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Re: [Metastockusers] Re: How to reproduce the zig zag



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I will try to reach Spyros as well.

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--- superfragalist <jackolso@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> The one guy who might have the MS code is Spyros.
> He's one of the 
> world's top experts on the zig zag. He stopped using
> MS about a year 
> ago, but maybe he has the code. 
> 
> raftsp@xxxxxxxxx
> 
> That's the last email address I have for him in
> Greece. 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- In Metastockusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Steve Grala"
> 
> <stevegrala@xxxx> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Hi Roy
> > 
> >    I have been writing formulas for Metastock for
> 12 years.  I 
> consider myself a very competent formula writer.  I
> always wondered 
> how the zig zag formula was created.  It seems
> straight forward 
> enough.  I think if I spend enough time on it I
> could figure it out 
> totally.  Part of the problem is that I am a active
> player in the 
> market and there just isn't enough time in the day. 
> Thanks for being 
> honest with your limitations.  If I come up with the
> formula I will 
> post it.  For now I will just move on.  Good luck to
> all and keep 
> building the most profitable trading system.  
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Steve
> >  
> > 
> >    From: "Roy Larsen" <
> > rlarsen@xxxx>
> > 
> > Subject: Re: How to reproduce the zig zag formula
> > 
> > Steve
> > 
> > If you want to learn the formula language I
> suggest to you pick 
> another exercise. There are
> > certainly enough to choose from. I'm not one to
> give up easily on 
> challenges, but ZigZag and SAR are
> > two that have proved to be beyond me. Then there
> are others that 
> have, shall we say, been on the
> > back-burner for a long time.
> > 
> > Limitations with the formula language make it very
> difficult to 
> string an indeterminate number of
> > lines together, particularly when they are not
> horizontal or equal 
> in pitch or length. When you can
> > string just two lines together, such that one
> starts where the 
> other finishes, you'll have a better
> > appreciation of the difficulties involved.
> > 
> > For a competent programmer with access to the
> MetaStock Development 
> Kit it's probably a breeze, but
> > for us mere mortals confined to the MetaStock
> Formula Language I 
> think this particular challenge
> > should be left sitting out of sight in the "too
> hard" basket.
> > 
> > Kind regards
> 
> 
> 
> 



		
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