Setting profit target/trailing stop as percents and inputs

[iwun1]

I would like to set a profit target and a trailing stop as inputs so they can be optimized. They will need to be percents though. My question is, in the strategy wizard how would i enter this? I know how to enter the input as percents but then when you actually input them as values what should you label them as? Or should you label them as something different then doubles when making them inputs?

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

iwun1, user defined inputs as doubles for the percentage values in your stops and targets would do for optimizing those later.

[iwun1]

But when you enter them as inputs you make them percents and then in the stops and targets page (the last page of the wizard) you make them percents again when you input them as values. This causes a problem because its a percent percent. So what should you label it as in the inputs page and what should you label it as in the stops and targets page.

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Not sure I follow, the user defined input on the first page is entered as double value, so 0.01 for example for 1 percent.

Then you link this input to the value field of the Stop and Target values in the wizard, thus you're now able to optimize those percentage inputs in the Strategy Analyzer.

[iwun1]

when you enter them as values into the stops and targets page, it will set them as ticks,price or percents. What should you make them on this page?

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

You would need 'percent' here, and then link to your as double setup value input.

[iwun1]

For the trailing stop, i entered .004 and for the profit target i entered .015. In my backtest it still showed the greatest loss being .45% and the greates profit being 1.54%. I will try to get some screenshots up.

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Ok, please do to clarify - price may have gapped past your stop, so you had to take a larger one, same as in real time trading unfortunately sometimes.