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How to gradually close a position?

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irriss
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Hi guys,

After couple years of searching I am completely confused. Does Easy Language allow to close a position gradually?

Let say I sold 15 contracts using the comand

sellshort 15 contracts this bar on close;

Now I want gradually close this position.

Unfortunately, seems that can can partially close position only one time!

After I do

buytocover 3 contracts this bar on close;

and 12 contracts still open, all further buytocover requests are ignored.

There is note regarding this in the documentation:

Exit orders do not pyramid. Once the exit criteria are met and the exit order filled, the order is ignored for that position
until the position is modified (that is, more shares/ contracts are sold or a new short position is established).


But what to do if I dont want to increase the position?

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What platform are you using? Multicharts, Tradestation or something else?

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irriss
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It should not really matter.

I am using OEC

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There is a difference in the platforms and you can use different code between TS and MC for example. For OEC I don't know, but if you post your code (not only the two lines from the first post) you are using for the exits I can give it a try.

I posted an example here that might help you.
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irriss
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Thanks ABCTG,

In your example there are two different closing signals. That's why they work.

This is the surrogate example. Hope the idea is clear. You may need to adjust it or find appropriate instrument. It executes only one exit, instead of three.

 
Code
                            
vars:     i(0), 

        
p(0);

if(
i=0then
begin
    buy 15 contracts this bar on close
;
    
CurrentAsk;
    
i+0.1;
end
else
begin
    
if(CurrentAsk>p-ithen
    begin
        sell 5 contracts total this bar on close
;
        
i+0.1;
    
end;
end 

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irriss,

I don't think you can avoid using more than one exit in your situation. This would concur with what you posted from the documentation. What is the problem with having several exit orders and making sure they get executed when you want?

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 dimitri 
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Hi, i have seen from a friend of mine this logic ... it is for MT4 ... and it was using a composite logic, with simultaneous moving of Stop Loss levels ... over the partial close ... the site is : Algorithmic Experts | Home
Hope it helps ...
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irriss
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I tried that. The problem that the signal name cannot be dynamic.

I can do like

Sellshort ("sig1") 5 contracts this bar on close
Sellshort ("sig2") 5 contracts this bar on close
Sellshort ("sig3") 5 contracts this bar on close


but I cannot generate signal name from a variable.

In my case it has to be dynamic. I dont know how many exit signal I will need at runtime.

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irriss
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dimitri View Post
Hi, i have seen from a friend of mine this logic ... it is for MT4 ... and it was using a composite logic, with simultaneous moving of Stop Loss levels ... over the partial close ... the site is : link Algorithmic Experts | Home[/url]
Hope it helps ...
Best Regards - Dimitri

Yeah, in MT4 it is possible. You need to play with individual orders and it is very flexible.

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