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There are at least 3 different things I can think of which the MS language
needs badly:
1. Procedural loops such as For...Next, While...Do, etc...
2. Ability to reference other tickers within arrays. Instead
of just using MS 7's referencing of another single ticker, using their
new function, I would like to use an array in a For...Next loop to do relative
strength comparisons of all the tickers I wish:
Save:=0;
For x=1 to 100
For y=1 to 100
If Not X=Y
Begin
For z=5 to 1
If ref(Ticker[x],-z) /ref(Ticker[y],-z) >
ref(Ticker[x],-z-1)/ref(Ticker[y],-z-1)
Then Goto NEXT_SYMBOL;
Next z;
Save:=Save+1;
Save_Ticker[Save]
:= Ticker[x];
End;
:NEXT_SYMBOL;
Next Y;
Next X;
There would be some sort of write statement from Save_Ticker to
a file here.
End.
Obviously since MS has no such language, this is a crude rendering but
you get the general message.
3. Having the above ability would also allow me to create "Diffusion
Indicators." DI's, as defined in Pring's Momentum pages 305-310,
are a "basket of of items within a specific universe that are in a positive
trend." An example would be the percentage of stocks, such as all
Nasdaq $10<=Price<=$150 and 10M<= shares outstanding <=150M,
above their 10 or 30 day MOV's. Investor's Intelligence discloses
these indicators every week (several days late). I would like to
create them myself everyday and on time.
4. Ability to use strings as in the above arrays.
Being able to use tickers inside arrays within procedural loops would
give system writers the ultimate flexibility. I suppose, if I must,
I'll upgrade to MS v7 and also buy the SDK.
Daniel.
Gary Lyben wrote:
What is it that you want to do in the system tester
that you can't do
now?
Gary
-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Martinez [mailto:DanM@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2000 10:42 PM
To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Equis Suggestion Box
Subject: Re: === Looping constructs.
I think Equis, for it's next MetaStock version, should have built-in
VBA
support. Also, MS should have a MS language converter for conversion
to
VBA.
This way, experienced users can gradually move to VBA. New users
can
start
using VBA right away instead of learning MS. VBA is becoming
the
standard
language for users. Even Corel is getting the message by including
VBA
support
in their Office 2000. While this may seem difficult, MicroSoft
Word has
macro
AND VBA support.
Right now, we must buy an extra SDK, Power Basic or equivalent, figure
out how
to create DLL's and learn how to link them to MS.
About Traderware: Something many on this List may not know.
Traderware
will
not work in Win9x. You must use Win NT. If you try to use
Win9x, it
will
crash after about an hour. Their salesman told me Win9x won't
"return
system
resources" correctly. I have never heard of this type of problem
in
Win9x
before so it doesn't make much sense to me. I doubt RadarScreen
has
this
problem.
Daniel.
David Bozkurtian wrote:
> At the least, it should do these things. Not to mention simple flow
control
> and repeating structures such as For Loops, While, Select Case. What
about
> passing parameters to custom indicators?
>
> It is probably futile to expect these enhancements in the near future
from
> Equis. Any Developers/Traders out there interested in putting our
noggins
> together to create a shareable version of what we want?
>
> I know the folks at Traderware have a very interesting product (M
Brown, I
> know you are reading), but the last time I checked the cost was way
over my
> budget.
>
> Hopefully helpful folks like yourselves will not only identify the
problems
> facing technical analysts, but bring to the table real workable
solutions
> (preferably turnkey) to benefit the entire list.
> It's happening piecemeal now with people trading system, indicator,
expert,
> and explorer code. But still, you have to admit, that we are in the
dark
> ages.
>
> We have no accepted standards for measuring system effectiveness,
no
> standards for stop rules. Looks like the whole field is still
evolving,
> which is a good thing. I continue to believe that the Internet and
the
> sharing of ideas will revolutionize our field over the next few years.
It's
> an exiting time, and great to be part of this list group. I think
other
> agree that what some of us have learned on this list is not found
in
print
> anywhere else, or at least not easy to come by.
>
> Thanks list.
>
> David
>
> From: "Kolade, Adeniyi"
> Reply-To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: "'metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'"
> Subject: === Looping constructs.
> Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 16:14:01 -0000
>
> Hi all
>
> Do you not think that Equis should
>
> 1 Include looping constructs in the Metastock formula language
>
> and
>
> 2 Make the tiny screen area for programming in the Explorer,
the
System
> Tester and the Expert Builder expandable to one page at least
>
> Further can anyone tell me how to make the FFT function works in
an
> exploration. I've tried it out but it returns N/A
>
> Thanks
> ade Kolade
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