Re: Metastock - how to capture closing price on buy signal?

["Bob Hellen" <A2099767@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Angel but the problem is I don't know what the value of "xxxx" at
the time of writing the formula. What I need is a way of getting Metastock
to remember the value of C when a buy signal is triggered. I cannot find a
way so far.  Bob

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> From: Angel Ibarra <ibarra@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Metastock - how to capture closing price on buy signal?
> Date: 02 July 1999 13:49
> 
> Did you try Ref(c,+xxxx)?
> 
> Regards
> Angel
> 
> Bob Hellen wrote:
> 
> > I'm a relatively new user of Metastock 6.52 and want to improve my
trading
> > rules using the system tester. I want to compare subsequent price
movements
> > with the closing price when my system last triggered a buy signal but
can't
> > find a way of capturing the closing price at that date. (it isn't as
simple
> > as looking for "value when" the last occurrence of that rule occurred
> > -there may have been several since I entered long). Does anyone know
how I
> > can do this?  Ideas much appreciated.