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Thank you and others for your help.
It works fine ... although I don't understand the use of "-" which I use for
"yesterday(s)" vs "+" for tomorrow(s).
Will post the path and instructions on how to get the XL results for those
that asked.
Thanks again
Walter
----- Original Message -----
From: "HHP" <hhp@xxxxxxxx>
To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 3:51 PM
Subject: Re: engulfingbear()
| Have you tried:
| Ref(Engulfingbear(), -3)
| ?
|
| HHP
| ===================
|
| Walter Lake wrote:
| >
| > The suggestion to use
| >
| > Enter Short = engulfingbear()
| >
| > in System Tester works fine ... however
| >
| > Close Short = engulfingbear()+3
| >
| > doesn't work ... neither does the use of any form of "Ref(C,+3)" etc.
| > setting stops also doesn't appear to work.
| >
| > Everything that I've tried produces unequal length trades not a fixed
length
| > trade, i.e., 3 day, 5 day, and 10 day trades.
| >
| > The saving of the trades to file and then opening the file in Excel and
the
| > production of a distribution, histogram and descriptive stats is very
easy
| > and programmable in VBA
| >
| > So any suggestions on how to program the close of the long/short for the
| > "engulfingbear" event would be appreciated.
| >
| > Best regards
| >
| > Walter
| >
| > ----- Original Message -----
| > From: "Walter Lake" <wlake@xxxxxxxxx>
| > To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| > Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 7:32 AM
| > Subject: Re: nasty, nasty
| >
| > | Hi Steve
| > |
| > | Oh yes .... I discovered that all of my System Tester code was for
| > indicator
| > | crosses etc and nothing for specific events, i.e., Inside Days, Doji,
etc.
| > |
| > | I found that I didn't have a clue on how to set up a system test for
| > | "events".
| > |
| > | How would I set up a standardized run that would capture all of the
| > | occurrences of the event and what happened over successive trading
days (1
| > | to 3, 1 to 5 and 1 to 10 days etc.).
| > |
| > | Obviously I would want to test both longs and shorts.
| > |
| > | Equity curve, profitability, is not important only the capturing of
the
| > | number of occurrences and immediate results.
| > |
| > | Any suggestions from anyone would be appreciated. VBA and XL coding
have
| > | diminished my MS code writing skills and warped my thinking <G>
| > |
| > | Best regards
| > |
| > | Walter
| > |
| > | ----- Original Message -----
| > | From: "Steve Karnish" <kernish@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
| > | To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| > | Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2000 9:31 PM
| > | Subject: Re: nasty, nasty
| > |
| > |
| > | | Walter,
| > | |
| > | | Are you sure you wanna go there?
| > | |
| > | | Steve Karnish
| > | | Cedar Creek Trading
| > | | http://www.cedarcreektrading.com
| > | | ----- Original Message -----
| > | | From: Walter Lake <wlake@xxxxxxxxx>
| > | | To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| > | | Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2000 5:45 PM
| > | | Subject: nasty, nasty
| > | |
| > | |
| > | | > Hi Steve
| > | | >
| > | | > Thanks for the list of TA goodies.
| > | | >
| > | | > Do you ... or does anyone else have System Tester code written to
list
| > | the
| > | | > occurances of "nasty, nasty".
| > | | >
| > | | > I assume that you use engulfingbear() as your signal to enter and
then
| > | ...
| > | | > how many days would you set before exit? I assume that you could
use
| > the
| > | | > optimizer to set different days-in-trade.
| > | | >
| > | | > Once the trades are listed in the system tester, then they can be
| > "copy
| > | | and
| > | | > pasted" into Excel to plot the distribution and stats.
| > | | >
| > | | > It'll be interesting to get some data on this "bad boy".
| > | | >
| > | | > Best regards
| > | | >
| > | | > Walter
| > | | >
| > | | > ----- Original Message -----
| > | | > From: Steve Karnish
| > | | > To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
| > | | > Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2000 12:48 PM
| > | | > Subject: Re: (Market) A few trades I am looking at
| > | | >
| > | | >
| > | | > Jeff,
| > | | >
| > | | > Sugar is always a quirky market to trade...but, we whack at it
from
| > time
| > | | to
| > | | > time. Currently, we're waiting for a retracement to the 6.10
level.
| > We
| > | | > feel there is evidence gathering that will allow us to position
lower:
| > | | >
| > | | > 1. Monday's "bearish engulfing candle"...nasty, nasty
| > | | > 2. The curl on the 13 day moving average looks like Elvis
Presley's
| > lip
| > | | > 3. The major trendline is at ~6.10
| > | | > 4. The 144 day moving average is at ~6.10
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