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Hi John,
Many thanks for your help - much appreciated!
Regards,
Nick
----- Original Message -----
From: "John R" <jrdrp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 9:52 AM
Subject: Re: Symbols - order of precedence?
> NIck,
>
> Precedence is from top of list to bottom. Just change the list order using
> Move Up/Down buttons to get required sequence.
>
> You should note that where multiple symbol conditions are true only the
> symbol nearest top of list will be indicated on chart i.e.
>
> symbol1 for condition1
> symbol2 for condition2
>
> if conditions 1 & 2 are both true only symbol1 shows on chart.
>
> This can lead the unwary to misleading results with high order symbols
> "masking" other conditions you may well be interested in. To get the true
> picture of conditions firing you need to build up the symbol table using a
> bit of Boolean algebra on conditions e.g.
>
> symbol1 for condition1 and not condition2
> symbol2 for condition2 and not condition1
> symbol3 for condition1 and condition2
>
> etc.
>
> HTH
> John
>
> sysmbcode upround this sy
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Nick Channon" <nick.channon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 8:36 AM
> Subject: Symbols - order of precedence?
>
>
> Hi group, I wonder if anyone can help me by answering the following
> questions:
>
> 1) When using an Expert that includes multiple formulas, will the chart
> symbols (I mean the buy and sell signals that appear on a chart) for those
> formulas appear in any particular order of precedence? In other words, if
2
> different symbols are valid for the bar in question, will one of them
> overwrite the other?
>
> 2) If so, what is the order of precedence and how can you control it? Does
> it depend, for example, on the top-to-bottom sequence of the formulas in
the
> Expert? In other words, if you have a preference for which symbol should
> appear, can you arrange the sequence to make it happen that way?
>
> Many thanks,
> Nick
>
>
>
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