Originally Posted by snunes

Greetings,

This is my first time posting on this thread. I am using Version 3 which is working well for me, however, I have tried to change the s/l (initital stop) to 55.0 (0 for trailing stop) which doesn't seem to be working. When the trade is placed, the s/l is 85. Is there some other parameter I need to adjust in order to change the s/l?

Regards,
Sam

Originally Posted by tururo

No problem. The way this EA works is to open a new trade when the loss gets to the value of the "Pips" setting (15). It does this until you have maxtrades open and will open no more. Once you get to maxtrades, if the price continues to go against you, your losses are unlimited. The modification sets the stop point at the place where the last trade would reach the 15 pip loss point + the value of initial stop. So, for each of the orders the stops would be as follows if Pips = 15 and InitialStop = 2, MaxTrades = 5:

Let's say your first trade sells at 1.2600
1st trade stop at 1.2600 + 75 + 2 = 1.2677
2nd trade opens at 1.2615
2nd trade stops at 1.2615 + 60 + 2 = 1.2677
3rd trade opens at 1.2630
3rd trade stop at 1.2630 + 45 + 2 = 1.2677
4th trade opens at 1.2645
4th trade stop at 1.2645 + 30 + 2 = 1.2677
5th trade opens at 1.2660
5th trade stop at 1.2660 + 15 + 2 = 1.2677

So when the price gets to 1.2677 all trades closed out at the stop loss. See yeoelevens earlier post for dollars example.

In practice the stops will vary by a few pips.