 

THank you.

:pc guru:

[Tams 20]

try this:

 

condition = blah;

 

if condition then buy...

 

if condition[1] then buy...

if condition[2] then buy...

[momentom 10]

You could also break the conditions into setup and trigger. For example;

 

If Condition1 then begin

If Condition11 then Buy this bar at close

[vanyok 10]

So to make my order last 5 bars I have to have 5 separate conditions ?

Kinda sucks but I guess it makes sense.

 

Thanks guys.

[sevensa 10]

You can use a counter along these lines...

 

 

vars: counter(10), num_bars(5);

 

condition = whatever;

 

if condition then counter = 0;

 

Counter = Counter + 1;

 

If counter <= num_bars then buy next bar a low limit;