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Hello.  I am kind of new to MEtastock programming and I was looking 
through some code that look interesting.  It's the Tom Demark 
sequential code I've seen posted around the internet.

TD1:=If(C<Ref(C,-4),1,0); 

TD2:=If(TD1=1 AND Ref(TD1,-1)=1 AND Ref(TD1,-2)=1 AND Ref(TD1,-3)=1 
AND Ref(TD1,-4)=1 AND Ref(TD1,-5)=1 AND Ref(TD1,-6)=1 AND Ref(TD1,-7)
=1 AND Ref(TD1,-8)=1, 1,0); 

TD3:=If(Ref(C,-9)>=Ref(C,-13),1,0); 

TD4:=If(TD2=1 AND TD3=1,1,0); 

TD5:=If(H>=Ref(LLV(L,5),-3),1,0); 

now I'm okay with all the formulas to this point...
I don't understand the following:

D8:=If(Ref(TD4,1)=1 AND TD5=1,1,0); 

It's the Ref(TD4,1)=1 I don't understand. THe manual sez it 
references a previous or subsequent element in the data array.  A 
positive Period references n periods in the future; a negative period 
references n periods ago.

I guess what I can't seem to understand is how does one reference a 
period in the future that hasn't happened yet.  Or - how does a 
formula refer to a formula in the future.

Any help would be most welcome

thanks 

Warren Peace2001






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