hey sam..... it has always suprised me that feature is not available also.... and by 'available' i mean in the exact manner ensign software employs, if not in a better manner.....

we can of course do work arounds.... plotting moving averages using dots will allow for up/down multiple color changes.... and if we increase the dot size a slight hint of a line appears..... we can have many colors in the dots, so as the ma aproaches extremes the color changes still.......

hopefully somewhere in salt lake city on a 'top secret burner' are plans to blow the competition out of the water with v11's maximum color capabilities......h

hey sam.... it's the use of the histogram style and ploting dots that allows for multi colored ma's or most any line style plot.... check here for steps.....

the formula would be similar to this...

//----------------------------------------

periods:=Input("periods",2,200,20);
a:= Mov(C,periods,S);

aa:=If(a>Ref(a,-1),a,0);
aaa:=If(a<Ref(a,-1),a,0);

aa;
aaa;

//-------------------------------------

and if your wanting to multicolor something like vegas tunnels, which are offset ma's similar to bb bands, you can add the offset amount plus and minus...... h

Hi Heyseed,

I tried and I am not getting it. Sorry for my dumbness [:$]

Let me explain what I did.

1) Created a new indicator with your above formula

2) Dragged that indicator to a new window

3) Clicked on the obvious upline and (a) changed the color to Blue and (b) selected the "style" to dotted wavy histogram style and (c) "Weight to thick line

4) I did the same to down line with color Red and other changes same as above

5) What I got was two horizontal lines of beads (and yes, color of the top line does change as per the MA up-downs)

6) What I am looking for is color change of the MA on the price chart (not straight line beads).

In your picture, I did see the MA on the price chart (not seperate window) with changing colors. How do I get that?

Please advice.

(I tried attached the snap shot, but looks like I don't have that option).

Thanks

Hi Heyseed,

Still could not do. by adjusting the y-axis scale, the horizontal lines moved up or down (depending upon my minimum parameters) and did not become curves and remained same as straight line beads.

I use Metastock 10 Pro and do I need to do any thing differently?

Thanks a lot for your time.

Hi Heyseed,

I found the real issue. I see in your chart, bottom line of the indicator is straight, but top line of the indicator is curvy (not straight).

But in my indicator, both the top and bottom lines are straight lines and thus even when I apply the scale, I am still getting the straight lines.

I am using this formula...

****

periods:=Input("periods",2,200,20);
a:= Mov(C,periods,S);

aa:=If(a>Ref(a,-1),a,0);
aaa:=If(a<Ref(a,-1),a,0);

aa;
aaa;

****

Regards.

Hi Heyseed,

I am applying to a new window. (and my chart has only one scale to right). Either way, I see only two lines and not curve at the top.

Can I request a favor?

Try copy this below formula (exactly) into your new indicator and apply to a new window. (I agree that this is your formula :-) but looks like something is missing somewhere).

****

periods:=Input("periods",2,200,20);
a:= Mov(C,periods,S);

aa:=If(a>Ref(a,-1),a,0);
aaa:=If(a<Ref(a,-1),a,0);

aa;
aaa;

********

Do you see curvy line (at top) or straight line?

Regards.

I normally trade S&P Emini. But i have also applied to AA and other securities and I see the same problem. I would like to send screen shots for your perusal but the web site is not allowing me to post files. How I can send the screen shots?

Regards.