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I have done further testing with this and it does 
not work! Please do not use this.
 
Adam Hefner
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  James Wolf 
  To: <A title=metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  href="mailto:metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx";>Metastock 
  Sent: Friday, December 29, 2000 3:43 
  PM
  Subject: Re: Point & Figure charts or 
  system
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  Ross,
  I have this in my archives from 10/27/98
  I have never tried it though.
  Good Luck.
   
  > I seem to recall a thread on this list a while 
  back on 
  > programming a Point &
  > Figure chart type of trading system into 
  Metastock. If anyone still has a
   
  > Ross Kovacs
   
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  I know its long....but its the best I can do.
  The following indicator will plot the high of the "x" column 
  and the 
  low of the "o" column in a stairstep manner on a barchart. 
  If the 
  high value changes then the low should hold its value until 
  there
  is a "P&F" reversal, then as the low changes the high 
  should 
  hold. The first two lines are the Box and Reversal values, 
  and I 
  wasn't sure what the best "Input" values should be so please 
  feel
  free to suggest any changes. My goal is to design a 
  system 
  around this indicator, to test different Point and Reversal 
  amounts,
  but its nice to examine the P&F support and resistance 
  levels on
  a bar chart. Also, I am not as experienced as many on this 
  list nor
  am I above making errors, so test the value of this 
  indicator for 
  yourself. 
  { Point & Figure Indicator }
  { by Adam Hefner }
  {Note: this will plot the high of the
  "x" and low of the "o" on a barchart}
  Here is an update to the P&F Indicator, that 
  corrects
  a plotting error I found on 1 chart.
  {box value}
  BS1:=Input("Box Size ?",.1,100,1);
  {reversal amount}
  RS1:=Input("Reversal Amount ?",1,10,3)*BS1;
  {box high calculation}
  BH1:=(Int(H/BS1))*BS1;
  {box low calculation}
  BL1:=If(((Int(L/BS1))*BS1)=L,
  {then}L,
  {else}((Int(L/BS1))*BS1)+BS1);
  {reversal calculation}
  DH1:=If((BL1>=Ref(BL1,-1))AND
  ((BH1-RS1)>=Ref(BL1,-1)),
  {then}1,
  {else}0);
  DL1:=If((BH1<=Ref(BH1,-1))AND
  ((BL1+RS1)<=Ref(BH1,-1)),
  {then}1,
  {else}0);
  {Determine market direction}
  {NOTE: The value of D1= 
  1="trend up"
  -1="trend down"}
  D1:=If(DH1=1 AND DL1=1,
  {then}If(BarsSince(Ref(DH1=1,-1))=
  BarsSince(Ref(DL1=1,-1)),
  {then}If(BarsSince(
  ValueWhen(3,DH1=1,DH1))<
  BarsSince(
  ValueWhen(3,DL1=1,DL1)),
  {then}-1,
  {else}1),
  {else}If(BarsSince(Ref(DH1=1,-1))<
  BarsSince(Ref(DL1=1,-1)),
  {then}1,
  {else}-1)),
  {else}If(BarsSince(DH1=1)<BarsSince(DL1=1),
  {then}-1,
  {else}1));
  {time since market reversed}
  DH:=BarsSince(D1=1);
  DL:=BarsSince(D1=-1);
  { plot high and low }
  PH1:=HighestSince(1,DH=1,BH1);
  PL1:=LowestSince(1,DL=1,BL1);
  PH2:=ValueWhen(1,DH>0,PH1);
  PL2:=ValueWhen(1,DL>0,PL1);
  PH2;
  PL2;
  Best wishes,
  Adam Hefner.
  e-mail: 
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