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The best way to calculate the required Price for an indicator to get to a
certain value is to solve for that Price given the previous bars value. This
means just doing the math.
Jim Bronke
Phoenix, AZ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Hunt" <RHunt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Jim Johnson" <jejohn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "omega" <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 8:55 AM
Subject: Re: Bars to the right
: Below is a copy of something that I offered to list participants years ago
when
: TS4 was the only thing going.
:
: Sometimes it pays to be a pack rat.
:
: Enjoy!
:
: Bob Hunt
:
: --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
:
: Plotting Indicators Into The Future
:
: You're one of the people that requested additional info on plotting
indicators
: into the future in Tradestation. The only reason that I asked interested
parties
: to e-mail me directly was so I wouldn't end up providing allot of tech
support to
: those who weren't definitely serious about learning how to do this.
:
: As I mentioned in my post to the group, it involves advancing your system
clock,
: which in itself might open up a can of worms for people. Doing so does
not effect
: me that much, except that it screws up my e-mail dates.
:
: So here goes:
:
: 1. Fire up the off-line server. Open up your portfolio. For the issue(s)
that you
: want to plot indicators into the future you need to provide dummy prices
and
: dates. There are two ways of doing this. A) If you only want to look a
couple of
: days in advance, you can do it one at a time by selecting the issue and
then
: hitting "Edit Daily". Click on "Add". Make sure the date for tomorrow is
correct
: (it will always be correct unless the last day entered was a Friday or a
day
: before an exchange holiday). Then enter dummy prices for O,H,L,C I
usually just
: re-enter the last Close for all values. B) If you want to plot for more
than just
: a few days into the future it is best to create an ASCII file of the dummy
dates
: and prices and then import them into your portfolio via "Import Daily"
:
: 2. Advance your system clock to include the days that you want to plot
for. I
: usually just advance it by a full month so that it's easier to revert back
to the
: correct date if needed.
:
: This technique will also work on intraday charts, but I don't know of a
way to
: import tick data into TS. What I do is to simply create an ASCII file
from known
: data and then attach the dummy dates and prices. I then create a chart
directly
: from the ASCII file and plot my indicators on that.
:
: By the way, this technique of modifying your system clock also works great
if you
: want to replay intraday data in real time. Simply set your system clock
BACK to
: the date and time that you want to replay and TS will present the data as
if it
: were happening real-time. It might be a good way of paper-trading for
those who
: feel the need. This works with time-based charts only. It will NOT work
with tick
: charts.
:
: Enjoy!
:
: Bob Hunt
:
:
:
:
: Jim Johnson wrote:
: >
: > Hello TaoOfDow,
: >
: > I just tried that. didn't work here. the higher timeframe bar plots
: > at the same vertical space as the most recent lower timeframe bar.
: >
: > --
: > Best regards,
: > Jim Johnson mailto:jejohn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
: >
: > Tuesday, March 19, 2002, 10:25:14 AM, you wrote:
: >
: > T> Well, actually I believe there is a way to do it in TS4, more or less
(not
: > T> ideal):
: >
: > T> Set up a 2-data chart. On the top (usable) chart, put what you want,
say
: > T> 1-min bars. On the bottom, put for example the same data, but set
the time to
: > T> 60-min bars, and if you want, set this chart window to "Hidden."
: >
: > T> As I remember, what you'll get is your 1-min chart with "white space
to the
: > T> right" to the extent of the time remaining to the next 60-min bar.
In other
: > T> words, at the beginning of a 60-min bar period, you'll have a full 60
bars of
: > T> "white space to the right" that will gradually diminish in time and
ultimately
: > T> reach 0 at the end of the 60-min period, and then the cycle will
repeat.
: >
: > T> Because you can't use multi-data charts with tick charts, this won't
work with
: > T> them --- only minute-based charts.
: >
: > T> Jim Johnson wrote:
: >
: > >> Hello jonmac,
: > >>
: > >> you can't do that. one of the limitations of the "old shoe". Omega
: > >> added that feature in TS5 and TS6 however. that's the problem with
: > >> the future--no peeking :)
: > >>
: > >> --
: > >> Best regards,
: > >> Jim Johnson mailto:jejohn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
: > >>
: > >> Tuesday, March 19, 2002, 2:35:07 AM, you wrote:
: > >>
: > >> j> Is there any method of achieveing some 'white space' or 'bars
to the
: > >> j> right' in TS4, so as to gather some insight from a seasonal
indicator?
: > >>
: > >> j> Thanks
: > >> j> Jon Macmichael
:
: --
: Bob Hunt
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