hey nasdaq..... if you put your bullish trend in column a and bearish in column b, that will sort everything into bullish or bearish camps...... if you create two indicators, i used your codes and named them fml("s b") for the bullish and fml("s s") for the bearish, that enables to find the new hits, bullish or bearish by using ref, -1......h [code:1:ee28326d1c]Exploration notes Col A: lb:=TroughBars(1,L,.1); hb:=PeakBars(1,H,.1); plot:=Zig(If(lb<hb, L, H ),1,%); new:=PeakBars(1,plot,1)=0 OR TroughBars(1,plot,1)=0; bc:=If(new,Cross(H, Peak(2,plot,1)), Cross(H, Peak(1,plot,1))); sc:=If(new,Cross(Trough(2,plot,1),L), Cross(Trough(1,plot,1),L)); BarsSince(bc)<BarsSince(sc) Col B: lb:=TroughBars(1,L,.1); hb:=PeakBars(1,H,.1); plot:=Zig(If(lb<hb, L, H ),1,%); new:=PeakBars(1,plot,1)=0 OR TroughBars(1,plot,1)=0; bc:=If(new,Cross(H, Peak(2,plot,1)), Cross(H, Peak(1,plot,1))); sc:=If(new,Cross(Trough(2,plot,1),L), Cross(Trough(1,plot,1),L)); BarsSince(bc)>BarsSince(sc) Col C: Fml("s b")=1 AND Ref(Fml("s b"),-1)=0 Col D: Fml("s s")=1 AND Ref(Fml("s s"),-1)=0 Filter colA OR colB OR colC OR colD Filter enabled Yes Periodicity Daily Records required 1000 [/code:1:ee28326d1c]

Thank You Very Much Hayseed. I really appreciate all your help I may have two more that I may need help with Would really appreciate if you can help me. Thank You again Nasdaqtarder

Zig(), Peak(), PeakBars(), Trough(), TroughBars() - are all hindsight-based functions and not designed for real-time trading signals. A signal that appears today, may or may not be there tomorrow. Beware. jose '-)

hey nasdaq...... yes you could put it into a system for testing..... the 's b' could be the buy and 's s' be the sell..... anything can be put into the commentary section of an expert.... if the text was to be conditional, you'd use the 'write if' function..... that way the text is written only if your conditions are met..... if its non-condtional just place it in the commentary ..... its a good place to hold notes and research that might apply or be useful in understanding the expert..... it is worth noting, many people feel the use of trough, peak and such carries high element of doubt.... such as jose mentioned earlier..... i have yet to give the functions the proper amount of thought, nor have i looked into the math behind them..... so i'm completely without an opinon ...... h

The above formulae yield the same signals as the system once sold under the name The Ultimate Swing Trading Indicator or 1-2-3 signal by a Mark Crisp of www.stressfreetrading.com and www.swingtradingindicator.com (not functioning now). This guy provided only an expert in his package. The contributions above complete the system with indicators, explorations and system tester. The trading rules of the author were as follows: 1. a signal is valid if H>Mov(C,20,E) for longs and L<Mov(C,20,E) for shorts, 2. with a valid signal, place a stop order above/below the signal bar high/low with validity 2 days, 3. if entered a position, exits based on 3 rules: a) initial stop loss of 12% from entry level, b) a sell signal (no validity rules applicable) and a low below the signal bar low (for longs; no 2 day time limit) and c) price below/above a fractal of level 1, i.e. upF:=H<Ref(H,-1) AND Ref(H,-1)>Ref(H,-2); downF:=L>Ref(L,-1) AND Ref(L,-1)<Ref(L,-2); F1:=ValueWhen(1,upF,Ref(H,-1)); F2:=ValueWhen(1,downF,Ref(L,-1)). Regards.

Thank you for your quick response Jose. Jose, Could we make this a real time trading signal? and if yes How would we create this for real time trading. Thank you for all your help. Nasdaqtrader

Minnamor the response from yesterday from you is that a formula to create a expert commentary? Once again Thank you for all your help. Nasdaqtrader

Hayseed, When you get a chance you think you might be able to help me get the swing trading indicator as a trading system and also a Expert Commentary Once again thank you for your continous support. Nasdaqtrader

nasdaqtrader, how about this: buy order: lb:=TroughBars(1,L,.1); hb:=PeakBars(1,H,.1); plot:=Zig(If(lb<hb, L, H ),1,%); new:=PeakBars(1,plot,1)=0 OR TroughBars(1,plot,1)=0; setup:=If(new,Cross(H, Peak(2,plot,1)),Cross(H, Peak(1,plot,1))) and H>Mov(C,20,E) ; H>(Valuewhen(1,setup,H)+0.1) and BarsSince(setup)<=2; order type - stop: lb:=TroughBars(1,L,.1); hb:=PeakBars(1,H,.1); plot:=Zig(If(lb<hb, L, H ),1,%); new:=PeakBars(1,plot,1)=0 OR TroughBars(1,plot,1)=0; setup:=If(new,Cross(H, Peak(2,plot,1)),Cross(H, Peak(1,plot,1))) and H>Mov(C,20,E) ; max(O,Valuewhen(1,setup,H)+0.1) Sell order: lb:=TroughBars(1,L,.1); hb:=PeakBars(1,H,.1); plot:=Zig(If(lb<hb, L, H ),1,%); new:=PeakBars(1,plot,1)=0 OR TroughBars(1,plot,1)=0; upF:=H<Ref(H,-1) AND Ref(H,-1)>Ref(H,-2); downF:=L>Ref(L,-1) AND Ref(L,-1)<Ref(L,-2); F1:=ValueWhen(1,upF,Ref(H,-1)); F2:=ValueWhen(1,downF,Ref(L,-1)); setup:=If(new,Cross(Trough(2,plot,1),L),Cross(Trough(1,plot,1),L)) ; ref(setup,-1) or L<F2 order type - stop: lb:=TroughBars(1,L,.1); hb:=PeakBars(1,H,.1); plot:=Zig(If(lb<hb, L, H ),1,%); new:=PeakBars(1,plot,1)=0 OR TroughBars(1,plot,1)=0; upF:=H<Ref(H,-1) AND Ref(H,-1)>Ref(H,-2); downF:=L>Ref(L,-1) AND Ref(L,-1)<Ref(L,-2); F1:=ValueWhen(1,upF,Ref(H,-1)); F2:=ValueWhen(1,downF,Ref(L,-1)); setup:=If(new,Cross(Trough(2,plot,1),L),Cross(Trough(1,plot,1),L)) ; If(ref(setup,-1),O,min(O,F2)) For shorts just modify as appropriate. Give it a try and let me know if it is accurate enough (had no time to test it at length). Some code here and there is redundant but is included so as to make adaptation to shorts easier. Any suggestions on possible improvements would be appreciated. Regards.

Hayseed,

When I put the following formulas in the indicator builder, I get the following message