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trailOffset without trailPoints

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Severity Error

A trailing stop is activated once price has moved trailPoints ticks in favour of the position, and then follows price at a distance of trailOffset ticks. An offset without an activation distance never activates.

Add trailPoints:, or remove trailOffset:.

Failing example

Flowscope Script
script "Trailing long"
strategy defaultQty = qty.percentOfEquity(20.0)
data chart = subscribe(data.ohlcv)
on chart.close {
  if ta.crossover(chart.close, ta.sma(chart.close, 30)) {
    strategy.entry("Long", direction.long)
  }
  strategy.exit("Trail", from: "Long", trailOffset: 50.0, loss: 200.0)
}

Fixed example

Flowscope Script
script "Trailing long"
strategy defaultQty = qty.percentOfEquity(20.0)
data chart = subscribe(data.ohlcv)
on chart.close {
  if ta.crossover(chart.close, ta.sma(chart.close, 30)) {
    strategy.entry("Long", direction.long)
  }
  strategy.exit("Trail", from: "Long", trailPoints: 100.0, trailOffset: 50.0, loss: 200.0)
}