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John,
Suggest that you follow Roy's advice and plot the 30MA on a chart.
Then apply the indicator in another window. The signals from my code
and your code will not agree. Question is which one do you want? At
least I believe you're headed in the right direction now though.
good luck,
Preston
--- In equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "John Nicholson"
<johnnic@xxx> wrote:
>
> Preston
>
>
>
> Thanks for your response. A couple of responses to your
> suggestions/questions.
>
>
>
> (1) Yes, I did want the last line to be Ref(Mov(C,30,E),-2) <
> Ref(Mov(C,30,E),-3)). I want to enter a trade when the 30 week
EMA turns
> upward out of a downward trend. The way (I think) I have written
the code,
> I will get a buy signal when the stock's EMA moves upwards two
weeks in a
> row having previously been trending down.
>
> (2) I see your point about the problems with ANDs and Ors.
That is why
> I enclosed the first line - (Cross(C,Mov(C,30,E)) OR C > Mov
(C,30,E)) -
> with brackets. I wanted to ensure that either of these conditions
would
> operate with the other conditions. Will that work?
>
>
>
> I will try your code in Explorer and then run it through TradeSim
to see if
> I get the same results.
>
>
>
> Thanks muchly
>
>
>
> John
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> _____
>
> From: equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of pumrysh
> Sent: Wednesday, 8 November 2006 12:18 PM
> To: equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [EquisMetaStock Group] Re: Coding request
>
>
>
> John,
>
> Did you want the last line to be
> Ref(Mov(C,30,E),-2) < Ref(Mov(C,30,E),-3));
> or
> Ref(Mov(C,30,E),-2) > Ref(Mov(C,30,E),-3));
> which matches the rest of your code?
>
> One of the problems I see is the use of and/or arguments. placing
> them together will result in problems since metastock doesn't know
> what should be "or" versus what should be "and". Easier to
seperate
> them as I have done below.
>
> A:=Mov(C,30,E);
> B:=Sum(A>Ref(A,-1),4)=1;
> D:=(C>A) OR Cross(C,A);
> B AND D
>
> Also note that I have summed the reference of todays MA to
> yesterdays and done it over the last 4 days. Controversial but it
> will work. I am sure others will weigh in on this as it could
still
> be done differently.
>
> Preston
>
> --- In equismetastock@ <mailto:equismetastock%40yahoogroups.com>
> yahoogroups.com, "johnnic1948" <johnnic@>
> wrote:
> >
> > Does anyone have any helpful suggestions?
> >
> > --- In equismetastock@ <mailto:equismetastock%40yahoogroups.com>
> yahoogroups.com, "johnnic1948" <johnnic@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Would someone please be kind enough to confirm that the
> following
> > > simple code does what I want it to do?
> > >
> > > If the closing price crosses above the 30 week EMA or is
already
> > > above the EMA, and the EMA has turned upwards, then.....
> > >
> > > The code I have written is:
> > >
> > > (Cross(C,Mov(C,30,E)) OR C > Mov(C,30,E))
> > >
> > > AND
> > > (Mov(C,30,E) > Ref(Mov(C,30,E),-1)
> > >
> > > AND
> > > Ref(Mov(C,30,E),-1) > Ref(Mov(C,30,E),-2)
> > >
> > > AND
> > > Ref(Mov(C,30,E),-2) < Ref(Mov(C,30,E),-3));
> > >
> > > Even if it is correct, is there a more elegant way of
achieving
> > the
> > > same end?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > John
> > >
> >
>
>
>
>
>
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