sohailmithani
192 posts
msg #109155
- Ignore sohailmithani |
12/6/2012 12:54:43 PM
Hello fellow traders,
I have a filter which gives me triggers for next day buy. I usually buy the stocks when they are below 2% from yesterday close price so this one I know how to code in SF. The one I am struggling with is if say my trigger date is Dec 3rd and on Dec 4th it only drops 1.5% so it will not be bought (on Dec 4th) by my current system but I don't want to miss such opportunities. So what I want is to buy the stock on Dec 5th if it drops more than 0.5% to make cumulative loss for 2 days over 2% from trigger date.
Is this possible to do?
Again,
Dec 3rd - Trigger date - for a stock with close price of $10
Dec 4th - Stock closed at 9.85 - only losing 1.5% (not 2% as per my current criteria)
Dec 5th the - low for the day was below 9.8 - execute my order at 9.8 (cumulative loss of > 2% from Dec 3rd)
Pls help. Thanks
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Kevin_in_GA
4,599 posts
msg #109156
- Ignore Kevin_in_GA |
12/6/2012 4:02:24 PM
Hello fellow traders,
I have a filter which gives me triggers for next day buy. I usually buy the stocks when they are below 2% from yesterday close price so this one I know how to code in SF. The one I am struggling with is if say my trigger date is Dec 3rd and on Dec 4th it only drops 1.5% so it will not be bought (on Dec 4th) by my current system but I don't want to miss such opportunities. So what I want is to buy the stock on Dec 5th if it drops more than 0.5% to make cumulative loss for 2 days over 2% from trigger date.
Is this possible to do?
Again,
Dec 3rd - Trigger date - for a stock with close price of $10
Dec 4th - Stock closed at 9.85 - only losing 1.5% (not 2% as per my current criteria)
Dec 5th the - low for the day was below 9.8 - execute my order at 9.8 (cumulative loss of > 2% from Dec 3rd)
Pls help. Thanks
The challenge here is to hold the entry price static while the actual price changes - if your filter returns a stock that closed today at $10, you want to get in if at any time within X days the price drops below $9.80 (2% below the close on the day of the trigger).
This cannot be coded in SF as far as I know. "close 1 day ago *0.98" changes every day, so that won't work. You could write a separate line of code(or separate filter) for each stock, but that is too time-consuming.
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sohailmithani
192 posts
msg #109157
- Ignore sohailmithani |
12/6/2012 4:11:02 PM
Thanks.
There are so many limitations in SF that I am now giving it second thoughts. I am thinking of trying AmiBroker. Any experience with that? If so, do you think my idea will be codable on that scanner.
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