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Barry,
I am not too familiar with the MBI (Moving Balance Indicator). Could
you post a copy of it?  Thanks

Dick H.
--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Barry Scarborough" <razzbarry@xxxx>
wrote:
>
> I am using one indicator, MBI, to give buy signals and MACD zero 
> crossing to give sell signals. I plot these as positive and negative 
> spikes of one bar duration. I also plot the indicators in separate 
> panes so I can see if the buy and sell points are what I expect. 
> They are exactly in the right place. 
> 
> Now is gets weird. I do an exploration and the buy indicator occurs 
> on exactly the same dates as the chart shows. But the MACD zero 
> crossing dates are not the same dates as the chart. Some are missing 
> too.
> 
> Then I plotted a MACD and use the zero crossing for both buy and 
> sell signals and plot them as spikes and run exploration and the 
> dates are exactly as the chart. Also the sell spikes are exactly the 
> same as the MBI/MACD chart. 
> 
> How can explore show incorrect sell dates referenced to the MBI/MACD 
> chart but correct dates on the MACD only chart?
> 
> I don't know if it makes any difference but Settings is set for 
> daily long and short with trade on the next open. All stops are 
> disabled.
> 
> // buy/sell logic is:
> myMBI = Cross(MBI, 45); // MBI range 0 to 100, long is up 45 crossing
> myMACD = Cross(0 , MACD(6, 19)); // sell on down 0 crossing
> Buy = Cover = myMBI;
> Sell = Short = myMACD;
> 
> // explore is set to:
> Filter = Buy OR Sell OR Short OR Cover;
> AddColumn(C, "Price", 1.2);
> AddColumn(Buy, "Buy", 1.0);
> AddColumn(Sell, "Sell", 1.0);
> 
> Thanks,
> Barry
>






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