Delay

[glay]

What is s there a way to put a delay or some sort of filter for eliminating multiple signals when testing strageties? Ie: At the MA crossover the alert window will sometimes generate 4-8 seperate long/short signals.

P.S. Is there a 'delay' sleep or wait command in java script that wont pause the whole system?

DB

[ACM]

Geoff
One way to avoid multiple (and potentially false) intrabar signals is to evaluate the conditions that trigger those signals only on completed bars using BARSTATE_NEWBAR. Here is one example of how you could do this.

function preMain(){
    setPriceStudy(true);
    setCursorLabelName("MA");
}
 
var Study = null;
 
function main(){
 
    if(Study==null) Study = sma(10);
    
    if(getBarState()==BARSTATE_NEWBAR){
        if(close(-2)<=Study.getValue(-2)&&close(-1)>Study.getValue(-1)){
            Alert.addToList(getSymbol(), "Crossed over", Color.black, Color.lime);
            Alert.playSound("ding.wav");
        }
    }
    
    return Study.getValue(0);
} 

If instead you want to triggger a signal intrabar but only the first time it happens then you would need to use a different logic. Following is a basic example of how you could do this.
Alex

function preMain(){
    setPriceStudy(true);
    setCursorLabelName("MA");
}
 
var Study = null;
var AlertTriggered = false;
 
function main(){
 
    if(Study==null) Study = sma(10);
    
    if(getBarState()==BARSTATE_NEWBAR){
        AlertTriggered = false;
    }
    
    if(AlertTriggered==false){
        if(close(-1)<=Study.getValue(-1)&&close(0)>Study.getValue(0)){
            Alert.addToList(getSymbol(), "Crossed over", Color.black, Color.lime);
            Alert.playSound("ding.wav");
            AlertTriggered = true;
        }
    }
    
    return Study.getValue(0);
} 

[glay]

Thanks I'll give it a shot