|
PureBytes Links
Trading Reference Links
|
Philip:
OOPS! Guilty as charged! thanks for spotting this.
Lionel Issen
At 10:46 AM 5/1/97 -0400, Philip wrote:
>I think you need a comma in the ref formula:
>Ref(c, -1). I'm sure it's just a typo.
>Philip
>
>Lionel Issen wrote:
>>
>> Myron:
>>
>> Use the REF function instead of Close use Ref(c-1). This will call up
>> yesterdays close.
>>
>> Since you are in Houston, are you a member of HCIA which has a Metastock
sig?
>>
>> Lionel Issen
>>
>> At 11:22 AM 4/30/97 -0500, Myron B Slomka wrote:
>> >X-Mozilla-Status: 0001
>> >Message-ID: <3366FB53.2925@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> >Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 02:57:07 -0500
>> >From: Myron B Slomka <mslomka@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> >Organization: Houston Area League of PC Users
>> >X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (Win95; U)
>> >MIME-Version: 1.0
>> >To: "http://www.eqsupport"@equis.com
>> >Subject: Writing custom Indicators
>> >X-URL: http://www.hal-pc.org/
>> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>> >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
>> >
>> >I am trying to write a custom indicator that will identify stocks whose
>> >Low today and yesterday are above the 20 day moving average of their
>> >respective closes.
>> >
>> >I want to write the indicator as a binary wave so that it is plottable
>> >and can be included in other binary waves.
>> >
>> >If(L>mov(C,20,s) 1,0 works fine to identify those whose L today is
>> >above today's 20 day simple mov agv.
>> >
>> >I can't write a similar function to include yesterday's close and mov
>> >avg.
>> >
>> >The only I found in the metastock manual is the suggestion to use PREV
>> >or P function. I haven't been able to write one that works with either
>> >and If((L>mov(c,20,s)) and PREV, 1, 0 is accepted as one
>> >writes the function but ignores yesterday's close.
>> >
>> >Am I not understanding what the manual is saying??
>> >
>> >Any suggestions from anybody?? Thanks
>> >
>> >
>> >
>
>
>
|