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SetProfitTarget

1,130 bytes added, 14:17, 24 January 2012
Created page with "Closes out the entire position or the entry if profit reaches the specified currency value; generates the appropriate Limit exit order depending on whether the position is lon..."
Closes out the entire position or the entry if profit reaches the specified currency value; generates the appropriate Limit exit order depending on whether the position is long or short.

[[SetStopPosition]] and [[SetStopContract]] or [[SetStopShare]] functions determine whether the profit target will be applied to the entire position or to each contract or share individualy; by default, profit target is applied to the entire position.

SetProfitTarget function is evaluated intra-bar and not only on close of a bar, and can exit within the same bar as the entry.

==== Usage ====
<syntaxhighlight>SetProfitTarget(Amount)</syntaxhighlight>

Where: [[Amount]] - a numerical expression, specifying the profit target amount

==== Notes ====
This function can only be used in signals.

==== Example ====
<syntaxhighlight>Generate an exit order for the entire position if the position profit reaches $100:

SetStopPosition;

SetProfitTarget(100);


Generate an exit order for the entry if the profit per contract reaches $10:

SetStopContract;

SetProfitTarget(10);</syntaxhighlight>



[[Category:Strategy Orders]]
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