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I just noticed you also have two scales and they read differently. Since
your MA and the MOM should be using the same scale, use one scale. The
second scale is only needed when your plots aren't on same scale. The first
suggestion on checking that box still goes.
Richard Estes
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Alcorn <salcorn@xxxxxxxx>
To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Monday, May 25, 1998 1:20 PM
Subject: Affect of zoom amount on simultaneous indicator scales (m.a.
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>I have attached a JPEG file showing three MS charts for illustration of my
>problem, all displaying price for July No.11 Sugar, along with 25-day
>momentum and 10-day simple moving average of the momentum. Again,
>everything is the same on all three charts, except for the degree of zoom
>and the number of dates displayed. Note that the moving average curve
>whips all around the momentum curve as the chart is zoomed in and out.
>Note also that the momentum curve doesn't change when zoomed in and out.
>Note further that the 50-day simple moving average of price stays in place.
>
>
>It appears that the scales of the momentum indicator and moving average on
>the momentum indicator are not locked together, and thus are changing
>position relative to each other when the zoom command is used. Is there
>any way to lock the scales together without taking them off of "automatic"?
> Momentum is the built-in MetaStock formula. The m.a. on momentum is a
>custom indicator, calculated with the formula:
>
> Mov(INDICATOR,10,S)
>
>What may have I (perhaps boneheadedly) missed? Thanks.
>
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