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Just as an aside, Graham, when TJ implements pyramiding in AB, it's 
possible to envision circumstances when you wouldn't want to use ExRem to 
eliminate additional impulse signals. For example, in the example I gave before, 
suppose the threshold changes every day, and you WANT to add to your 
position every time H crosses above that threshold before you get an exit 
signal. In that case, those additional signals would not be unwanted, and you 
would refrain from using ExRem (or Equity(1)). But that's for the future. 
 
AV
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  Subject: RE: [amibroker] Cross or > 
  ??
  
  Yes it would be possible 
  to get consecutive signals, and that is why you would use something like 
  Exrem(Buy,Sell) to remove the additional 
  unwanted signals
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    face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----From: Al Venosa 
    [mailto:advenosa@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Sunday, 30 November 2003 
    8:27 AMTo: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxSubject: Re: 
    [amibroker] Cross or > ??
    Yes, Graham, you are right. An ma would first have to cross above 
    another ma on one bar, signalling the buy, then cross below on the next bar, 
    then cross above again the bar after that. That would give you 000 101 000. 
    I used the wrong example. An example where an impulse cross could occur 
    on 2 consecutive bars would be when H crossed above a certain numerical 
    threshold, signalling a buy, then on the next bar, the price could open 
    below that threshold and the H could again cross above the threshold again. 
    In that case, you could get 2 buy signals on 2 consecutive bars using an 
    impulse signal. Thanks for pointing out my error. 
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      Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2003 
      7:17 PM
      Subject: RE: [amibroker] Cross or 
      > ??
      
      Al you are right that 
      you can have the cross and > for different conditions within a single 
      signal.
       
      But I think you would 
      find it impossible to get 2 crosses in consecutive bars. It would not be 
      possible to get a cross below, then a cross above for the same bar 
      for a simple MA. It would take a bar to cross below, then another to 
      recross above. I say bars, not days, as this would apply to any 
      timeframe.
       
       
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        face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----From: Al Venosa 
        [mailto:advenosa@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Sunday, 30 November 2003 
        7:52 AMTo: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxSubject: Re: 
        [amibroker] Cross or > ??
        Thanks for the explanation, Gary, about the difference between 
        impulse and state conditions. One question I have is in regard to your 
        statement that, when ANDing two terms, they should both be in state 
        form. I can think of situations where one can be in state form and one 
        can be in impulse form. For example, suppose you want to buy when MA1 
        crosses above MA2 (impulse) while the ATR(10)/C is greater than, say, 
        0.03 (state). The cross statement could take place while the ATR/C is 
        > 0.03, and the latter could be true for a rather long time. You 
        certainly wouldn't want to write Buy = cross(ma1,ma2) AND 
        cross(ATR(10)/C, 0.03) because, as you said, that would have to take 
        place on exactly the same day. Rather, you'd want to write: Buy = 
        Cross(ma1,ma2) AND ATR(10)/C>0.03. Right? 
         
        By the way, the cross statement could take place 2 days in a row if 
        the MA1 crossed below the MA2 again the day after it crossed above MA2, 
        then rose above MA2 again. In that case, you would have 0000 11 0000. 
        
         
        Al Venosa
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          Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2003 
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          Subject: Re: [amibroker] Cross or 
          > ??
          
          Hi Joe,
           
          Actually you ask a great question. I was fortunate to have 
          smart people around to explain the difference to me which is quite 
          dramatic.
           
          Cross(MA1, MA2) is only true on the day of the cross.  This 
          is called an impulse signal because if you visualize it over time it 
          would look like 0000000 1 000000 where "1"is the day that it is 
          true.  Exrem function also creates the impulse signal which is 
          used to give us the buy/sell/short/cover for our systems.
           
          MA1 > MA2 is true as long as MA1 is greater than MA2.  
          This is "state" form.  A way of describing this would be "OnBuy" 
          or "ÖnSell". When you use the Flip() function you are creating a state 
          form as well.  In other words you are either on a buy state 
          (1) or sell state (0).  It would look like this
           
          000 111111111 000000   where the "1" is when the MA1 
          > MA2.
           
          So, why is this important?  If you are going to "AND" two 
          conditions together you need to ensure that the two conditions are in 
          state form because typically you're wanting a situation where MA1 > 
          MA2 and MA2 > MA3.  If the conditions are in impulse form (via 
          Cross() ), you are essentially saying that the two conditions must be 
          true on the same bar for the "AND" condition to be true.  BTW, 
          "NOT" needs state form as well for the same reasons.
           
          You can OR two impulse conditions together.  For example 
          Cross(MA1,MA2) OR Cross(MA2,MA3) you are saying as long as one of the 
          two are true then the OR statement is true.
           
          I could go on, but I think this should be enough to get your 
          going.
           
          Regards,
          Garyemg_gang <joeemmett@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
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          >Is 
            it proper to use the "Cross" statement in a BUY statement or the 
            > symbol. I have been using these interchangeable, but it 
            appears I should not!Buy = 
            Cross(MA(C,30),MA(C,50));Buy = MA(C,30) > MA(C,50);I 
            was doing some optimization for MA and found a difference in 
            returns between using the "Cross" or the '>'!I would 
            have thought they would be the same since they both buy when the 
            30 day is greater than the 50 day!Could someone tell me 
            which one is correct and if you have time WHY!Thanks, 
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