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Manuel Barquin wrote:
> 
> I would appreciate it someone could tell me how
> to use the On balance Volume  Metastock formula.
> The formula itself is "obv()". What shall I include in
> parenthesis? I was trying to add a figure but it
> seems that the purpose of the parenthesis "()"
> is not to contain any data, am I right? I consulted the
> MS manual page 371, page 230, and page 202 but
> I could not get any further.  I am using Metastock V5.11
> 
> Thanks, Manuel Barquin, Madrid, Spain
These are not parenthesis as  we commonly think of them.  This is the
way MS places a pre-written formula into a system test/exploration. 
Nothing you can place into them.  OBV the formula, is a running total of
+or- volume over whatever time frame you select.  

Al Taglavore