[EquisMetaStock Group] Expert Symbol/Alert problem

["bex1210" <hmw3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am new to Metastock, having just purchased Version 8. I am trying to replicate a setup I had in a previous program, with limited success.

This formula signals a "buy" using the Expert: (C)>=Mov(C,40,E). The reverse signals a "sell". I want to have a Buy symbol placed on the chart on the first day (only) that the above Buy condition is met. And I want to have a Sell symbol placed on the chart on the first day (only) that the Sell condition is met.

I tried to set this up with an Expert Symbol function, but I get a Buy symbol EVERY day that the Buy condition is met; and the Sell symbol every day the Sell condition is met. This makes for a very messy chart. 

So I tried to use the Alert function. But it opens an Alert window every day that I open the chart; not just the first day the condition is met, and it does not leave any marker on the chart.

I am sure there is a way to achieve this. What am I missing?

Harry


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