Alvin,
You must call the variable by using either
Buy;
or
Sell;
Preston
--- In equismetastock@ yahoogroups. com, Alvin Yu <alvinyu2005@ ...>
wrote:
>
> Hi MC/Preston
>    Tried this but get a blank screen even I changed the ")"
to "}" at the last sentence .
>
> Â Â Â Anu clue ?
>
> rgds
>
>
>
>
>
> ____________ _________ _________ __
> From: p_panther_73 <mchantzi@xx .>
> To: equismetastock@ ...
> Sent: Sunday, 28 December 2008 4:03:54
> Subject: [EquisMetaStock Group] Re: MACD Histogram Cycle and
Trigger with 4 Green 1 Red or 4 Red 1 Green
>
>
> Hi there,
>
> It seems
to be that you want something like this:
>
> stp:=12; {periods of the short-term ema}
> ltp:=26; {periods of the long-term ema}
> slp:=9; {periods of the MACD's signal line}
> g:=3; {periods of consecutive higher values of the MACD's Histogram}
> r:=3; {periods of consecutive lower values of the MACD's Histogram}
>
> md:=mov(c,stp, e)-mov(c, ltp,e); {This is MACD}
> mmd:=mov(md, slp,e); {MACD's singal line}
> mdh:=md-mmd; {MACD's Histogram}
> rmd:=roc(mdh, 1,$); {Roc of MACD's Histogram}
>
> buy:=rmd>0 and barssince(ref( rmd>0,-1) )>=r; {We buy when we have
> MACD's Histogram turning up plus there have been r-bars of MACD
> Histogram consecutive lower values}
>
> sell:=rmd<0 and barssince(ref( rmd<0,-1) )>=g; {we sell when we have
> MACD's Histogram turning down plus there have been g-bars of MACD's
> Histogram
consecutive higher values)
>
> Please note, that a) I don't have metaStock on this pc, so I didn't
> actually check the validity of the code and b) I'm not quite sure
that
> this is what is described in the link that was given.
>
> Regards,
>
> mc
>
> --- In equismetastock@ yahoogroups. com, Alvin Yu
<alvinyu2005@ ...> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Preston
> >    My "not tally" mean " the number of green bars
or red bars
> are not the same as for the 2 charts " Example as follow:
> >
> >     1st to 10th bars (from Right) are all RED
in Chartnexus
> but it shows 4 Green & 6 "Red" in Metastock
> >   ÂÂ
> >
    It seems that they are some comparison on the
price data
> between as the trigger is formulated when the barschanged from
red
> to green & vise versa . The Chartnexus web shows some info on
MACD
> Histogram cycle but may not be detail enough .
> >   ÂÂ
> http://www.chartnex us.com/learning/ manual/add- ons/node26.
html#SECTION0041 1600000000000000 0
> >
> >    Hope It is not too troubling u to help me on
this formula
> >
> > rgds
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ____________ _________ _________ __
> > From: pumrysh <no_reply@xxxxxxxxx p s.com>
> > To: equismetastock@
yahoogroups. com
> > Sent: Thursday, 25 December 2008 2:19:44
> > Subject: [EquisMetaStock Group] Re: MACD Histogram Cycle and
Trigger
> with 4 Green 1 Red or 4 Red 1 Green
> >
> >
> > Alvin,
> >
> > What I gave you will work just like the pic.
> >
> > In order to get the style and colors you want you must right
click
> > on the indicator and change to the color and style that you want.
> > This is covered in the users manual as well.
> >
> > Preston
> >
> > --- In equismetastock@ yahoogroups. com, Alvin Yu
<alvinyu2005@ ....>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Preston
> > > � � � Sorry I did not get
this clear enough .My actual
> needs as
> >
follow:
> > >
> > > � MACD Histogram (MACDH) to show the following:
> > >
> > > 1. When MACDH > 0 AND MACDH(t) > MACDH(t-1), output on the
> > histogram is GREEN in colour.
> > > 2. When MACDH > 0 AND MACDH(t) < MACDH(t-1), output on the
> > histogram is RED in colour.
> > > 3. When MACDH < 0 AND MACDH(t) < MACDH(t-1), output on the
> > histogram is RED in colour.
> > > 4. When MACDH < 0 AND MACDH(t) > MACDH(t-1), output on the
> > histogram is GREEN in colour.
> > >
> > > Note: (t) denotes the most recent MACDH value, (t-1) denotes
the
> > value of MACDH one period before
> > >
> > > I saw this in the following web site� but I could
not� find the
>
> solution:
> > > http://forum. vtsystems. com/index. php?
> > s=88fe854d789faa450 28153615fba14ed& showtopic= 9256&pid=
40576&st=
> 0&#ent
> > ry40576
> > >
> > > Appreciate if u can help on this ..
> > >
> > > Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
> > >
> > > Ã�ÂÂ
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ____________ _________ _________ __
> > > From: pumrysh <no_reply@xxxxxxxxx p s.com>
> > > To: equismetastock@ yahoogroups. com
> > > Sent: Thursday, 18 December 2008 11:27:22
> > > Subject: [EquisMetaStock Group] Re: MACD Histogram Cycle and
> > Trigger with 4 Green 1 Red or 4 Red 1 Green
> > >
> > >
> > >
Alvin,
> > >
> > > At the group site you can search old messages by using key
words
> > such
> > > as MACD RED GREEN. I did and came up with:
> > >
> > > A:=MACD();
> > > B:=Mov(MACD( ),5,E);
> > > A;B;
> > >
> > > {RedGreen MACD Histogram}
> > > X:= MACD();
> > > Green:=If(X> Ref(X,-1) ,X,0);
> > > Red:=If(X<Ref( X,-1),X,0) ;
> > > Green; Red;
> > >
> > > The neat thing about doing a search in this way is that it goes
> > all the
> > > way back to 1999 when this group first started...literally tons
of
> > > indictors since then.
> > >
> > > Preston
> > >
> > > --- In equismetastock@ yahoogroups. com, "alvinyu2005"
> > <alvinyu2005@ ...>
>
> > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi
> > > > Can any adv if Metastock has an std program for this MACD
that
> > > > show :
> > > > 1) Red & Green colour bars instead of one single colour ?
(Note:
> > > Green
> > > > bars show the price is closed with higher low ) Similar to
the
> > one
> > > > shown in Amibroker in
> > > > http://www.amibroke r.org/userkb/ 2007/10/19/ macd-histograms-
> > v1/
> > > >
> > > > 2) How should I write a programme that can screen stocks that
> > satisfy
> > > > continuous 4 Grren then next is 1 Red and/or 4 continuous 4
Red
> > &
> > > > follow with 1 green ?
> > > >
> > >
> rgds
> > > >
> > >
> > >
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