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I tested your idea without problem.
I tested with the Explorer Option  "Load 1300 records" and also with the
option
"Load Minimum Records".
I have results without N/A in both cases.
Don't load only 300 records!  I don't know why.

Vassilis


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> I've got an exploration that just gives me an "N/A" value more often
> than not in one column, and can't quite figure out why.

> Here's the nitty-gritty:

> ColA: HHV(H, 250)
> ColB: BarsSince(H=HHV(H, 250))
> ColC: LLV(L, 250)
> ColD: BarsSince(L=LLV(L, 250))

> Filter:  ColB < 10 { and ColD > 240 }

> I'm loading 300 periods.

> What I'm looking for are stocks which have peaked recently and had their
> low point for the year, about a year ago.

> The second part of the filter is commented out because it's the part
> that is giving me trouble.  If I leave the filter as-is, I get quite a
> lot of stocks which fit the criteria.  When I look at them in the
> Reports screen, ColD (number of days since the LLV), it shows N/A for
> well over 80% of the stocks.  I can't find any common thread to why this
> is happening.

> Thoughts?  Ideas?