Quote Originally Posted by Pascal View Post
They look that way because they are calculated differently: trailing stops on an original position depend on the entry/last day price and the volatility, while the entry price of a secondary position depends on the R/R determined by the pivots. The Robot itself manages only one position.
Pascal
The effect I'm referring to has to do with a stopped exit which depends on the original entry price (assuming the trailing stop isn't lowered before that) which I find to be an arbitrary dependency, as related to influencing which of the following scenarios is going to unfold:

(1) Original stop is 79.23 (corresponding to 77.52 entry limit), position is stopped out, price continues to 79.31 limit entry, robot doesn't re-enter. Discretionary entry is advised to be skipped too?
(2) Original stop is 79.44 (corresponding to short entry at 77.73), position isn't stopped out as price continues to 79.31 where secondary (discretionary) entry takes place. Price possibly continues to stop out original position at 79.44 (but secondary position is already in effect)?

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