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TradeStation has all sorts of weird behavior if you use complex expressions in plot statements and print statements.
It is always safer to do the calculations in expressions and then plot/print only the value of a single variable.
It looks as if they do not parse complex expressions correctly is such statements.
Bob Fulks
At 11:23 AM -0700 1/18/01, Gary Fritz wrote:
>Here's a strange one. I've got a chart with 2 data series: NQ1H and
>NDX. I created an indicator to display the spread between NQ1H and
>NDX.
>
> plot1( (h+l)/2 - (h data2 + l data2)/2 , "spread");
> plot2( xaverage( (h+l)/2 - (h data2 + l data2)/2 ,5), "xavg");
>
>So plot1 is the difference between the midrange of NQ1H (data1) and
>the midrange of NDX (data2). This plots fine.
>
>plot2 shows the recent average value. Notice it's identical to plot1
>(cut and pasted), with an "xaverage" wrapped around it.
>
>It plots zero.
>
>In fact if I wrap the spread calc in ANY function, it plots zero. If
>I just display the spread calc, or any calculation involving that
>spread value but not requiring a function, it works fine. Add in a
>function and it's zero.
>
>Any guesses? It must be some bizarre multi-data weirdity but I
>haven't figured it out. I'm even more confused because I've done
>almost an identical indicator before, and it works just fine. What
>am I missing in this code??
>
>Gary
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