Historical Entry

_Historical Entry strategy creates a single historical long or short entry order that is based on user-specified inputs.

Description

The strategy entry can only occur when the specified price appears on the bar following the PrevBarDate and PrevBarTime setting. The _Historical Entry strategy allows you to replicate an actual preexisting brokerage account position on a chart. You can then use one or more exit strategies to exit the position.

This strategy should not be used to try to enter a position in the future and will only work on Intra-day or Daily charts. Commission or slippage are not taken into account for strategy calculation.

Default Inputs

MyEnrtyPrice( 100 ) sets the actual price of entry for the existing open position.

Quantity( 1000 ) sets the number of shares to enter into the position.

LongOrShort( 1 ) sets the type of entry. 1 = long; 2 = short.

PrevBarDate_YYMMDD( 050102 ) sets the date of the bar prior to the desired entry bar in YYMMDD format.

PrevBarTime_HHMM( 1300 ) sets the time of the bar that immediately precedes the desired entry bar in 24-hour HHMM format (for intra-day bar chart only).

OpenPriceEntryBar( 0 ) sets the Open price of the desired entry bar.