Dollar Trailing SX (Strategy)Analysis Techniques & Strategies
Dollar Trailing SX (Strategy)The Dollar Trailing SX strategy is used to set a trailing stop to exit a short position when prices move up a specified number of dollars (in terms of either a total position or share/contract amount) from the lowest price since entry.
This strategy uses a built-in stop that will exit within any bar (except the bar of entry) whenever the trailing stop amount is reached. For more information about dollar trailing exits, see Dollar Trailing.
This strategy will only generate an exit on a short position.
Long exit (“LX”) and short exit (“SX”) strategies do not generate exits on the bar of entry of a position. Other strategies can be used instead, if entry bar protection is needed. See comments in the strategy’s EasyLanguage code for additional information.
The calculation for this strategy does not take commission or slippage into account.
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
| Amount$ | Numeric | 1 | The dollar loss from the lowest entry price at which point the position will be closed. |
| PositionBasis | True/False | False | True/False trigger allowing you to calculate Amount$ either per position or per share. To calculate profit per position, enter True. |
$ Trailing Stop
Dollar Trailing, Dollar Trailing LX
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