I need some assistance with this one: In my sheet below I have certain buy
and sell signals for this commodity. I used an =if(and()) statement with
about 4 logical steps to come up with these buy and sell points. You can't
see the formula because I have taken it out. But my next step which I don't
understand is how to write a formula to get me out if the price goes against
me. So lets take 7/19/2005 BUY signal for an example. I need to find a way
to have the formula read that when I get a BUY signal take the close price
that period and minus say 5 from that. Now if the low from the next period
or however many of periods it is until you get a sell signal goes below that
number it should read "STOP" and you exit the position. The same would be
for the SELL signal but instead of minus you would add it to the close price
and see if the HIGH periods go through that number. My problem is is there
is a way to keep a running column with each new period changing to let you
know if those parameters have been hit or not. I will be happy to answer any
questions if this is not clear. I thought about =if then statements= but
not sure on how to write all of this. Thank you again.
NOel
Date-SPH Open High Low Close BUY SELL
7/1/2005 1,204.50 1,207.50 1,202.50 1,206.00
7/5/2005 1,202.00 1,216.50 1,202.00 1,215.10
7/6/2005 1,215.00 1,216.10 1,204.00 1,204.70
7/7/2005 1,191.70 1,208.80 1,191.70 1,208.80
7/8/2005 1,215.00 1,223.50 1,207.50 1,222.50
7/11/2005 1,225.00 1,230.50 1,224.00 1,229.60
7/12/2005 1,229.50 1,235.00 1,227.00 1,231.80
7/13/2005 1,230.40 1,234.50 1,230.30 1,234.30
7/14/2005 1,243.00 1,243.30 1,234.30 1,238.10
7/15/2005 1,234.50 1,239.50 1,234.00 1,237.60
7/18/2005 1,235.00 1,235.00 1,230.50 1,232.80
7/19/2005 1,237.00 1,240.00 1,234.00 1,239.60 BUY
7/20/2005 1,235.70 1,247.00 1,232.70 1,242.90
7/21/2005 1,244.00 1,244.00 1,234.50 1,236.40
7/22/2005 1,239.00 1,244.00 1,235.50 1,243.40
7/25/2005 1,243.20 1,247.50 1,236.50 1,240.50
7/26/2005 1,239.50 1,243.00 1,239.00 1,241.40
7/27/2005 1,239.90 1,246.50 1,238.80 1,246.30
7/28/2005 1,249.70 1,254.00 1,245.00 1,253.60
7/29/2005 1,253.50 1,254.00 1,243.40 1,243.40 SELL
8/1/2005 1,246.50 1,248.00 1,243.50 1,244.20
8/2/2005 1,248.00 1,253.50 1,248.00 1,251.80
8/3/2005 1,250.00 1,254.50 1,250.00 1,254.50
8/4/2005 1,250.00 1,250.00 1,243.50 1,244.60 SELL
8/5/2005 1,241.00 1,242.00 1,233.60 1,236.40
8/8/2005 1,238.50 1,241.00 1,231.50 1,233.90
8/9/2005 1,239.50 1,242.50 1,236.00 1,241.00 BUY
8/10/2005 1,246.80 1,250.50 1,235.50 1,240.50 SELL
8/11/2005 1,239.00 1,246.50 1,237.20 1,245.20
8/12/2005 1,242.00 1,243.50 1,235.00 1,237.70
8/15/2005 1,238.80 1,244.70 1,235.20 1,244.20 BUY
8/16/2005 1,239.30 1,240.20 1,227.00 1,228.10 SELL
8/17/2005 1,227.30 1,233.60 1,226.50 1,228.10
8/18/2005 1,225.00 1,231.50 1,225.00 1,227.60
8/19/2005 1,232.30 1,233.50 1,228.20 1,230.40
8/22/2005 1,230.80 1,237.00 1,225.00 1,230.70
8/23/2005 1,228.60 1,231.00 1,222.50 1,228.00
8/24/2005 1,223.30 1,232.00 1,216.00 1,216.40
8/25/2005 1,218.60 1,221.00 1,217.10 1,220.20
8/26/2005 1,219.30 1,219.30 1,212.00 1,212.40
8/29/2005 1,208.50 1,222.20 1,208.50 1,221.00 BUY
8/30/2005 1,216.60 1,216.60 1,208.50 1,215.00
8/31/2005 1,217.00 1,230.30 1,211.50 1,227.80
9/1/2005 1,228.20 1,234.50 1,223.80 1,227.90
9/2/2005 1,231.90 1,232.00 1,224.00 1,225.90
9/6/2005 1,230.00 1,241.00 1,230.00 1,240.50
9/7/2005 1,239.50 1,244.00 1,238.00 1,241.90
9/8/2005 1,239.50 1,242.70 1,236.00 1,238.20 SELL
9/9/2005 1,238.00 1,250.30 1,237.20 1,248.50 BUY
9/12/2005 1,249.00 1,250.90 1,245.50 1,246.60 SELL
9/13/2005 1,246.10 1,246.60 1,237.70 1,238.90
9/14/2005 1,238.80 1,242.00 1,232.20 1,234.60
9/15/2005 1,234.50 1,238.50 1,230.70 1,233.50
9/16/2005 1,233.50 1,244.70 1,232.80 1,242.30 BUY
9/19/2005 1,242.60 1,242.70 1,233.50 1,238.00 SELL
9/20/2005 1,237.80 1,242.80 1,225.60 1,227.60
9/21/2005 1,227.40 1,229.30 1,214.50 1,215.90
9/22/2005 1,215.90 1,222.70 1,211.00 1,219.80 BUY
9/23/2005 1,219.60 1,224.80 1,215.10 1,220.50
9/26/2005 1,224.20 1,229.00 1,217.00 1,221.50
9/27/2005 1,221.50 1,226.00 1,216.20 1,221.70
9/28/2005 1,221.60 1,226.70 1,217.70 1,222.80
9/29/2005 1,222.40 1,234.30 1,216.30 1,231.80
9/30/2005 1,231.60 1,235.80 1,230.00 1,234.30
10/3/2005 1,235.30 1,238.80 1,229.90 1,231.80 SELL
10/4/2005 1,231.50 1,235.50 1,216.60 1,216.80
10/5/2005 1,216.80 1,218.30 1,200.20 1,200.70
10/6/2005 1,200.80 1,206.90 1,186.00 1,196.90
10/7/2005 1,197.00 1,204.50 1,195.20 1,200.00 BUY
10/10/200 1,199.70 1,204.30 1,189.60 1,190.00
10/11/200 1,190.00 1,198.00 1,187.30 1,188.40
10/12/200 1,189.20 1,194.70 1,177.60 1,178.50
10/13/200 1,179.00 1,184.30 1,172.00 1,178.10
10/14/200 1,178.50 1,191.50 1,178.40 1,189.90 BUY
10/17/200 1,189.80 1,195.50 1,186.50 1,194.20
10/18/200 1,193.90 1,196.70 1,181.00 1,181.40 SELL
10/19/200 1,182.00 1,200.80 1,174.00 1,200.40
10/20/200 1,199.10 1,200.80 1,175.70 1,179.50
10/21/200 1,179.80 1,190.00 1,175.90 1,183.80
10/24/200 1,183.80 1,203.30 1,183.30 1,202.40
10/25/200 1,202.00 1,204.70 1,192.00 1,198.90 SELL
10/26/200 1,198.80 1,207.00 1,193.90 1,196.00
10/27/200 1,195.40 1,196.10 1,181.00 1,182.50
10/28/200 1,181.30 1,201.20 1,179.50 1,199.70 BUY
10/31/200 1,199.80 1,214.50 1,199.70 1,209.80
11/1/2005 1,203.90 1,210.50 1,203.00 1,206.30
11/2/2005 1,206.10 1,218.50 1,202.50 1,218.10
11/3/2005 1,218.00 1,227.70 1,216.00 1,223.70
11/4/2005 1,223.50 1,225.70 1,216.70 1,222.00 SELL
11/7/2005 1,222.40 1,227.00 1,219.50 1,222.80
11/8/2005 1,222.70 1,224.30 1,218.50 1,222.80
11/9/2005 1,222.50 1,229.50 1,218.80 1,223.70
11/10/200 1,223.50 1,235.30 1,217.50 1,233.70
11/11/200 1,233.70 1,238.60 1,232.50 1,238.00
11/14/200 1,238.10 1,240.10 1,234.10 1,237.20 SELL
11/15/200 1,237.20 1,240.80 1,228.60 1,232.50
11/16/200 1,232.30 1,235.00 1,229.50 1,234.70
11/17/200 1,234.40 1,246.00 1,233.80 1,245.20
11/18/200 1,245.00 1,252.20 1,242.50 1,250.20
11/21/200 1,250.20 1,258.30 1,248.60 1,257.00
11/22/200 1,256.80 1,263.90 1,253.10 1,262.10
11/23/200 1,261.50 1,272.70 1,261.00 1,268.60
11/25/200 1,268.30 1,270.60 1,265.90 1,270.10
11/28/200 1,269.70 1,273.10 1,258.80 1,260.90
11/29/200 1,260.80 1,267.80 1,259.00 1,259.30
11/30/200