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Have you tried:
Ref(Engulfingbear(), -3)
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HHP
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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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