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Question about Trailing Step

  • #1
  • First Post: Feb 23, 2018 9:00pm Feb 23, 2018 9:00pm
Doesn't the trailing step work in conjunction with the trailing stop? Like if you set the trailing step to 100 pips after you're up 100 pips then your trailing stop kicks in? Like if the trailing stop is 25 pips after you're up 100 pips a 25 pip trailing stop is created? Because I have an EA with a trailing step / stop and it doesn't seem to work right. The trailing stop kicks in before the trailing step is met. I thought maybe it was the decimal point issue 3 versus 5 so I added an extra 0 to the trailing step and it prevented the trailing stop from ever opening.
  • #2
  • Feb 23, 2018 11:48pm Feb 23, 2018 11:48pm
Quoting m0b1us
Doesn't the trailing step work in conjunction with the trailing stop? Like if you set the trailing step to 100 pips after you're up 100 pips then your trailing stop kicks in? Like if the trailing stop is 25 pips after you're up 100 pips a 25 pip trailing stop is created? Because I have an EA with a trailing step / stop and it doesn't seem to work right. The trailing stop kicks in before the trailing step is met. I thought maybe it was the decimal point issue 3 versus 5 so I added an extra 0 to the trailing step and it prevented the trailing stop...
i am having the same issues with EA trailing,no matter watever setting i use,the result is the same,it seems like these EAs are fooling us and failing us.please some one correct me or add into definition of trailing stop concept.take profit is whateveer we assume the profit will be and the trailing stop is how much we are ready to let go of if the market goes against us,and trailing step triggers in when tp amount plus step is added(market is going in our favor right)? in my EA there is an option of trailing start as well,i wonder what is trailing start?
  • #3
  • Feb 24, 2018 5:37pm Feb 24, 2018 5:37pm
there are so many ways implement trailings. without know any details. maybe your trailing start means, it start trailing after x ammount of pips in profit, moving stop higher or lower, depends direction of trade.
  • #4
  • Feb 24, 2018 6:09pm Feb 24, 2018 6:09pm
Quoting kk100
there are so many ways implement trailings. without know any details. maybe your trailing start means, it start trailing after x ammount of pips in profit, moving stop higher or lower, depends direction of trade.
How about you stay on the topic of this thread and not derail it with another topic. I'm asking about trailing step functionality, not trailing start.
  • #5
  • Feb 24, 2018 7:50pm Feb 24, 2018 7:50pm
Quoting m0b1us
{quote} How about you stay on the topic of this thread and not derail it with another topic. I'm asking about trailing step functionality, not trailing start.
Seems to be on topic to me.
There are a lot of different terms for trailing stop functions. For instance I have not come across a trailing step, but I have heard of a jumping stop which is probably the same thing. Although it could be that the trailing step refers to the distance between the trailing stop jumps., so a value of say 5 pips might mean the it moves in 5 pip increments. Enlighten me.
  • #6
  • Feb 24, 2018 9:40pm Feb 24, 2018 9:40pm
3 people have replied and no one has even attempted to give an answer. Why are you all even replying?
  • #7
  • Feb 24, 2018 9:44pm Feb 24, 2018 9:44pm
Quoting m0b1us
3 people have replied and no one has even attempted to give an answer. Why are you all even replying?
you seem to be impatient and rude,traders are kind and generous enough to attend to queries out of their good gesture and not compulsion.
  • #8
  • Feb 24, 2018 9:50pm Feb 24, 2018 9:50pm
Quoting profitkeeper
{quote} Seems to be on topic to me. There are a lot of different terms for trailing stop functions. For instance I have not come across a trailing step, but I have heard of a jumping stop which is probably the same thing. Although it could be that the trailing step refers to the distance between the trailing stop jumps., so a value of say 5 pips might mean the it moves in 5 pip increments. Enlighten me.
i am not in favor of setting stop loss and trailing stop is all about stopping the trade,can someone formulate an EA that just trails the profit.
  • #9
  • Feb 24, 2018 10:08pm Feb 24, 2018 10:08pm
Quoting m0b1us
3 people have replied and no one has even attempted to give an answer. Why are you all even replying?
Perhaps you should read what I wrote. I believe the trailing step refers to the"step" value i.e. after the trailing stop is activated it moves in steps by the value supplied. That's why your values are backward.
Of course if it was originally in Russian it could mean something else.
  • #10
  • Feb 24, 2018 11:05pm Feb 24, 2018 11:05pm
How about everyone in this thread go back and delete your replies so that maybe this thread won't look like trash.
  • #11
  • Last Post: Feb 25, 2018 12:13am Feb 25, 2018 12:13am
You man take yourself too seriously. try relax.
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