Re: can metastock do flip flops?

[Onno Goedknegt <goedkneg@xxxxxx>]

Steve,

I am looking for the same.

So...
If LONG,  then value = +1
If SHORT, then value = -1

Onno


At 10:51 27-9-98 +0100, you wrote:
>I would appreciate some help!   In an indicator or system test,  if we
>assume 
>a buy signal is on condition A  ( any conditional statement)
>and a sell  signal is on condition B, ( a different conditional statement)
>
>How do I write it so that once the buy signal is given, next the tester is
>only looking for the sell signal?
>
>If I use a nested if statement, such as;  If (condA, 1, if(condB, -1, 0),
>then each day, it is checking for condition A to be true, which I do not
>necessarily want it to do.
>
>What I am after is for the tester to flip flop from one state, search for
>cond B when long, to the other state, search for condition A when short.
>How to do this in MS?
>
>Thanks in advance.
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