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Jimmy,
Using Upticks+Downticks instead of Volume was the trick.
John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jimmy Snowden" <jhsnowden@xxxxxxx>
To: "jbclem" <jbclem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <Omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2003 10:02 PM
Subject: Re[2]: Simple showme misreads "input"
> John,
>
> All I know is on minute charts using DTN we would see half the volume
> in the up and half in the down and none of it was correct. With
> Esignal and emini setup as index you get correct volume. Stocks are
> supposed to be correct on all feeds I think but the only way to check
> how TS2ki calculates it is to use a tick chart to build the minute
> data. I've never been able to get them to match correctly on emini
> but you should check stocks. Bottom line is volume is a dangerous
> thing in tS2ki if you are using real money, so check it carefully.
>
>
> Best regards,
> Jimmy Snowden
> mailto:jhsnowden@xxxxxxx
>
>
> Saturday, November 22, 2003, 9:08:09 PM, you wrote:
>
> j> Hi Jimmy,
>
> j> Wish that was it, but not so. I experimented to find out what point
would
> j> turn the showme off and on for a specific volume bar and here's an
example.
> j> On a 30 min bar chart, Vol bar with 1,760,640 volume...showme on at
975,000
> j> volume, showme off at 980,000. That's about 55% of the Vol bar that
> j> triggers it. If that relationship hold true I guess I could write it
into
> j> the formula, but I'd like to know if this is a TS2000i bug or just a
mistake
> j> on my part.
>
> j> John
>
>
> j> ----- Original Message -----
> j> From: "Jimmy Snowden" <jhsnowden@xxxxxxx>
> j> To: "jbclem" <jbclem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <Omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> j> Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2003 2:37 PM
> j> Subject: Re: Simple showme misreads "input"
>
>
> >> John,
> >>
> >> Could be your only seeing exactly 1/2 the volume. Ts2ki doesn't read
> >> it correctly. Try changing your input or when you call volume
> >> multiply it by 2.
> >>
> >> Best regards,
> >> Jimmy Snowden
> >> mailto:jhsnowden@xxxxxxx
> >>
> >>
> >> Saturday, November 22, 2003, 3:27:35 PM, you wrote:
> >>
> >> j> Here's my Showme to sell when there's a volume spike on an intraday
> j> stock
> >> j> chart (ie: 30 min bar). The problem is that when I have the input
set
> j> at
> >> j> 800, it's only triggering when the volume for that bar is somewhat
over
> >> j> 2000. If I change the input to 500 it seems to lower the trigger
level
> j> down
> >> j> to around 900. Makes no sense but is there something I'm missing
here?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> j> Inputs: SellVol(800),Space(.1);
> >>
> >> If Volume >> SellVol Then Begin
> >> j> Plot1(High+Space,"SellVol");
> >> j> Alert("SELL,SELL,SELL!");
> >> j> End;
> >>
> >> j> IF CHECKALERT THEN ALERT=TRUE;
> >>
> >>
> >> j> While I'm at it, I copied the line
> >> j> Alert("...................................."); from a Showme that
came
> j> with
> >> j> TS2000i, thinking it would put an Alert message on the chart at the
> >> j> appropriate moment. I haven't tried this live yet, but I don't see
any
> >> j> signs of such a message where the Showmes are marked on my test
chart.
> j> Does
> >> j> anyone know if I've got this right.
> >>
> >>
> >> j> John
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Outgoing mail scanned by Norton
> >>
> >>
> >>
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