What language is it in? Depends on how involved the code is. You have to convert
the code you have into English verbiage and then from that into Metastock code.

That is a very old version of the MetaStock Formula Language. It should still work in the newer versions of the software though.

The formulas are designed for the System Tester, which is the only part of the software that allows for OPT values. If you wanted to convert the formula to use in the Explorer or Expert Advisor, you would have to replace any OPT reference with an actual number value.

Replace the opt stuff with the input function (see user manual for examples).
Post back if you have a problem.

The When() function was dropped out of MS a long time ago, so have a read of the MS Users Manual and the free Equis Formula Primer to see how this situation is dealt with now. Do a search of the forum and look for discussions on Boolean operations and Boolean logic.

You might have noticed how many websites have simply propogated this ancient code without regard to updating for the latest chnages to MS; even newer website still show the old style codes.

Until you have finished the basic exercises in the Primer, I think you might have better luck with this code, demonstrating the use of variables and Boolean operations:

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option1:=10;
option2:=15;
option3:=10;
option4:=10;

buy:=
Mov(Mid(C,option1),option1,E)>Mov(Mid(C,option1),option2,E)
AND
Ref(Mov(Mid(C,option1),option1,E),-1)<=Ref(Mov(Mid(C,option1),option2,E),-1)
AND
Mov(Abs(Mo(option3)),option4,E)>Ref(Mov(Abs(Mo(option3)),option4,E),-1);

sell:=
Mov(Mid(C,option1),option1,E)<Mov(Mid(C,option1),option2,E)
AND
Ref(Mov(Mid(C,option1),option1,E),-1)>=Ref(Mov((Mid(C,option1)),option2,E),-1)
AND
Mov(Abs(Mo(option3)),option4,E)>Ref(Mov(Abs(Mo(option3)),option4,E),-1);

buy-sell;
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which can be further simplified by using even more variables, making the code run faster and it can be maintained and edited more easily:

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option1:=10;
option2:=15;
option3:=10;
option4:=10;

midPoint:=Mid(C,option1);
midPointMA1:=Mov(midPoint,option1,E);
midPointMA2:=Mov(midPoint,option2,E);
momentumMA:=Mov(Abs(Mo(option3)),option4,E);

buy:=
midPointMA1>midPointMA2
AND
Ref(midPointMA1,-1)<=Ref(midPointMA2,-1)
AND
momentumMA>Ref(momentumMA,-1);

sell:=
midPointMA1<midPointMA2
AND
Ref(midPointMA1,-1)>=Ref(Mov((midPoint),option2,E),-1)
AND
momentumMA>Ref(momentumMA,-1);

buy-sell;
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Change the option variables to whatever lengths you think they need to be. If you're going to run this code through the EST, change each option variable like this, for example:

option1 := opt1;
option2 := opt2;
option3 := opt3;
option4 := opt4;





Hope this helps.

wabbit [:D]