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[EquisMetaStock Group] Re: Something is very wrong in calculating ADX(40) by metastock



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biobuck,

I have duplicated the problem. You are correct. At longer lookbacks 
the ADX looks very stair stepish. 

The good news is that I also checked the ADX RAW indicator that Roy 
submitted and it looked correct. Thanks Roy!

Preston


--- In equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, biobuck <no_reply@xxx> wrote:
>
> Preston,
> Thanks for your reply.  I did it again this time without ADX(14).  
> The problem is that for short time periods ADX plotted fine in
> metastock.  But for some unknown reason when you increase the time
> period to 40, it failed to compute correctly.  I have loaded another
> chart up this time just to show the ADX(40) to rule out the
> ADX(ADX(14),40) possibility.  As you can see the ADX(40) was still 
not
> right.  As I mentioned previously, I could not duplicate an 
indicator
> between Amibroker and MS and I suspected this is the reason.  I used
> the start date back to 2000 so that the starting date should not
> matter for both softwares.
> 
> biobuck
>  
> --- In equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, pumrysh <no_reply@> wrote:
> >
> > biobuck,
> > 
> > Hard to tell what you have done but it looks like you laid the ADX
(40) 
> > on the ADX(14) and not the Close.
> > 
> > Make sure that the close is higlighted when you lay the 
indicator. Also 
> > you may wish to refer to the built-in template supplied with 
metastock. 
> > 
> > The Amibroker chart has both the +/- DI along with the ADX which 
is how 
> > the metastock template is plotted. The ADX values for the the ADX
(14) 
> > are close on both charts. Close enough for me to believe that the 
> > difference may be your start dates.
> > 
> > For others looking for your charts they are in the Metastock 
Problems 
> > File.
> > 
> > Preston
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > --- In equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, biobuck <no_reply@> wrote:
> > >
> > > I was having trouble in reproducing an indicator in Metastock 
and
> > > Amibroker in which ADX(40) was used as a part of the equation.  
I
> > > could not figure out what went wrong with my codes and finally 
decided
> > > to check the ADX(40) chart plotted by both Amibroker and 
Metastock. 
> > > Guess What I was horrified by what I saw.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > I am going to upload screenshots to >Files>Metastock Problems 
for you
> > > guys to check it out.  
> > > 
> > > biobuck
> > >
> >
>




 
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