I'm just trying to understand how zig zag works as we move forward in time. Basically I have a custom indicator that triggers a when the peakbars() and troughbars() are under a certain value, and there is a trigger for a 7%, 12%, and 17% move. (3 different triggers) My question is, does that 7,12,17% trough trigger hit once we have moved 7,12,17% above the last trough? or is the percentage based on the move in between the previous peak and trough (meaning if the stock dropped 15% in between the previous peak and trough, my 17% wouldn't hit but the other 2 would right after the previous trough) Confusing and dangerous I know, but still it works so well in backtesting :)

So it has to move by the specified percentage above the dynamic trough then? It has nothing to do with the move in between the previous peak and trough?

... and there was me, thinking the movie file I made in just a few minutes demonstrated that point -- I know the quality wasn't the best, but I have already apologized for that. As already mentioned in many, many posts on the forum and in the MS User Manual, the Zig() function and it's derivatives cannot be used to support real life trading in anything but a few very exceptional circumstances. wabbit [:D]