Cross(C,20) will find stocks crossing above the 20 dollar price range Cross(20,C) will find stocks crossing below to 20 dollar price range The simple use of this function in this manner will not be helpful, it just tells you that the stock is moving in a particular direction for the time being

Just plug Henry's formula into the Explorer like this: ColA Cross(C,2) ColB Cross(C,10) ColC Cross(C,20) If the most recent price crosses the value that you set, it will be flagged with a value of 1. To filter out only those that cross, you can use the filter like this: ColA=1 or colB=1 There is no input box like you have for indicators.

hey giddy.... perhaps if you could explain further your goal.... at first it sounded like you were interested in a indicator such as a binary wave... cross(c,10) .... that could alert you to a price closed above 10..... you mentioned explorations, they are meant to do as henry and g have suggested.... they could find securities that have crossed values.... your mentioning alerts and a few securities crossing values almost sounds like an expert is what your after.... you could create an expert and include all sorts of alerts which would pop up when those conditions are met.... kinda feel we don't have a firm grasp of your needs.... if that's the case could you explain indepth......h

hey giddyup..... gottcha now..... not sure how we would go about exploring for the crossing of a line we manualy placed on seperate charts.... unless that line was a certain precentage above the close on each of the charts.... with lines of differing values and no common denominator it might be a real task..... but your gee-haw plan is clear now, will study on abit further and let ya how it turns out......hehe..... h

hey giddyup..... the only thing that comes to mind would be to the use of an expert..... depending on the number of securities it would be quite easy.... a single expert could be used to hold all securities and when attached to any security the alerts would pop up in real time ..... or at end of day if using eod..... in the alert section of the expert you would just type in the proper seccurity information and the level your interested in crossing..... such as Security("C:\\MetaStock Data\\nasdaq 100\\apcc", c) >23 Security("C:\\MetaStock Data\\nasdaq 100\\csco",c ) >21.5 Security("C:\\MetaStock Data\\dow 30\\cat", c) > 76 Security("C:\\MetaStock Data\\amex\\bgo",c ) >4.75 Security("C:\\MetaStock Data\\russell 3000\\bjs",c ) > 35 Security("C:\\MetaStock Data\\reuters BM Data\\.oex",c ) > 590

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you could also use the writeif function to have meta write out your thoughts..... that would go in the commentary section of the expert, some examples below ..... the commentary method might be abit easier..... you could do both..... all should be in the same expert......it might appear difficult, its not...... the expert does not have to be attached to anything for the commentary method to work........h

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writeif(Security("C:\\MetaStock Data\\nasdaq 100\\apcc", c) >23 , "appc closed above 23")\ writeif(Security("C:\\MetaStock Data\\nasdaq 100\\csco",c ) >21.5, "csco closed above 21.5"\ writeif(Security("C:\\MetaStock Data\\dow 30\\cat", c) > 76, "cat is going for 76 bucks"\ writeif(Security("C:\\MetaStock Data\\amex\\bgo",c ) >4.75, "bgo closed above 4.75, sell your rings"\ writeif(Security("C:\\MetaStock Data\\russell 3000\\bjs",c ) > 35, "bjs, closed above 35, fill'er up quick"\ writeif(Security("C:\\MetaStock Data\\reuters BM Data\\.oex",c ) > 590, "thunderdome closed above 590"\\

how to use Alert functionality for files of DAT. Could you help on this as well. Like F1.Dat, F2.Dat.