Plugins & Addons

Henry's PP+ Lab

Patrick — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 09:55:40 GMT

Well Henry has been defending the Power pivot plug in and teaching its usage to so many people that I think the author of the plug in should pay him royalties ... What? :eek: Equis made it? :? oh ok ... Well ...
I myself do not understand half of what henry has learned about this plug in but in the last year I have yet to see someone prove him wrong ... Now a couple of disclaimers ... Henry let me know if you disagree.

1) Henry did not make this plug in and makes no profit on its sale ( Equis does not pay him anything, which by the way applies to Jose, Roy, Hayseed ... They all share their knowledge freely and are not remunerated by Equis), so it does not matter to him wether you buy the plug in or not.

2) Henry agree's that some of the systems that came pre packaged in the plug in should not be used as is. What Henry is trying to show us are the many uses/functions that come from the plug-in

I do not make any recommendation on plug-ins, but if you decide to go with one, be smart and study it ... Like everything don't just follow the pack. This plug in is no exception ... actually it might be more so for this plug in.

Patrick :mrgreen:

READ ME - "The best TA Indicator on the planet!"

wabbit — Sun, 10 Jul 2005 09:52:40 GMT

In response to questions like, "What is the best indicator...?" I have had several conversations/chats/posts/emails with persons various in the last couple of weeks.

As my answer to these questions has been the same, I thought I might just post it to answer the question before it gets asked again.

All indicators used in MS (and just about every other charting/TA application) are derived from 5 simple core pieces of information, OHLCV (some might like to include OI too, but I dont)

It doesnt matter how complex the adaption of these simple numbers, the fact remains that all indicators, all formulas, all exploratons, all system test codes etc all rely on OHLCV data. Moving averages (adaptive or not) are based on this data, OBV is based on this data, RSI is based on this data, Bollinger Bands are based on this data, ATR is based on this data, etc etc etc...

What this means is that before you (or anyone else) tries to implement some fancy, all-singing, all-dancing trading system you must understand how the system is 'interacting' with these five core data elements.

Take for example, a discussion on another forum regarding Price and MA crossovers. A very smart person who realised the limitations of MS had rewritten an indicator so it worked faster in MS. The code still looked for the same thing, Price and MA crossovers, but was just presented in a slightly different way so that when combined with a number of other lines of code, MS responded faster because the number of calculations required was reduced.

Can you see any differences between:

C>Mov(C,20,S)

and:

C*20 > Cum(C)-Ref(Cum(C),-20)

I will credit MG Ferreira with this really simple code that runs heaps faster in MS and is programatically really quite useful. As I had some input to the forum in which this was posted I had received email from people querying whether it was the same or not (this annoyed me - particularly when it wasn't my code in the first place! - but I wished it was because of its simple elegance!)

BUT

It does demonstrate the importance of fully understanding what the indicators mean, how they are derived and, finally, how they can be exploited. Every indicator has its capabilities and limitations. Before people make trading decisions based on indicators, they must take some time to really understand down what road they are sending their money. If they want to just give money away blindly - give it to me.

You don't have to derive each indicator from first principles, although I have done that in many instances, but it does mean that you DO NOT blindly copy someone else's code and trade it, then complain when you lose! (Is Caveat Emptor the right Latin term? Let the buyer beware? This is also the reason I DO NOT like black box systems, and password protected indicators!)

Anyway, I hope this helps someone before they make mistakes, as I had done in the past.

wabbit :D

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

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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AlphaOmega Elliote wave pluging and Expert advisor

pappu_pandit — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:35:41 GMT

Hi,

I am trying to run enhanced system tester. The positions used by Enhanced system tester doesn't match ( Date for buy and sell are not following Expert advisor triggers.) to Expert advisor triggers.

I am comparing AOElliote wave 13% as Enhanced system tester and running expert advisor AOElliote impuse.(Impulse advisor properties are set to show trigger only for 13% sensitivity)

The Expert advisor generates many more triggers than positions used by Enhaced system tester. I am running the test for EQN.TO(Equinox minerals). I am confused as to weather I am doing something wrong or the tester doesn' t tell me the Truth.

Any ideas ? Thanks.

ICE

csbro — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:12:03 GMT

Am I the only one who cannot get a reasonably timed response from the ICE server or has everyone else given up on ICE.

Require an Add On or Plugin of "Awsome" Indicator

vu2rps — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:42:28 GMT

Hi Folks ,

I am looking for Add On or Plugin of "Awsome" Indicator for my Metastock, can some one help me as to where I could find it.

Could some one write a formula . Thanks in advance.

Windows vista 64 bits

thomas ng — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 10:36:51 GMT

Hi All,

Is forum_200 dll and henry power pivots are compatible with vista 64 bits? When I have finised downloading these files I could not even seen these dlls. when I try to down load them they are promting me to overwrite these dlls

Also, Recently I have purchased metastock pro 11 where the data feed is premium data (richard dale). when I tried to open the meta pro mode, it never opens and the message that I got was "time out data server" but the off line mode works very fine. My question is: Is this normal to metastock pro 11 online mode if the data feed is not online equis reuters or any real time data feed providers?

can someone in this forum help me to resolve this problem? thanks before hand

:)

Adaptive Cycle ToolKit- Phase Rate of Change

DJDJ — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 04:28:08 GMT

Hello,

I recently purchased the ACT Toolkit and was trying to determine how exactly to write the formula for the Phase Rate of Change. Ehlers formula using Easy Language is the following

If Smoothperiod<>0 and (DCPhase - DCPhase[1]>.67+360/SmoothPeriod and DCPhase-DCPhase[1]<1.5*360/SmoothPeriod) then Trend =0

Though there are functions within ACT, I don't see anything that gives me Phase at a particular point. Such functions that utilize Phase Lows and High include:

Indicator Formula: _DML_ADSI_Sinewave

ExtFml("ADSI.Sinewave", MP(), .18, .05, 1.1);

ExtFml("ADSI.SinewaveLead", MP(), .18, .05, 1.1);

Where Input .05 represents DeltaPhaseLows. This is a value (in radians) that determine the an upper bound for the period length

Where Input 1.1 represents DeltaPhaseHighs. This is a value (in radians) that determines the a lower bound for the period length.

The formula I require needs the phase rate of change only (ie Phase Rate of Chg -ref(phase rate of chg,-1) How do I do I do this? and is the Smoothperiod the the same as the Homodyne Cycle Period{Dominate Cycle}?

Your Help Would Be Greatly Appreciated!

DJDJ

TASC Building Automatic Trendlines

siligard — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 18:41:31 GMT

With respect to the algorithm I presented in my article for the
Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities magazine
(November 2006 issue): "Building Automatic Trendlines":

You can go to my commercial website:

http://www.daedalussoft.com

click the "Free Section" link and download the "GSautoTL.zip" file.
The file contains an add-on for automatic construction of trendlines in Metastock
(version 9 and above) along with a help tutorial (can be viewed with Internet Explorer).

The add-on is freeware.

Regards,
Giorgos E. Siligardos

Plug In & Adds On

liyufei — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:12:47 GMT

Hi all,

I'm new to metastock plug in & adds on and i'm looking for some tools to help me make better decision in trading. I'm using EOD metastock 9.0.

There are quite a number of plug in & adds on to choose from and i'm just confused & don't know which one to choose from.

Can some kind soul out there recommend me with some plug in or adds on for me to start from. (Preferably those that you are now using & giving you the result you satisfy with).

Thanks a million in advance and i really appreciate it!

Lila

PowerPivots Plus and www.marketangel.com

KevinAker — Sat, 26 Nov 2005 01:57:17 GMT

I just received my PowerPivots Plus add-on for my MetaStock software. I was reading through its manual and was redirected to a website www.marketangel.com/PowerPivots for more information. When I tried going there, the website was down. Does anyone know if the site will be operational again, or where I can find more info about how pivots are used? I appreciate everyone's input. Happy Trading!

Kevin

Rahul Mohindar's Automated Trend Modules

Bisto — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:53:17 GMT

Any comments about it?

Timing the daily entry or exit point once the decision has been make to act

vondell — Fri, 29 May 2009 13:14:20 GMT

Hi,

I use Metastock 10.1 and I am going month to month with Mohindars RMO trying to decide if I really need it enough to pull out the bucks for a year'subscription. The standard Templates and screens that came with the software give essentially the same information but I like the presentation of the plug in data and it is a little more helpful with volume. I can of course just look at the volume in relation to a 50 days or so EMA and make a judgment of that. I just kind of like having the confirmation.

That said, I think the plug in might be quite useful in timing day trade entry and exits points. I am not a day trader but it can add up to a lot of money as to whether a trade has odds of hitting a good price when executed during the day of the transaction.

I think the Swing Trade module template might give good information in this regard, but I really need some help from someone who has trod here before.

I am knowledgeable as regards the rules that Mohindar lays down for Swing Trading using this model but I have no idea as to what time frame might be good. Of course I can use anything from Tics to an hourly or more chart (with the inherent delay in my RT data which I can always double check in real time to make sure a disaster has not struck in the last 15 minutes).

Does any of the group try to time mid day entry and exits using the RMO and if so how do you go about it?? Or is there another approach that might be effective?

As always, any and all help much appreciated.

Bill Saxon

FIRE custom indexes

ronaldjeremy — Tue, 05 May 2009 19:30:49 GMT

With the fire plugin, can it be used to create a custom index for real-time data? Also, does the plugin allow you to have a volume indicator for the custom index?

Also, can I use the RMO to trade my custom index?

Power Strike Manual

damo — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 06:29:10 GMT

Hi guys, I own Equis Powerstrike (formally Adaptic) and have lost the manual. Does anyone know how I can get a copy or PDF version?

Thanks

Damo

Auto Zoom

TheNovice — Sun, 06 Mar 2005 07:07:57 GMT

I am trying to write a daily pivot indicator for MetaStock, However, I want the display to auto scale to the price and not the indicator (otherwise the price would be squashed considerably). I mean if the indicator is not in the price range it should not be displayed.
For example a simple line indicator might be:
Test :=0;
Test
Which will plot a 0 line even of the price is at 10000! I have noticed that if you actually draw a trend line at 0 it will not be shown until it comes within the price range.
Can anybody help?
Many thanks

RMO system test code?

whiplash — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:47:17 GMT

hello metastockers. i have just joined the online community. has anybody ever come across a system test code using MS v10.1's RMO indicators as suggested in equis' online training?

on another note: happy new year to all !

Newbie to PP+

TNPK — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 14:48:03 GMT

Henry,

Thank you for your postings for sharing the PP+ formulae. It accelerates my learning curve. I have bought the PP+ for a few days. I have the following questions:

1. I tried to download the Henry's PP+ Toolkit. A message of "No importable file exist in the source folder." Is the file damage?

2. Some of the external formula which in your postings do not include explaination of their function in the PP+ manual. For example: ExtFml("PowerPivots.SysEval",LE,LX,SE,SX,"!@#$#@!") ,ExtFml("PowerPivots.PivotTrigger") and ExtFml("PowerPivots.TDataCreate",1, factor), ExtFml("PowerPivots.TDataLocalize", UCloud, factor, offset). Where can I get a complete list of all the external formula include in the pp+ software?

3.The manual suggested to visit www.marketangel.com for additional information is not work. Do you know where is the new website?

Thank you in advance!

Nisons Above/Below Stomach formula

pspr — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 02:35:40 GMT

Does anyone have the metastock formula that is used in the Steve Nison Above Stomach and Below Stomach experts?

Thanks for your help.

a swing at RMO system test code...

zigzag — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:46:50 GMT

I have re-registered onto EIOC because I forgot the password to my old sign-in name (whiplash) and the password retrieval feature of EIOC is not working... so, hello again.

Over the holidays, I had some free time and took a swing at writing a test code for the RMO trading system as suggested by Equis' webinar (below).

When I run this backtest on SPY (daily, from jan93 to present), MS generates no trade signals. I am sure there is something wrong with my coding and/or the test settings but I can't seem to figure it out.

Would anybody like to take a peek?

Many thanks and I hope that we may all benefit from this code once it's functional.

ZigZag

Code:

event1:=Fml( "Rahul Mohindar Osc (RMO)")>0 AND Fml( "SwingTrd 2")>Fml( "SwingTrd 3") AND Fml( "SwingTrd 2")>0; {all three indicators above zero}

event2:=H>ValueWhen(1,event1,H)*1.001; {current bar High 0.1% above the High of the bar when the latest event1 happened}

event3:=Fml( "Rahul Mohindar Osc (RMO)")<0 AND Fml( "SwingTrd 2")<Fml( "SwingTrd 3") AND Fml( "SwingTrd 2")<0; {all three indicators below zero}

event4:=L<ValueWhen(1,event3,L)*0.999; {current bar Low 0.1% below the Low of the bar when the latest event3 happened}

event5:=Fml( "Rahul Mohindar Osc (RMO)")<0 OR Fml( "SwingTrd 2")<Fml( "SwingTrd 3") OR Fml( "SwingTrd 2")<0; {any of the three indicators below zero}

event6:=L<min(ValueWhen(1,event1,L)*0.999,Ref(ValueWhen(1,event5,L),-1)*0.999); {current bar Low below the lowest of: 1) 0.1% below the Low of the bar when the latest event1 happened and 2) 0.1% below the Low of the bar immediately previous to the bar when the latest event5 happened.}

event7:=Fml( "Rahul Mohindar Osc (RMO)")>0 OR Fml( "SwingTrd 2")>Fml( "SwingTrd 3") OR Fml( "SwingTrd 2")>0; {any of the three indicators above zero}

event8:=H>max(ValueWhen(1,event3,H)*1.001, Ref(ValueWhen(1,event7,H),-1)*1.001); {current bar High above the highest of: 1) 0.1% above the High of the bar when the latest event3 happened and 2) 0.1% above the High of the bar immediately previous to the bar when the latest event7 happened.}

BUY at next bar open: event1 and event2

Stop Price: ValueWhen(1,event1,H)*1.001 {0.1% above the High of the bar when the latest event1 happened}

Entry Size: 5% of available equity

SELL SHORT at next bar open: event3 and event4

Stop Price: ValueWhen(1,event3,L)*0.999 {0.1% below the Low of the bar when the latest event3 happened}

Entry size: 5% of available equity

SELL at next bar open: event5 or event6

Stop Price: ValueWhen(1,event5,L)*0.999 {0.1% below the Low of the bar when the latest event5 happened}

BUY TO COVER at next bar open: event7 or event8

Stop Price: ValueWhen(1,event7,H)*1.001 {0.1% above the High of the bar when the latest event7 happened}

Other settings:

1. Limit number of simultaneous positions to 20

2. Initial equity: 100,000

3. Commissions: 10 points ($) per transaction, entry and exit

4. Margin requirements: Long Initial 100%, Long Maintenance 0%, Short Initial 200%, Short Maintenance 101%

5. Trade Execution: Realistic Market Prices, Slippage 0

VISTA – Add on – Installation Issues

Heidi B — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:11:09 GMT

When running VISTA in regards to the installation of any add on\Plug in you need to make sure the installation file is set to run as admin before installation.

Insert CD into the computer.
Go into My Computer and from My computer right click onto the CD drive and select Explore.
Right click onto the Setup.exe file and select run as admin from the drop down menu.
Then double click onto the setup.exe file to start the installation.

***Hint*** - When a Add on\Plug in is installed without the run as admin selected when using VISTA, normally what happens is that the items do not get installed into the Power Tools in MetaStock.

Tactical Trader Manual

PlainCityMan — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 21:10:42 GMT

Hi. I recently purchased the Tactical Trader addon. I was wondering if anyone else has this package and has an opinion on the users manual? One of the selling points that persuaded me to try this package is the claim of a very extensive and eduational manual. Well, I've read this manual a few times now and am still finding a large part of it incomprehensible. The paragraphs are vage disorganized and full of grammer that is so bad that a lot of the sentences make absolutely no sense. I still have no idea how one trading system in this addon differs from any of the others.

The author makes vague references to how his models make use of different time scales and talks in broad generalities about how the user is supposed to use this to his advantage but in the end it is a jumbled collection of vague phrases put together to take up space on the pages. I have rarely seen so many words say so little. As an example, many times he talks of a "Domino Effect" and after reading the manual three times, I'm still not sure exactly what that is or what I'm supposed to do with it or how to make it work for me.

In the end it is clear that arrows mean to buy or sell and circles offer alternative entry points and red is short and blue is long. So in one sentence I've summed up the only coherent information in the whole manual.

It sure would be nice to have some idea of the strengths and weaknesses and intended targets of each trading system and how they differ from each other.

Any one else have any thoughts on this plug in?

Adaptive Cycle Toolkit plugin

Patrick — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 23:27:38 GMT

http://www.equis.com/products/thirdparty/?3PC-ADD-ACT "ACT also revolutionizes the classic indicators – making them “Adaptive” - opening up a whole new realm of trading potential! Indicators like the moving average, CCI, or RSI, have a “lookback period” that has traditionally been constant, such as 14 bars or 20 bars, a property that makes these indicators static. The new ACT indicators are Adaptive, allowing you to dynamically change with the market as it speeds up, slows down, and changes direction – keeping you in-sync and on the right side of the market!" $400 for an updated version of the ForumDll? ...

Price Headleys Big Trend Toolkit Version 2

nasdaqtrader — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:05:57 GMT

Hello

Want to see other Big Trend Toolkit users, on there opinion on the software? Does it work and can you catch big trends and make 50-100 percent on stock trades.

Also between the version 1 & 2 what are the new features added?

Does anybody recommend this plug-in?

Thank you

nasdaqtrader