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Adam,
Think about what you are asking.
If you calculate a value every 5 days then for the next 5 days your
value is held constant...stairstep.
If you wish to calculate from a value 5 days ago then just use that
value. You could use the ref statement for that...ref(close,-5).
This would change every day but remember its data from 5 days ago.
You are automaticaaly introducing lag by doing this.
Yes you can plot the highest value or lowest value over a period of
time by using the HHV or LLV. You can even direct it over a period
of time. Rather than tell you how to do this open metastock and
click on the help icon at the top. Select Metastock help and index.
Then simply scroll down until you get to highest or lowest. Select
it and it will explain what you need.
I would also tell you to go to our links section and check out some
of the formula sites that you will find there. This is a quite
extensive list and you should learn to use them.
hope this helps,
Preston
--- In equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, juzam66666 <no_reply@xxx>
wrote:
>
> thank you so much for all your help! i really apreciate it. just
to
> clarify, though, is it not possible to create an nth bar sma
without
> the stair-step look and without smoothing (as in actually
> calculating the nth bar sma for each and every point)?
>
> on a separate but somewhat related note: is there a formula that
for
> point X on a graph (say, the latest data point), it would take day
> x-5 (5 days ago), x-10, x-15, x-20, and x-25 and plot the
highest
> value? or lowest value?
>
>
> This forum is a gem; I've learned a lot browsing. Thank you for
all
> your time,
>
> Adam
>
> --- In equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, pumrysh <no_reply@> wrote:
> >
> > juzam,
> >
> > I gave you this:
> >
> > pds:=Input("Nth bar periodicity",1,252,5);
> > pdsma:=Input("Smoothing periods",1,100,21);
> > signal:=Mod(Cum(1),pds)=0;
> > Cl:=ValueWhen(1,signal,Ref(C,-1));
> > mov(Cl,pdsma,S){end}
> >
> >
> > It calculates every 5 days. If you want a longer period just set
> the
> > Nth bar periodicity to a longer period. If you set it at 252 you
> > will get approximately one year.
> >
> > Preston
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, juzam66666 <no_reply@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Thanks for all the help guys. I tried the nth bar sma, but it
> > didn't
> > > seem to come out quite like i was thinking. ill try to
> > > expand...basically what im trying to get is a seasonally-
> adjusted
> > > moving average.
> > >
> > > so the latest data point is, say, 625 on date 3/20/2007. the
> > moving
> > > average would calculate, for example, the five-year seasonally
> > > adjusted sma. to calculate this it would average the data
points
> > on
> > > 3/20/2006, 3/20/2005, 3/20/2004, 3/20/2003, and 3/20/2002. for
> the
> > > moving average point a day earlier, on 3/19/2007 it would do
the
> > same
> > > calculations for 3/19/2006, 3/19/2005, etc.
> > >
> > > note that the 625 is basically irrelevent because it isn't in
> the
> > sma
> > > until 3/20/2008 comes along
> > >
> > > thank you so much for any help
> > >
> >
>
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