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-----Message d'origine-----
De : Mark Brown <markbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
À : pierre.orphelin <pierre.orphelin@xxxxxxxxxx>; L_Omega
<omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date : mercredi 28 avril 1999 16:14
Objet : Re: Best alternative to TradeStation 2000i?


>In TraderWare this is how a simple moving average is plotted as an
>indicator.  While it looks more complicated that in easy language "it is
>not".  One reason is that if you wanted a simple moving average you don't
>have to type all the stuff you see below.  You can just copy and paste from
>our library of pre built's and there you have it.  Or just like some other
>popular programs you can bring up a chart and pick moving average from a
>list and click on it and it pops onto the chart.  Note :  We use a common
>everyday language VB, we have set the standard that all other market
related
>software packages must come to or die.  We have freed the end user from
>dependency on third party vultures to write their studies.  The clients can
>go take a course on VB at any community college.
>
>mb
>
>
>========================
>
>Sub IndicatorEntry()
>
>'Calculate a 5 period simple moving average of the closing price
>Call TW.CalcFormula("MOV(c,5,s)", twDate, twHigh, twLow, twOpen, twClose,
>twOpenInterest, twVolume, twResults, twDates, twValid)
>
>'Plot the result
>Call TW.PlotIndicator(twPanelID, twName, twStyle, twDates, twResults,
>twValid, twColor)
>
>End Sub
>
>=========================
>

Obviously, what's above is certainly simpler than the EL code  below:

Plot1(xaverage(c,5),"xavg");

...Or I am missing something and need to go back to learn VB ?

Rgds

-Pierre Orphelin
Représentant exclusif de Omega Research en France.
web: http://www.sirtrade.com