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Date/Time: Sun, 16 Mar 2025 13:29:02 +0000



Post From: Automated/Discretionary Trading - Arm in Long/Short Direction

[2022-08-10 13:08:00]
Sawtooth - Posts: 4184
I would like to know if there's a way to enable trading only in a long direction or only in a short direction at my discretion by the press of a button. Otherwise, if there is a way to implement this from within the spreadsheet, please inform me.
You could use two cells in column H to enable/disable longs/shorts (1=enable/0=disable):
K3:
=AND(YourBuyEntryConditions,$H$2=1)
M3:
=AND(YourSellEntryConditions,$H$3=1)

You could use separate instances of the Spreadsheet System for Trading study, each on their own chart, one for longs, one for shorts.
Then use a Control Bar button to enable/disable the chart's autotrading.
This might not work with all entry conditions, or with reversals.