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[amibroker] Re: Not sure how to create a trigger



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Graham,

Nicely done. My post would have been better had it 
suggested "...within some predefined period OR since some meaningful 
event". You captured that perfectly with your code suggestion.

Mike

--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Graham <kavemanperth@xxx> wrote:
>
> try this, assuming interpretation of your description is correct
> 
> MA5 = MA( C, 5 );
> MA10 = MA( C, 10 );
> Buy = Cross( MA5, MA10 ) AND LowsetSince( Cross( MA10, MA5 ),  RSI
(14) ) < 30;
> 
> 
> -- 
> Cheers
> Graham Kav
> AFL Writing Service
> http://www.aflwriting.com
> 
> 
> 2008/7/9 Mike <sfclimbers@xxx>:
> > Also,
> >
> > you may want to rethink your logic to be more restrictive. Just
> > looking to see if the RSI was less than 30 *ever* is not going to 
be
> > very usefull. You might want to adjust your strategy for trigger1 
to
> > be RSI < 30 within some predefined time period (e.g. within last 
20
> > bars) giving the following:
> >
> > Buy = BarsSince(RSI(14) < 30) < 20
> > AND Cross(MA(Close, 5), MA(Close, 10));
> >
> > If you specifically wanted to measure from the point that the RSI
> > *first crossed* below 30 (as opposed to the most recent day at 
which
> > it was *still* below 30), you would use Cross in the first 
expression
> > too:
> >
> > Buy = BarsSince(Cross(30, RSI(14))) < 20
> > AND Cross(MA(Close, 5), MA(Close, 10));
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "wavemechanic" <timesarrow@>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Sounds like you want something along these lines: barssince(rsi <
> > 30) > 1 and (moving average condition).
> >>
> >> Bill
> >>
> >>
> >>   ----- Original Message -----
> >>   From: tridean34
> >>   To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>   Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 8:26 AM
> >>   Subject: [amibroker] Re: Not sure how to create a trigger
> >>
> >>
> >>   Hi Guys,
> >>   sorry for not being more specific.
> >>
> >>   Let's say it is RSI I am using.
> >>
> >>   If RSI < 30 then look for trigger 2. Let's say trigger 2 is mav
> >>   crossover. Say 5 and 10
> >>
> >>   If mav 5 crosses above mav 10 then buy.
> >>
> >>   As this stands I can have
> >>
> >>   Buy = RSI < 30
> >>   AND
> >>   MAV 5 > MAV 10; (or something like that)
> >>
> >>   The problem is, I don't care if the RSI is < 30 when the 5 mav
> >>   actually crosses above the 10 mav, only that it occurred before
> > hand.
> >>   The RSI MUST hit or go below 30 before the system looks for the
> > mav
> >>   crossover, but once the crossover takes place, the RSI does NOT
> > have
> >>   to be at any specific level
> >>
> >>   And it is this I don't know how to code.
> >>
> >>   cheers
> >>   Dean
> >>
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