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I am trying to basically follow a bottom point as if using a trailing stop in reverse. Once the market moves up a certain percentage, it would trigger a buy signal. Thanks in advance for any help - hopefully I don't sound dumb.
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Adam W
Some of the built-in indicators here may be helpful.
Would be quite simple to code your own Indicator as well. Simple logic without any indicators would follow something like:
def Initialize(self): self.lowestSPY = 999 # Lowest observed price self.buyThreshold = 0.1 # Percent change from lowest price to trigger buy def OnData(self, data): close = data['SPY'].Close # Reset the lowest price if close < self.lowestSPY: self.lowestSPY = close return # Measure how much price changed from lowest price pctChange = ( close / self.lowestSPY ) - 1.0 # Buy SPY when triggered if pctChange > self.buyThreshold: self.SetHoldings('SPY', 1)Â
Samuel Schoening
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