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Re: [Metastockusers] Re: Metastock 9.0 and ice 2.0



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Roy
Crazy as it may seem but when testing the results on WWY
Col A equaled Col B  notice the C> and C<

Col A
Signal:=C<Mov(C,200,S);

BarsSince(Signal) > 3 AND BarsSince(Signal) < 90

ColB
C>Mov(C,200,S)
Thanx for your help

Martin Blain
Burlington Ontario
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roy Larsen" <rlarsen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <Metastockusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2004 9:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Metastockusers] Re: Metastock 9.0 and ice 2.0


> Hi Martin
>
> > I don't that is the problem.
> > I was using 1300 periods.
>
> OK, probably not then. Try creating a test indicator with the offending
exploration column. This
> usually makes it easier to track down the problem. Just another random
thought, is the exploration
> periodicy correct. There will be a reason why it appears not to work in
the exploration, but what is
> a little difficult to guess.
>
> Roy
>
> > Martin Blain
> > Burlington Ontario
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Roy Larsen" <rlarsen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <DEFANGED_Metastockusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2004 4:21 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Metastockusers] Re: Metastock 9.0 and ice 2.0
> >
> >
> > > Martin
> > >
> > > > BTW does anybody know why the barssince() doesnt seem to work with
> > explorer?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Martin Blain
> > > > Burlington Ontario
> > >
> > > It does work with explorer. However there is no "periods" component to
> > BarsSince() so unless the
> > > value that would be returned is less than the number of bars being
> > explored the result will be N/A.
> > > Setting up an exploration using "minimum" periods is very likely to
cause
> > a problem. With this
> > > setting the number of bars used will be determined by the greatest
> > "periods" value of all other
> > > functions in the exploration. Best practice is to use the same number
of
> > bars as you load for each
> > > chart. If this slows things down too much (as it will with formulas
using
> > PREV) then settle for an
> > > acceptable number between 100 and 500 bars.
> > >
> > > You need to set the number of periods at least 5 times greater than
the
> > greatest "periods" setting
> > > of any EMA being used to get an accurate EMA value anyway.
> > >
> > > If you load 10 or 20 bars on a chart you'll tend to get exactly the
same
> > "failure" of BarsSince() as
> > > you get with the Explorer, the reason being that the reference event
is
> > off the radar.
> > >
> > > Roy
> > >
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