[vanyok]

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.

[Tams]

try this:

condition = blah;

if condition then buy...

if condition[1] then buy...
if condition[2] then buy...

[momentom]

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]

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]

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;