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Flexi  
#1 Posted : Monday, September 27, 2010 10:34:55 PM(UTC)
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Have an indicator A that plot 0 or 1 and

indicator B that plot +1 or -1 ONLY if indicator A reset to zero.

Wanted to count the no of bar while indicator A is at +1 and indicator B is +1 and

count the no of bar while indicator A is at +1 and indicator B is -1

Using And does not seems to have statisfying coding.

How to do this?

mstt  
#2 Posted : Tuesday, September 28, 2010 12:33:42 AM(UTC)
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Hi Flexi Use the Cum() funtion with the logical condition you want placed inside the function. Cum( Fml("Indicator A") {=1} AND Fml("Indicator B") =1 ); Indicator A can only return values of 1 or 0 (TRUE or FALSE) so you don't need to qualify the expression with "=1". Indicator B, on the other hand, returns either +1 or -1, and as both of these values will be regarded by MetaStock as TRUE you must qualify the expression with "=1". The only MetaStock tool that regards negative numbers as FALSE is the Enhanced System Tester. Hope this helps. Roy
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#3 Posted : Tuesday, September 28, 2010 2:12:01 AM(UTC)
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Hi Roy,

The coding gives zero

If(indicator A =1,Cum(1),0)

Tried the above but the coding gives a cum value rather than the differences value

Wanted the value to gives just the number of bars if indicator A is at +1 and reset to zero if indicator A is at zero

flexi
mstt  
#4 Posted : Tuesday, September 28, 2010 12:48:32 PM(UTC)
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Hi Flexi Sorry, I misunderstood your request. I'll take another look at it if no-one else comes up with a solution. Roy
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#5 Posted : Tuesday, November 23, 2010 3:12:38 AM(UTC)
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Why to be so complicated while you can use BarsSince(Data array) for this ???
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#6 Posted : Monday, November 29, 2010 1:42:12 PM(UTC)
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barssince should work. Use barssince to look back to the last time the condition you are counting was NOT true. nest that inside an IF that report 0 if the condition is not try and barssince if it is.
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