question for Alex

[ACM]

Larry
As far as I know that cannot be done. You will have to break it into two separate drawTextRelative functions
Alex

[Mark Klier]

Question

I wrote a formula for over sold CCI after a MACD crosses zero (hist) to alarm only once after each cross. If I leave the chart open it only shows one event...if I reboot the program it shows all the events (which is what I want). So after a cross how do I get the program to reset for the next event??? MK

[ACM]

Mark
It could depend on how you set the conditions. You may want to post the efs so someone can take a look at it
Alex

[larrydudash]

Alex
(1) File attached ( I hope)
(2) Only this file is attached to all 21 stocks on a PAGE
(3) When I load the page the numbers are wrong.
(4) The program determines the number of days since
the last touch of the Upper BB and Lower BB
(5) Key = Then I reload each chart separately I get the
RIGHT answer.

[ACM]

Larry
I think the attached revision of the script does what you asked.
As far as I have seen in my tests it works both on historical and in real time.
Alex

[larrydudash]

Alex
The attacked file worked fine.

Question?
(1) Were your modifications do to your understanding how
the "study.getValue(BollingerStudy.UPPER" works ?
(2) Or is it how Java Programming works in general ?
(3) Or did you just try and guess a solution?

[ACM]

Larry
The revision has more to do with the construct than with specific syntax.
The way the efs now works is the following. At the beginning of every new bar it checks if the prior high/low were higher/lower than the corresponding Upper/Lower BB. If they were it starts the count from 1. It will maintain this number (even if the current bar takes out the Upper/Lower BB) until it checks again at the open of the following bar and then repeats the process either starting the count again at 1 or adding to the count.
Alex

[larrydudash]

Alex
(1) First I want to thank you for your help in learning this
new language. Have programmed since 1969, but every new
language has it's walls. And you have helped me get over those
walls.
(2) Now back to bb.efs
(3) I plotted LASTBBBOT and noted that the counting worked fine
until the last bar. Today I changed the margin from 5 to 3 and
sure enough the counting worked fine until it added 3 at the last
bar.
(4) Then I added "setComputeOnClose()"
(5) That fixed every thing.
(6) see new efs attached.

Again thanks for you help !

[larrydudash]

21 charts with BB.EFS

Here are 21 charts with BB.EFS
This shows how looking at the days from last touch of BB Upper
and BB Lower lines, one can tell the direction of the market.IMHO.

Examples on how EFS files are used in actual looking at the market seem to be missing from these boards. IMHO.

http://www.geocities.com/larrydudash2005/index.html

PS: This file was too large to be included as an attachment.

[ACM]

Larry
Using setComputeOnClose() is essentially the same as using getBarState() ie it waits for a new bar to verify the conditions.
The main difference is that with setComputeOnClose the whole efs is computed on a new bar hence the BB in this case plots one bar behind (ie not in real time).
With getBarState() instead you can isolate the section(s) that you want computed on a new bar leaving everything else to function in real time.
With regards to the count, in your efs you will have the first bar after high/low above/below the BB bands numbered as 0 even if its high/low has not taken out the BB bands whereas with mine it will behave as explained in my prior message.
Alex

[larrydudash]

Need last BarCntr

Alex
(1)Is there code that will give the "total bars" on the chart
at the beginning of MAIN?
(2)I would then use "If Statement" to do
y = mx+b only at the last bar

If(BarCntr = LastBar){
y1=m1*X1+b1;
etc;
}

Thanks again for your help in the past.

[ACM]

Larry
getNumBars() will return the number of bars loaded in a chart.
Alex

[larrydudash]

Alex
Is there a way to place this VERY LONG LINE OF CODE on say two lines ?

example line of code
drawTextRelative(-2,low(-2),"lows="+countlows+" x2= "+x2+" y2= "+y2+" x1= "+x1+" y1= "+y1+" m1="+rnd4(m1)+" BarCntr= "+BarCntr+" diff="+x3,Color.black,Color.white,Text.FRAME|Text. TOP|Text.BOLD,null,9,BarCntr);

NOTE: the above copy used 5 lines, but is there a "continuation symbol " needed ???

Thanks

[ACM]

Larry
Just hit carriage return where you want to carry it over to the next line
Alex

[vedaball]

Stochastic Bands

Dear Alex,

I'm sure there is a simple way round this but I've been wrestling with it but can't seem to solve it...

I am trying to create a band along bottom of chart that signals the following: Lower Band shows blue when Stochastic (10,3,1) is moving UP and red when same stochastic is moving DOWN. On the band just above this I want similar thing but for a Stochastic(30,10,1)

The problem I am having is that I want it to do this in real time - not setComputeOnClose. But what happens is that when the bar changes, the color on each band is not always accurate and I have to reload, which defeats the purpose of the thing.

The other problem is that I need it to only look back 100 bars, because if it does longer than this it really slows my system down.

Any ideas? Thanks

Veda