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The MetaStock indicator below may be useful for determining chart
average bar-count per year, as well as other basic data statistics.
Elements of the code (such as "First year of loaded chart data") may
also be useful in their own right.
MetaStock -> Tools -> Indicator Builder -> New
Copy and paste indicator formula below.
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Bar Stats
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{ Data bar statistics v1.0 }
{ Display in own window, then Zoom & Reset }
{ Irregular yearly data bar counts indicate
missing data and/or illiquid chart }
{ ©Copyright 2005 Jose Silva
For personal use only
http://www.metastocktools.com }
{ User inputs }
display:=Input("Count: [1]Year's bars, [2]Years, [3]Bars",1,3,1);
type:=Input("Stats: [1]Individual years', [2]Avg/Total",1,2,1);
{ First year of loaded chart data }
year1:=ValueWhen(1,Cum(1)=1,Year());
year1flag:=Year()=year1;
{ Yearly bar stats }
yStart:=Year()<>Ref(Year(),-1);
yearStart:=yStart OR Cum(IsDefined(yStart))=1;
yearCount:=Cum(yearStart)-1;
yearBars:=BarsSince(yearStart)+1+year1flag;
YearStats:=If(display=1,yearBars,
If(display=2,yearCount,Cum(1)));
{ Total/Avg bar stats }
barCount:=LastValue(Cum(1));
yearCount:=LastValue(Year())-year1;
yearlyAvgBars:=Int(barCount/yearCount+.5);
TotalStats:=If(display=1,yearlyAvgBars,
If(display=2,yearCount,barCount));
{ Plot in own window below price chart }
If(type=1,YearStats,TotalStats)
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jose '-)
http://www.metastocktools.com
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