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Stop loss percentage formula - Help
« on: 04 Feb 2020, 15:41 »
Hi,I  want to have a stoploss  for my back trades if the price increases  20% take loss.
An example i place a back trade at 4.6 the price increases 20% to 5.8 12 ticks i want to exit trade, i would i do ?

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Re: Stop loss percentage formula - Help
« Reply #1 on: 04 Feb 2020, 15:42 »
Sorry how would i do the above?

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Re: Stop loss percentage formula - Help
« Reply #2 on: 04 Feb 2020, 20:17 »
Hi
Just use the distribute loss trigger action. You can choose either based on ticks or based on %.

You can also use the stop loss options in the settings.

and here are some example stop loss triggers.  
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Re: Stop loss percentage formula - Help
« Reply #3 on: 05 Feb 2020, 10:06 »
The simplest option is to do "distribute the loss" at 20% loss (use the corresponding trigger settings).
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Re: Stop loss percentage formula - Help
« Reply #4 on: 05 Feb 2020, 19:04 »
Thanks both am I correct in saying the attached will trigger  stoploss if my back bet goes 6% in the red?

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« Reply #5 on: 05 Feb 2020, 19:58 »
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I tested it in Time Machine and it does just that.
I changed the back amount to £10, and if the trade went into the red by 6% it distributed £0.61 loss evenly across all selections. 
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« Reply #6 on: 05 Feb 2020, 20:06 »
Great thanks Mark. How can i get this trigger to repeat,  i created  a trigger request however its saying my quote is exceeded tho i cancelled other requests,  could you help please?

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Re: Stop loss percentage formula - Help
« Reply #7 on: 06 Feb 2020, 15:52 »
sorted it now thanks

 

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