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Old 07-04-2009, 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by phil838 View Post
Isn't that exactly what trailing stops do, or am I misunderstanding what you're saying?
If you set a trailing stop in MT4 at 50 pips, it doesn't start moving until you're 50 pips in profit as opposed to Oanda where it starts moving as soon as you're 1 pip in profit.

I'm sure there's custom script or expert somewhere that mimics Oanda's style but I haven't looked for it.
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