let me rephrase that. On backtests on the automated MACD KISS/Stoch strategy I backtest the number of ticks I use, most of the backtests show that using more than one tick is best

now for my subjective manual trades I use a one tick stop much of the time, and other times I'll give it more room. All depends on the subjectiveness look of the chart, things like, is price above or below an ATR, what does the MA ribbon look like. This morning on that bounce the charts looked really bearish and so I was would have been willing to take some heat on a short. If I see 5 clear waves down and MACD divergence then I may not take a MACD KISS/Stoch Short, and if I do, I might keep it really tight and take profits much faster more for like a scalp. 

I can't or don't know how to code all those complexities into the auto system - auto systems will always be a bit different than how you subjectively trade