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This is where effort on your part is required, Dan.

Take the time and effort to experiment with plotting both the Sum() 
and Inside() functions, and you will then take your first steps to 
understanding and coding in MetaStock.


jose '-)
http://www.metastocktools.com



--- In equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Dan C <dann.c@xxx> wrote:
>
> Thank you for the suggestion.
> 
> One more thing I would like from you:  Please break down the
> formula and explain the logic of its parts.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Dan
>
>
> 
> Jose Silva wrote:
>
> Dan, no offense taken. However, if I did have a measurable
> intellect... ;)
>
> The Guppy site has an extensive collection of formula, but it is
> akin to a junkyard in that there is a lot of useless code there.
>
> The easiest way to look for three inside days in a row, would be:
> Sum(Inside(),3)=3
>
> jose '-)
> http://www.metastocktools.com
>
>
>
> --- In equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> <mailto:equismetastock%40yahoogroups.com>, Dan C <dann.c@> wrote:
>
> Jose,
>
> Sorry to offend your intellect. But I interpreted Inside() to be
> today, the -1 to mean yesterday and -2 to mean the day before.
> Obviously by your response I was just plainly and stupidly wrong.
> I got the code from Guppy's site where it was titled:
> Three Inside Days.
>
> ++++
>
> *Three inside Days*
>
> Inside days suggest a volatility compression and often preceded
> strong breakouts. Search returns 1 for ok and 0 for not ok
>
> * Inside()
> * Inside()-1
> * Inside()-2
>
> +++++
>
> Come on Jose, let out a little rope.
>
> Dan
>
>
>
> Jose Silva wrote:
>
> Dan, your own code 0-1 and 0-2, and you ask what -1
> and -2 means? C'mon...
>
> The purest way to code an inside condition:
> H<Ref(H,-1) AND L>Ref(L,-1)
>
>
> jose '-)
> http://www.metastocktools.com
>
>
>
> --- In equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> <mailto:equismetastock%40yahoogroups.com>, Dan <dann.c@> wrote:
>
> I do not understand (***) this from Equis:
>
> Inside
> Syntax inside()
>
> This will return a +1 whenever an inside day occurs.
> ***It will continue to return this same value until
> either a Rally, Reaction, or an Outside day
> occur.*** At any time where Inside() is not equal
> to +1, it will be equal to 0.
>
> Now: If I run the following:
>
> Inside(), col a
> Inside()-1, col b
> Inside()-2, col c
>
> the exploration always returns 0 (zero) or 1 in
> column a, 0 or -1.0 in column b, and in Col c, -1
> or -2.
>
>
> Questions:
> a) what does -1 and -2 mean?
> b) why am I not getting an inside day for today and yesterday,
> and the day before?
> c) is there a better way to do this?
>
> Regards,
>
> Dan





 
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