Why can't we use CalculationMode.Currency with SetTrailStop?

[rgoudie]

Hello.

I am coding a strategy and wish to set a trailing stop-loss of a fixed amount. However, the documentation for SetTrailStop states that CalculationMode.Currency is irrelevant for SetTrailStop.

I believe that we should be able to request a trailing stop-loss that is, say, 5.00$ below the current price of the security.

I know about the workaround of converting the amount to ticks and then using CalculationMode.Ticks. My question is to understand why CalculationMode.Currency is not available to use with SetTrailStop.

Thanks

-Ray.

[NinjaTrader_Jesse]

Hello rgoudie,

At this time there is no option for that for the internal trail stop so you would have to manually calculate the price offset using your own logic and then set the price of the target instead.