[EquisMetaStock Group] ROC for YTD

["pbay01" <pbay01@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, I 'm trying to explore what the YTD returns are for a list of stocks using the ROC function. I have a formula here searched from previous post a few years back but I can't seem to be able to get any results using my explorer. I know I'm missing out something, can someone please help me.


{ Rate of Change (RoC) YTD v1.0 }

{ Date inputs - today's date a year ago }
StDay:=06; { Current Day of month, 1~31 }
StMnth:=04; { Current Month, 1~12 }
StYear:=2009; { Previous Year, 1800~2200 }
method:=1; { Method: [1]%, [2]$points }

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{ Data array }
x:=C;

{ Event date's signal }
date:=Year()>StYear
OR (Year()=StYear AND (Month()>StMnth
OR Month()=StMnth AND DayOfMonth()>=StDay));
event:=date AND Alert(date=0,2);

{ Event's Close value }
start:=Cum(IsDefined(event))=1;
eventVal:=ValueWhen(1,event OR start,x);

{ RoC since chosen event }
RoCper:=(x/eventVal-1)*100;
RoCpts:=x-eventVal;

{ Select % or $ method }
eventRoC:=If(method=1,RoCper,RoCpts);
eventRoC:=If(date,eventRoC,0);

{ RoC }
eventRoC




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