Traders' Roundtable

Well, I gave it a go this weekend and I don't think I have the programming quite right. I created a new Entry/Exit block with the following:

IF instrument.position = LONG AND
instrument.high >= targetPrice THEN
broker.ExitUnitAtLimit (1, targetPrice)AND
instrument.setexitstop (1, instrument ...

Roger,

Thanks for the help. However, I'm not finding the Target Price exit. I have looked at the AdjustPositionAtLimit price, but that doesn't allow me to move the stop. Where am I going wrong here? Also, is this where I would put the coding, before the technical indicator exit?

If instrument ...

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