Advanced Stop Loss Suggestion

Created at 11 Dec 2018, 08:49
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Advanced Stop Loss Suggestion
11 Dec 2018, 08:49


Good day. i have a suggetion regarding the advcance stop loss.

i want you to add a additional trailing stop on advcance stop loss​ and make two option for ADD and Trigger when gaining like the picture below.Example. so when the 50 pips Hit, the SL move to 24 + 1 Pips = 25pips SL position, and the second when the 70 Pips Hit, the SL move from 25 Pips to 49 + 1 =50 pips to secure the profit.when it comes the market reverse.
Please helps about this. i want to make my strategy as Profitable even im not around on my computer.hoping for your kind and considertation more power and God bless your company and all staff. 

 



@alexanderrobillos90@gmail.com
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damian8
12 Dec 2018, 05:01

While we are on the topic...

I think others have mentioned that the "add pips" concept of a trailing stop is hard to work with. Preference seems to be the more natural language approach of setting a rule. Example:  "trail stop loss by X pips when gaining Y pips"

Also, an additional feature TSL request in concert with what Alex sugests:

Multiple trailing stop loss rules allowing scaling out via trailing stop. This works really well blended with multiple Take Profit scale-out levels, especially in the instance when a TP was almost hit, but not quite... many of us want to tightly protect that unit which was 1 micro tick from being closed at a TP limit order target.

  • Position = 100,000
  • Take Profit 1: "10 pips gain, close 80,000"
  • Stop to Break Even: "add 1 pip, trigger when gaining 5 pips"
  • TSL Rule 1: "for 100,000, trail stop by 5 pips when gaining 9 pips"
  • TSL Rule 2: "for 80,000, trail stop loss by 2 pips when gaining 14.5 pips"
  • TSL Rule 3: "for 20,000, trail stop loss by 5 pips when gaining 14.5 pips"

TSL 1 would be automatically cancelled when TSL Rule 2 gain target is hit.  

I admit this can get complicated and my example has room for problems to arise.  But there are other methods to protect a TP target that was missed by a tick. Example, using a two-part Take Profit rule: 

  • Take Profit 1: "at 10 pips gain, close 100,000" OR " at 9.9 pips gain, close 100,000 at 8 pips SL"

=> This way, if you hit 9.9 pips gain, missing your 10 pip TP target, you will exit with a SL order if the maket then falls back to an 8 pip gain.

And all this should be definable as a saved trade management set before the trade is opened, rather than very quickly set after the trade opens.

ps, having a built in control for specifically Break Even is a great feature. Please keep that as is if you develop any other new trailing stop rules. :)

 


@damian8