RE: [amibroker] Finding the first bar of chart

["Jayson" <jcasavant@xxxx>]

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class=521345814-29102002>Graham,
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try 
perhaps,
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class=521345814-29102002>x=cum(1);
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class=521345814-29102002>pds=iif(x>500,500,x);
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class=521345814-29102002>plot(ma(c,x),"Variable 
MA",coloryellow,4);
 
Jayson 

<FONT face=Tahoma 
size=2>-----Original Message-----From: Graham 
[mailto:gkavanag@xxxx]Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 2:37 
AMTo: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxSubject: [amibroker] 
Finding the first bar of chart

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>I am 
wanting to set up a long term MA. In some cases there would not be enough 
history data to create this MA. I then will set it to the number of bars 
possible.
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>My query, 
and I know this has been asked before, and cannot remember. How can I writein 
an AFL to find the first bar for the stock and then define this to use in an 
MA.
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>I will use the lesser of 500 bars or 
total bars in chart.
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> 
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>Thanks in 
advance
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>GrahamPost 
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