while loop to modify position exits

[Cataclyst]

I'm trying to code as part of my strategy a tentative trailing exit until my actual trailing exit indicator kicks in

below is part of the code

int i = 2;
while(Close[0] >= iterationlong && iterationlong < trailingstop)
{
	iterationlong = Open[0] + i * Math.Abs(Low[1] - Open[0]);
        i++;
}

After this part I then constructed if statements for the "iterationlong" variable.

My biggest issue is that it seems like it may be in an endless loop or taking a long time to backtest since it needs to loop every single tick.

If there's a better way to do this I'm all ears. Thanks!

[sledge]

Open up the output window
put a Print statement in your code after the {

Print ( "Iterationlong=" + iterationlong + " i=" + i );

Print out the other stuff too.

You might want to limit your while loop to 1 iteration and then stop if it is that bad.

I'm trying to code as part of my strategy a tentative trailing exit until my actual trailing exit indicator kicks in

below is part of the code

int i = 2;
while(Close[0] >= iterationlong && iterationlong < trailingstop)
{
    iterationlong = Open[0] + i * Math.Abs(Low[1] - Open[0]);
        i++;
}

After this part I then constructed if statements for the "iterationlong" variable.

My biggest issue is that it seems like it may be in an endless loop or taking a long time to backtest since it needs to loop every single tick.

If there's a better way to do this I'm all ears. Thanks!