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Date/Time: Sat, 10 Oct 2026 15:48:02 +0000
Only partial position exit on Buy/Sell Exit Signal from Spreadsheet for Trading
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| [2026-08-26 11:12:01] |
| User512353 - Posts: 190 |
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SC2944 SC_Data trade simulation mode Using 'Spreadsheet System for Trading' Study. When the system is long or short with several positions, on SOME occasions, when the respective Buy/Sell Exit column flips to 1, NOT ALL positions are exited. The signal that I am using for the Buy/Sell Exit column is very volatile and may be triggered only for a very short time, e.g. shorter than the bar period (and maybe also shorter than the chart update interval (which I cannot prove)). My expectation is, that IF an Exit is triggered, then it would exit ALL positions, not just a subset. However, this obviously is not the case. Is this a bug or feature? |
| [2026-08-26 11:14:40] |
| User512353 - Posts: 190 |
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A screenshot of the behavior, where the system needs several triggers to exit all positions.
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| [2026-08-26 13:04:30] |
| User512353 - Posts: 190 |
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A more dramatic screenshot. You can see where the first exit was triggered, but only for 1 position. Would have been a nice trade if ALL positions had exited. But the triggers only fired for 1 (or few) positions. The bulk was probably cancelled on a reversal. Would have to look at it in detail. |
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| [2026-08-26 14:17:30] |
| Sawtooth - Posts: 4357 |
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One possibility: The exit quantity uses J26 unless J82/J83 are active. |
| [2026-08-26 14:35:16] |
| User512353 - Posts: 190 |
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Yes, this seems to be the problem. But I wonder how this came to be. I suspect that it results from old values remaining when switching the spreadsheet to v2 values. E.g. v2:J69=1, v2:J70=0, v2:J71=M (!?!?) was what I found. When I set v2:J70=1, v2:J71=<blank> the problem disappears. This was the first time I ever used v2 values. Maybe this explains why I never had such problems before. The v2:J71=M definitely looks malignant. Thanks, Sawtooth! |
| [2026-08-26 14:54:51] |
| Sawtooth - Posts: 4357 |
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My opinion on v2: https://www.sawtoothtrade.com/blog |
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