Equis International Online Community: Unanswered Threads

Horizontal line.

yechiyah — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:55:07 GMT

Is there a way to have MetaStock place a horizontal line on a chart using code?

Need Exploration Formula assistance!!

aaaaaaicq — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:55:07 GMT

I would request some help here from someone who can code a Meta stock exploration ( To find stocks which has either gained or lost more than 5% in the last 10 bars (* 1 min Bars*) I have worked on this coding but could not succeed. Please comment . Thanks in Advance. My aim is to find this condition in stocks through exploration .

Exploration Donchian channel

hughes1970 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:52:55 GMT

Hi at all
if possible create or exist , Donchian Channel Explor for long and short ?
thanks

next Higher low

budfox45 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:29:39 GMT

I need help in placing a buy arrow on the next higher low AFTER b:=if(L>A,1,L);

B would be a set up bar the next low thats higher then the high of b would be

the Symbol bar

Thanks

A:=(HHV(L,50) + LLV(L,50))/2;

b:=If(L>A,1,L);

SELL:=b=-1 AND Ref(b,-1)<>-1;

BUY:=b=1 AND Ref(b,-1)<>1;

buy-sell;

BUY:=b=1 AND Ref(b,-1)<>1;

;

Trading the RMO Short Term

Esplorare — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:06:29 GMT

Lately I've been experimenting with the RMO and after several weeks I find that it is not effective for short term intraday trading. Once confirming signals are indicated to enter a trade, about 65% or more of the move has already been made with a reversal likely to occur. I haven't tested it with the System Tester for different time frames, but from first hand live market trading experience it doesn't seem to be too reliable. It would be interesting to hear Rahul's comments about using it for short term intraday trading. I'd also welcome any feedback from anyone who can support or disprove my findings.

Jake Bernstein - Setup, Trigger, Follow Through

KellyC — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:32:41 GMT

Click here to view the archive: http://metastock.na5.acrobat.com/p52885221/

System Tester

felipe — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:10:55 GMT

Hello!

I read here that metastock 11 now uses 2 cores... well, my question is:
Is metastock fully multi-threaded? in other words, does the System Tester run in multiple cores?

Att,
Felipe

Make Mestastock trading system friendly

Gregor — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:32:25 GMT

From the writer of “Transferring Metastock to new computer” post

I have an excellent idea for a development for Metastock and I it would be great to get some feed back to see if anyone else out there agrees with me.

Do you have to a trading system, do you have to manually change parameters or variables for each security you want to trade, found the input function isn’t the answer? That my world, a trading system, 3 variables, 8 formulas and mind numbing 24 changes per security. Imagine a world where you open your Metastock, click into one box where all these change can be made from one location, but apply to all the formulas in your trading system. Have I sold this idea?

My story; I have programmed a trading system for LONG and SHORT trading which adds up to 2 custom indictors and 6 expert advisors. Why so many? It breaks down like this, for long trading: one custom Indicator for setup signals then Expert Advisors for Entry, Exit and Stop; the same number again for short trading. The important point here is I have 8 separate formulas.

The problem is when wanting to trade I have to manually set 3 parameters (variables) within each formula for each security, that’s 8 multiplied by 3 making 24 changes. There has to be an easier way to do this?

What if from one location I open one box that allows me to make the change from that box which then would apply to all 8 formulas. This would be some kind of editor which I could tag specific lines of code from select formulas in my trading system held in an Expert advisor, Explorer or on the Custom Indicator List. The possibilities for this idea are vast and should be a must do for Equis.

If you’ve got this far in reading this why not leave me a comment and tell me what you think

Gregor

MS11 on Windows 7

kardenmiller — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:48:51 GMT

Just upgraded my Mac / Snow Leopard / Parallels system from XP to Windows 7. To my amazement the System Tester speed appears to have doubled. Not what you expect out of Microsoft these days. Nice surprise. (Now I can fill those 2 GB limit ST_DATA.MDB twice as fast before having to delete them and start over, joy!).

/k

Ikon Fx Matrix platform!!!

Ikon Fx — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:51:50 GMT

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How to get rid of the same value

Nathan — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:14:55 GMT

Hello,

I build a simple indicator as follows:

var1:=ValueWhen(1,H*0.909>PREV,H);
var1

It plots the H which is >= 10% growth of the previous H and it counts from the first bar.

But if I use it in System tester as follows:

{Buy signal:}
var1:=ValueWhen(1,H*0.909>PREV,H);
var1=H

If there are more than one H equals to var1, the system will activate the buy as well, which it should not.

Anyone can help me with that to get rid of those values, just make the tester to follow the indicator.
Thanks.

Regards,
nathan

simultaneous positions in system test

Henning — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:05:56 GMT

Hello,

a short question.

If I uncheck "limit number of simultaneous positions" (means up > 65000 open positions) in system test, does it mean that every position runs in its own environment? Obviously not?! "Sometimes", if one position meets exit condition, also the second position is closed, even it gets an own condition (e.g. win target). Using MS 9.1 EOD

Thank you

Henning

11/17/09 - Trading a sideways market. Martha Stokes

KellyC — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:11:11 GMT

Click here to view the archive: http://metastock.na5.acrobat.com/p21284217/

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How to plot the same value for just once

Nathan — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:06:15 GMT

Hi guys,

Could you help me with this, please?

How can I plot the same value for just once when they meet some condition.

E.g. C1=10, C2=9, C3=8, C4=9, C5=7

Condition: C
What i want to plot is 9,8,0,7, not 9,8,9, 7.

Many thanks.

nathan

Pivot Points

NPENDRIGH — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:56:14 GMT

I have trolled through the various fora and not found the asnwer

So does MetaStock provide automatic plotting of Pivot Points?

Metastock 10 running in VMware (Solution supplied)

markus — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:37:29 GMT

Hi, everyone.

I am new in the stock / Ta scene. I an ran into a problem that I could not find any solution to. Running Metastock in VMware. I fixed the problem, so If anyone needs the "fix" please read my post.

http://thinkninja.com/archives/44

November 19 - Blog is updated.

Thanks,
Markus.

GBP and NZD problem

trueihty — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:33:53 GMT

I have subscription to FX data and last month i have a problem with GBP and NZD. The problem is that GBPUSD and NZDUSD can not be updated every monday till 5-50 am gmt, so i see no new bars in metastock and unchanged figures in quotecenter since friday's close.
Then all crosses with gbp and nzd are calculated with those constant figures, so i see wrong charts for all crosses GBP and NZD. After 5-50 am gmt everything goes fine.
And now (5 NOV 6-27 am gmt) both of them are not updated in metastock and quotecenter since yesterday's 5-59 pm gmt. I have no idea what to do with this, so maybe anyone can help me, please.

thanks

p.s so now (5 NOV 6-31 am gmt) both of them are updated, but there is still gap since yesterday, so the problem is not solved

Has anyone found a TD Sequential expert or addin that works sucessfully

SAILBEARS1 — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:37:27 GMT

I have seen many posts on here but none claims to work or be easy to load in. Thanks for any help.

Y axis right left inequal

marti80 — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:12:24 GMT

When I used right AND left Y axis, there is different scale, some times. It is difficult to view the graphic. What is the solution? Thanks.

MetaSwing evaluation

garp — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:35:25 GMT

I'm interested in the MetaSwing indicator, which seems to be the system du jour at Equis. I guess Dynamic Trend is out of favor. I looked at a web presentation for Meta Swing and heard its virtues. But behind the hype, is anyone using it and what is your opinion?

G

sell stop that works with L signals on first day already - possible?

exito100 — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:19:33 GMT

Hello Metastock wizards,

I looking for a code that creates a simple percentage stop that works on the first bar and triggered by the low price. I can't believe nobody has created such a thing..or worse it's not possible in MS - based on my own programming attempts and conversations with others. It specifically should do:

1) buy on open one day after buy is triggered (optional: buy non delayed but use closing price)

2) ability to sell on same day as purchase happend if sell stop is triggered on same day

3) sell stop refers to the actual buy price according to 1)

4) sell stop works instantly - same day and following days - not only after 2days as in e.g Jose's code below

5) sell stop is triggered (L) not just on close

6) "clean" sell and buy signals i.e. a proper latch with no consecutive buys or sells - the usual..

7) no prev function and fast; dll prefered or combo MSFL with dll

The problem seem the buy/sell signal on the same day. And also with richard Doyle's advanced stop dll , the dll requires at least one day after buy to reset. So the stop won't work on the first two days.

I would not even need a trailing stop or a profit stop - though it would be a bonus.

Has someone out there a solution for a stop that actually works right away and fast (no prevs) on low (L) signals? :)

Any help or pointers are greatly appreciated,

Klaus

Questions about backward Reference

Nathan — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:31:26 GMT

Hi,

If i want to buy every time the close price goes up 10%, then close out, and then sell short every time the close drops 10%. How should I code.

E.g. C1=8,
C2=9 (buy)
C3=10(buy)
Then sell at C4
Then when C5=10
C6=8 (Sell short)

C10=6(Sell short)

C12=4 (Sell short)
My buy/sell short conditon is based on the previous buy/sell short price.

I have asked similar questions about it before. First of all, Thank you for replying.

I saw some people have this kind of backward reference questions as well, and GV.dll or latch or prev/valuewhen are advised. But I am still not quite understand how to use GV.dll and latch.

I have work out the formula for buy conditon, and it is fine to me:

var1:=valuewhen(1,C*0.9>prev, C);
var2:=valuewhen(2,C*0.9>prev, C);
Cross(var1,var2*1.1)

But, when I use the similar idea in sell short. It doesnt work.

I am still new to MS, so if you have a better solution for this, please help me with this. Thanks.

ICE 2.62/Metastock 11 installation problem

Hiker — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:58:44 GMT

I have a problem with The installation of ICE 2.62 in Metastock 11. All the indicators, explorers, etc load OK but when I open the ICE viewer software there is an error message "Invalid version or metastock not loaded".

Any ideas?
Thanks in advance for a response!
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