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1.

Bullish:= (O)<Ref(C,-1) AND
(L)<Ref(L,-1) AND
(H)>Ref(H,-1) AND
(C)>Ref(H,-1);

Bearish:= (O)>Ref(C,-1) AND
(L)<Ref(L,-1) AND
(H)>Ref(H,-1) AND
(C)<Ref(L,-1);
Bullish;Bearish*-1;


2. Rather than venture a quess I concede to it being too esoteric for 
me.

Preston


--- In equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, stinkerstock <no_reply@xxxx> 
wrote:
> 
> 
> Hello to all.
> 
> I am a relatively new user of metastock and its indicator builder 
> interface.  I'm trying to create 2 new indicators, but I'm having 
> some difficulty.  Here are my indicators:
> 
> #1: I want to build * one * indicator to code for a bearish and 
> bullish engulfing candle form.  I can code for both but I would 
like 
> to combine both formulae into 1 indicator.  Here are the formulae:
> 
> Bullish:  (O)<Ref(C,-1) AND
>           (L)<Ref(L,-1) AND
>           (H)>Ref(H,-1) AND
>           (C)>Ref(H,-1)
> 
> Bearish:  (O)>Ref(C,-1) AND
>           (L)<Ref(L,-1) AND
>           (H)>Ref(H,-1) AND
>           (C)<Ref(L,-1)
> 
> Now my indicators will work seperately (both giving a positive 1 
> spike when the condition exists), but I would like to combine the 
> two formulae so that the bullish condition creates a +1 spike, and 
> the bearish condition creates a -1 spike.  It seems like the 
> indicator builder only permits a true (+1) and false (0) reading.  
> Sorry if this is too rudimentary for you guys.
> 
> #2  My second problem is a bit more esoteric.  Basically, I have 
> noticed that the MACD histogram can have predictive value under 
> certain circumstances.  Specifically, suppose a market is trending 
> down in waves and the histogram is following suite.  I have noticed 
> that (and this is hard to explain) when the MACD histogram crosses 
> the 0 line and exceeds the prior histogram peek, a low is probably 
> in place.  How would one generally go about coding for that 
> scenario?  Has anyone seen any "canned" codes that wmight help with 
> this project?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Jim





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