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How about a trend line. Depending on the time frame of the trend you
can connect two troughs or two peaks using the zig function?
--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Graham" <gkavanagh@xxxx> wrote:
> I was working on one that included volume, but the volume figures
are not
> dependable enough to use with any accuracy. Not so much that there are
> errors but sometimes there is a special transfer of shares of
significant
> size that distorts the volumes, and to me, should not be considered
as part
> of the normal trading volumes. But as I am not going to go through
all the
> shares to find which volume "spikes" are due to actual increased
interest
> and which ones are due to abnormal share movements I left that idea
at the
> wayside.
>
>
>
> Cheers,
> Graham
>
> <http://groups.msn.com/ASXShareTrading>
> http://groups.msn.com/ASXShareTrading
>
> <http://groups.msn.com/FMSAustralia> http://groups.msn.com/FMSAustralia
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jayson [mailto:jcasavant@x...]
> Sent: Monday, 30 June 2003 9:31 PM
> To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [amibroker] Re: proof of an uptrend
>
>
> Graham,
> Interesting... Have you considered including a volume component to help
> measure the strength? Often an upward (or downward) trend on
increasingly
> lower volume signals trouble, or at least a pause, on the horizon.
>
> Regards,
> Jayson
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Graham [mailto:gkavanagh@x...]
> Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 9:05 AM
> To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [amibroker] Re: proof of an uptrend
>
>
> I have been working on some ideas for defining a trend for use as
> confirmation for entry signals. I am still working on it, but thought I
> might add it here to see what others think of it. This is one way I am
> trying, and is one of the 2 ways so far more successful than others.
> Basically it is an indicator so far, and trend signified by the
position of
> the 2 lines, green above red is rising, red above green is falling.
> As I said it is early days for this as yet
>
> //INDICATOR C 2
> //Trending
> //by Graham Kavanagh 09 June 2003
>
> Period1 = 40;
> Period2 = 20;
> Period3 = 5;
>
> Rise = IIf(H>Ref(H,-1) AND L>Ref(L,-1),1,0);
> Fall = IIf(H<Ref(H,-1) AND L<Ref(L,-1),1,0);
>
> CountRise = Sum(Rise,Period1);
> CountFall = Sum(Fall,Period1);
>
> IndC = (CountRise-CountFall)/Period1*100;
> MAIndC = DEMA(IndC,Period2);
> Trigger = EMA(MAIndC,Period3);
>
> Strengthup = MAindc - ValueWhen(Cross(maindc,trigger),MAindc);
> Strengthdn = MAindc - ValueWhen(Cross(trigger,maindc),MAindc);
> Strength = DEMA( (strengthup+strengthdn), period2 );
> MAstrength = EMA(Strength,5);
>
> GraphXSpace = 2;
> mycolor=IIf(MAIndC>Trigger, colorGreen,
> IIf(MAIndC<Trigger,colorRed,colorBlack));
>
> Title =EncodeColor(SelectedValue(mycolor)) + Name() + " " + Date() +
" Ind
> C2 Trend Strength: Higher Highs & Lows - Lower Highs & Lows
> "+WriteVal(strength,1.2);
>
> Plot( strength, EncodeColor(colorGreen)+" trend Strength ", colorGreen,
> styleLine+styleNoLabel);
> Plot( mastrength, EncodeColor(colorRed)+" MA Strength ", colorRed,
> styleLine+styleNoLabel);
>
> Cheers,
> Graham
> http://groups.msn.com/ASXShareTrading
> http://groups.msn.com/FMSAustralia
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MarkF2 [mailto:feierstein@x...]
> Sent: Monday, 30 June 2003 8:52 PM
> To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [amibroker] Re: proof of an uptrend
>
>
> Ron- If you're going to use slopes, think of them as positive or
negative.
> Don't try to order them because they depend on scale and you'll get
> incoherent rankings.
>
> Depending on how you ultimately decide to define a trend and your
timeframe,
> you may also want to take an actuarial approach to look at how long
trends
> last. Of course there are no certainties, only probabilities.
>
> Mark
>
> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "mrdavis9" <mrdavis9@xxxx> wrote:
> > I am finally able to actually create some scans that work. Now I
> want to add something to my buy scans that will insure that the
stocks that
> receive a buy arrow are actually in an uptrend. One idea I have is to
> require that it's linear regression must be in an uptrend. I would
> appreciate any and all suggestions regarding what criteria that I
should put
> into my buy scans that would insure that the stock is
> truly in an uptrend, in order for it to be eligible to receive a buy
> arrow. Regardless of the other suggestions that may be forthcoming,
> I still want to test the concept of positive linear regression. I
> have copied the information from HELP that I think is most relevant
to what
> I want to do. I am a little puzzled regarding what these
> HELP comments are really saying. All that I am really looking for
in this
> post is the statements that I need to add to my buy scans that
> will insure that the stock is truly in an uptrend. Any and all
> comments will be appreciated. Ron D
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > SYNTAX linregslope( ARRAY, periods )
> > RETURNS ARRAY
> > FUNCTION Calculates linear regression line slope from the
> ARRAY using periods range.
> > EXAMPLE x = Cum(1);
> > lastx = LastValue( x ); Daysback = 10; aa = LastValue(
> LinRegIntercept( Close, Daysback) );
> > bb = LastValue( LinRegSlope( Close, Daysback ) );
> >
> > y = Aa + bb * ( x - (Lastx - DaysBack) ); Plot( Close,
> "Close", colorBlack, styleCandle );
> > Plot( IIf( x >= (lastx - Daysback), y, -1e10 ), "LinReg",
> colorRed );
>
>
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