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At 2:04 AM -0500 3/24/98, janderson3 wrote:
>
>     I am having some difficulty writing a ShowMe study in EL, and was
>     wondering if any of you resident EL wizards could help?  I think the
>     answer is probably simple, but I have been unable to find it in any
>     documentation.
>
>     I would like to write a ShowMe study that marks the bar which is 'x"
>     bars ago.  For instance, I trade a breakout system, which trades based
>     on a breakout of the 'x' bar high or low.  Is there any way to mark
>     this bar (perhaps a Paintbar would work?), just so that I have a quick
>     visual indication of where the bar which is 'x' bars back begins on my
>     charts?
>

You can use a plot statement to plot back in time by adding a bracket:

    Plot[Days](Number, "Name");

This will plot on the bar back in time by the number, "Days".

Hope this helps.

Bob Fulks