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And the question is....
... I'm so curious to read how people will replace TAS beyond 31 Dec 1999 ?
At 23:42 28/06/99 -0500, Lionel Issen wrote:
>Guy:
>
>You cannot do in Metastock what youcan easily do in TAS.
>
>Lionel Issen
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Guy Tann <grt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: Metastock <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Monday, June 28, 1999 5:17 PM
>Subject: Variables
>
>
>> To All:
>>
>> OK, I dragged out the MetaStock manual and have read all about variables.
>> On the surface, I question whether or not I'll be able to accomplish in
>> MetaStock what I do in TAS.
>>
>> Here's what I need to do:
>>
>> 1- I have 4 intermediate indicators which I use to calculate my short
>term
>> and long term momentums. In order to work within MS for DOS, I developed
>an
>> approximation for this calculation that works pretty good, however it
>> doesn't replace the original calculations. For these original
>calculations,
>> I need to use TAS.
>> 2- What I need to do is save the results from the previous day's
>calculation
>> for these 4 indicators. I don't believe that the PREV function will
>work,
>> in so far as my calculations would be circular in nature, without these 4
>> variables.
>> 3- Is there any way in MetaStock to set up a simple set of buckets that I
>> could use in my calculations? I need a place to store 4 intermediate
>totals
>> and be able to use them the next day. In TAS, it effectively builds
>arrays
>> of each variable and you can reference any one of them, any number of
>days
>> back.
>>
>> An example of what I'm talking about is:
>>
>> Today's U1 := IF A > B
>> then
>> (C * D) + Prev U1
>> ELSE
>> (C * D) + E
>> ENDIF
>>
>> Since U1 Prev is dependent upon the previous day's values of A and B,
>unless
>> MS provides a bucket somewhere to hold the value of the previous day's
>U1,
>> the system will have to go into a loop in order to calculate today's U1,
>> thereby recalculating U1 to the nth each day. I hope this makes sense.
>>
>> Correct me if I'm wrong, but I didn't see mention of independent
>variables
>> being available. All variable references I saw, referred to variables
>that
>> were calculated and used on the same day. Granted, since I don't know
>how
>> MS will perform my calculations, I have to assume that this feature isn't
>> there.
>>
>> If anybody could point to a place in the MS manual, I'd appreciate it.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>> Guy Tann
>> grt@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>
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