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Output: Signal
Input: Rule inputs, market state and execution constraints
Horizon: The system holding period
Best use: Make entry, exit and abstention rules testable as one procedure.

Input: Rule inputs, market state and execution constraints.
Output: signal.
Use boundary: Make entry, exit and abstention rules testable as one procedure.

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How the method is built, and where it has been read

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Stop-loss order5 readings

Read in the archive18 readings

1988Constructing a mechanical trend system with independent trailing exitsSystem design 1991Write a staged RSI exit book with trailing stopsEntry and exit rules 1993Evaluating filter-trigger trailing exits after breakoutsEntry and exit rules 1995Weekly-close breakout entry and trailing exit in EurodollarsEntry and exit rules 1996Evaluating moving-average turn entries and slope exitsEntry and exit rules 1997Precommit an equity-risk cap and a profit-retracement exitEntry and exit rules 1998Exit stops before entriesStops and loss limits 1998Exit rules evaluated with a fixed random entryEntry and exit rules 2002Construct the stay-or-flatten decision before entryEntry and exit rules 2006Audit the stop, trail, and risk-reward stack as one procedureEntry and exit rules 2007Building a momentum system with relative strength and trailing exitsTrend and mean reversion 2013When buy and hold needs a sell ruleTrend and channels 2013A mechanical trend toolkit that turns screens into one entry-exit procedureEntry and exit rules 2014Is a two-period relative strength index, a channel breakout, and a trailing exit one long-only procedure?Entry and exit rules 2016Trend-aligned option entries and trailing exitsEntry and exit rules 2017Monthly three-black candles as a trailing exitChart patterns 2018Evaluating profit-taking and reentry in trend followingEntry and exit rules 2020Treat the zigzag threshold as a volatility-scaled construction variableEntry and exit rules

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