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Mr Barry Seeger,
You are a superb! Thanks a million for the tip on the
double exploration and both of the formulas. It works
really great!
A very happy trader!
Alex
--- Barry Seeger <barry.seeger@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Alex,
>
> The way I choose shares with rising daily and weekly
> MACD Histogram is
> to use two explorations. You may not know that you
> can have a second
> exploration run on the results of the first
> exploration - see multiple
> explorations in the manual. You end up with only
> one list: you don't
> have to go through two sets of results and see which
> securities appear
> on both.
>
> The filter in each exploration is Fml(
> "MACD_H")>Ref(Fml( "MACD_H"),-1)
> to return those shares with a rising MACD_H. The
> only difference between
> the daily and weekly Exploration is that in the
> Explorations Editor you
> choose Options and then Daily or Weekly for
> Exploration Periodicity.
> Note that each exploration eliminates only about
> half of your database,
> since for each security MACD_H will have just ticked
> up or down. So
> this Exploration returns too many shares, unless you
> use it in
> combination with other Explorations.
>
> Alternatively, Fml( "MACD_H")>Ref(Fml( "MACD_H"),-1)
> AND Ref(Fml(
> "MACD_H"),-2)>=Ref(Fml( "MACD_H"),-1) will catch the
> bottoms, i.e. where
> the MACD_H first ticks up. This longer filter will
> of course return far
> fewer shares: only those ticking up for the first
> time, not all those in
> a MACD_H uptrend.
>
> Hope this helps.
> Barry
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alex Tan [mailto:bt_alex_tty@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, 7 January 2003 12:05 AM
> To: equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [EquisMetaStock Group] Exploration:
> MACD Historgram Uptrend
> for Weekly and Daily
>
> Roy,
>
> No, I found it on some websites after intensive
> search.
>
> Yes, I am still looking a way to scan for stocks on
> a
> uptrend in terms of Daily MACD Histogram and Weekly
> MCAD Histogram. And after many hours of research and
> emails to this group, I have yet to achieve my goal.
> Very dissapointed indeed.
>
> Alex
> --- Roy Larsen <rlarsen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Alex
> >
> > I suggest you check with the author of these
> > formulas as to how to use them
> > in explorations. I was under the impression that
> you
> > that you wanted an
> > accurate weekly MACD formula to base your
> > exploration on. The weekly formula
> > you've come up with may be very useful if you know
> > how to apply it, but it's
> > a long way from an accurate rendition of a weekly
> > MACD for daily periodicy.
> > Same goes for the 'Daily MACD Hist' - what is it
> and
> > how's it supposed to
> > work? I hope you didn't pay for these formulas.
> >
> > Roy
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Alex Tan" <bt_alex_tty@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 3:23 AM
> > Subject: Re: [EquisMetaStock Group] Exploration:
> > MACD Historgram Uptrend for
> > Weekly and Daily
> >
> >
> > > Mr Larsen,
> > >
> > > I am nearer to the end than I had hoped for.
> Found
> > > this weekly MACD Hist based on daily data:
> > >
> > >
> >
>
Mov(If(DayOfWeek()=5,C,Peak(1,If(DayOfWeek()=5,C,0),1)),60,E)-
> > >
> >
>
Mov(If(DayOfWeek()=5,C,Peak(1,If(DayOfWeek()=5,C,0),1)),130,E)-
> > >
> >
>
Mov(Mov(If(DayOfWeek()=5,C,Peak(1,If(DayOfWeek()=5,C,0),1)),60,E)-
> > >
> >
>
Mov(If(DayOfWeek()=5,C,Peak(1,If(DayOfWeek()=5,C,0),1)),130,E),45,E)
> > >
> > > Daily MACD Hist is as follows:
> > >
> > > (Mov(C,13,E) - Mov(C,21,E))-(Mov((Mov(C,13,E) -
> > > Mov(C,21,E)),5,E))
> > >
> > >
> > > Now, how to I scan for up ticking histogram for
> > both
> > > formulas? Using ROC? How do I do that? And
> > specific
> > > instructions would be appreciated rather than
> > > guidance.
> > >
> > > Alex
> > >
> > >
> > > --- Roy Larsen <rlarsen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > Alex
> > > >
> > > > > Ouch! You sure know how to inflict pain.
> > > >
> > > > Sorry
> > > >
> > > > > Ok... I did try cutting and pasting the
> > formual
> > > > into
> > > > > the filter tab.....and the error msg came
> back
> > > > "this
> > > > > function is not allowed in this type of
> > formula"
> > > >
> > > > The 'Weekly MACD' is an indicator - it's not
> > > > intended to be used directly in
> > > > an exploration but can be called using Fml()
> and
> > > > FmlVar() once the default
> > > > Input() functions values have been set.
> > > >
> > > > > With the limited knowledge of metastock, I
> don
> > > > even
> > > > > have a clue where to start to troubleshoot.
> > What
> > > > > should I do now...if you still willing to
> > help?
> > > >
> > > > My mistake. I guess I assumed a level of
> fluency
> > > > that is a little ahead of
> > > > where you are at with MS code. I tend to
> forget
> > that
> > > > not everyone has worked
> > > > with MS every day for several years. As long
> as
> > > > you're willing to learn I'm
> > > > willing to help. I'm convinced that the
> 'Weekly
> > > > MACD' can do most of what
> > > > you expect, but to extract the information
> from
> > it
> > > > there is still a little
> > > > way to go.
> > > >
> > > > The first step is that you need to cut and
> paste
> > the
> > > > code to the Indicator
> > > > Builder, then drop it onto a chart and
> > experiment
> > > > with the different input
> > > > options. You should also try changing the
> style
> > of
> > > > the MACD line to
> > > > histogram (Properties - Color/Style) and see
> how
> > > > that compares visually to
> > > > the histogram option I built into the
> indicator
> > > > (which I admit is rather
> > > > crude).
> > > >
> > > > You could also switch your chart to weekly
> > periodicy
>
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