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Yuki you could add an additional condition that this is the first time
today that the signal has occured
On 10/31/05, Yuki Taga <yukitaga@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Previously I wrote:
>
> > 1) If I set up an audio alert (my preference), can I get the alert to
> > repeat playing the audio file until I acknowledge it? (I'd sure like
> > that, because otherwise I might possibly miss it.)
>
> This seems not possible. Worse, the audio file plays every time the
> price crosses and recrosses the trigger price. Today, I was using
> the simple file:
>
> Buy = Cross(C, 1458) AND Name()=="1306-TSE" OR Cross(C, 1170) AND Name()=="8604-TSE"
> OR Cross(C, 6670) AND Name()=="9984-TSE"
> OR Cross(C, 4230) AND Name()=="6460-TSE" OR Cross(C, 269) AND Name()=="8611-TSE"
> OR Cross(C, 881) AND Name()=="5016-TSE" OR Cross(C, 1593) AND Name()=="6753-TSE";
>
> AlertIf( Buy, "SOUND C:\\Windows\\Media\\Space SysStart.wav", "Audio alert", 1);
>
> Filter = Buy;
>
> AddColumn(C, "Target", format = 1.0);
>
> What happened? I got repeated audio alerts (and alert window output)
> as 1306 repeatedly crossed, crossed back, and recrossed the signal
> price. Same with 6753. I must have heard that Wav file about 20
> times. Even worse however, is that 8604 never made a peep, although
> the high for the day was 1773, clearly above the 1170 trigger point.
>
> I would much prefer a single alert that continues until I acknowledge
> it, then does not bother me again. Perhaps I should use individual
> lines (statements) for individual symbols. I do not know.
>
> So I don't know how this works, or even if it works in a way that is
> at all useful to me. (Would that we have stop limit orders in Tokyo,
> or even stop orders, but we do not, except for some special
> situations on the open or close.) The "Help" file needs help, for
> this function.
>
> > 2) Wav files on my system are associated with RealPlayer. Must that
> > be open, or must I also add a command to open it? The command to
> > open any wav file however, will launch RP and play that file.
>
> I still do not know the answer to this. I had RealPlayer open all
> day, and that worked -- at least it worked in the inferior way I
> described above.
>
> > 3) How do I set up the scan so that I can do other things in the AA
> > window and still have the alerts active? (I assume I must have the
> > AlertIf file loaded in AA, and AA open on the screen -- at least the
> > former.)
>
> I still have no idea here, either. An alert function, for me, must
> be active at all times. I don't know how to do that, apparently. I
> would like to scan for volume, for example, without interfering with
> the AlertIf function. Can this be done?
>
> > 4) Is one minute the smallest increment of time for 'scan every'? I'm
> > scanning a watchlist that is not very large, and the lookback is only
> > one day, so I'd prefer a faster scan rate.
>
> Again, I don't know the answer. One minute can be an eternity in a
> fast moving market. For me, it's simply not often enough to be very
> useful. I would have to set the trigger well below the signal price,
> and then be glued to the screen. There is no difference then,
> between having this function and not having it, for me.
>
> Yuki
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