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golfermarc
Posted : Friday, June 27, 2008 10:43:48 AM
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Hi guys,
On blocks how can i search for engulfing patterns. 
Thx,
MG
Bruce_L
Posted : Friday, June 27, 2008 10:59:31 AM


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I'm not a candlestick guy. The following Personal Criteria Formulas are taken from Boolean PCFs for Candlestick Patterns:

Bullish Engulfing:

ABS(C1 - O1) > (H1 - L1) * .5 AND C1 < O1 AND C > O1 AND O < C1

Bearish Engulfing:

C1 > O1 AND C1 < O AND O1 > C

These could be written as the following RealCode Conditions:

'Bullish Engulfing
If System.Math.Abs(Price.Last(1) - Price.Open(1)) > _
    (Price.High(1) - Price.Low(1)) * .5 And _
    Price.Last(1) < Price.Open(1) And _
    Price.Last > Price.Open(1) And _
    Price.Open < Price.Last(1) Then Pass

'Bearish Engulfing
If Price.Last(1) > Price.Open(1) And _
    Price.Last(1) < Price.Open And _
    Price.Open(1) > Price.Last Then Pass

-Bruce
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golfermarc
Posted : Friday, June 27, 2008 11:13:44 AM
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ok thx. on blocks were do i go to put in all of those formulas.
Is it in indicators?
Bruce_L
Posted : Friday, June 27, 2008 11:25:24 AM


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They are RealCode Conditions. So you would select RealCode Editor | Condition to enter them into Blocks. Just copy and paste the code and select Apply.

Once you have the Conditions in the Condition Palette, you can Drag and Drop them to Filter, Watchlist, Chart or BackScanner to use them.

-Bruce
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golfermarc
Posted : Friday, June 27, 2008 1:14:27 PM
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ok so i copy paste the codes from the ones you send me. or were do i copy them from. i tried the ones you send me and there is errors

Thx
Bruce_L
Posted : Friday, June 27, 2008 1:19:29 PM


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The Bullish Engulfing RealCode Condition starts with 'Bullish Engulfing and the Bearish Engulfing RealCode Condition starts with 'Bearish Engulfing, but you can skip the first line of either RealCode Condition if desired (these lines are just commented out titles).

They do not produce any errors when used as RealCode Conditions on my computer. What error messages are you receiving?

-Bruce
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golfermarc
Posted : Friday, June 27, 2008 3:40:43 PM
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where do i take the codes
sorry if i'm having a hard time undestanding
Bruce_L
Posted : Friday, June 27, 2008 3:46:53 PM


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- Select RealCode Editor.
- Select Condition.
- Paste the RealCode into the RealCode Editor.
- Select Apply.

You may wish to review the following:

Coding Conditions

-Bruce
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golfermarc
Posted : Friday, June 27, 2008 4:17:48 PM
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thx. now its working. i had to delete the green part that was already in there.
now if i go live will i a able to sort the same way or this is good only for yesterdays quotes?
Bruce_L
Posted : Friday, June 27, 2008 4:22:02 PM


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The Condition will work with StockFinder RT the same way it works with U.S. Stocks Charts & Scans except that it will use the Real Time data.

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golfermarc
Posted : Friday, June 27, 2008 4:26:53 PM
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so let say 1 hour b4 closing i run a scan i could make my decision basd on what i see.

what is stock finder rt 
is that part of blocks
Bruce_L
Posted : Friday, June 27, 2008 4:32:10 PM


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StockFinder RT is one of the Products & Services powered by Blocks. It provides Real Time streaming data. The Condition will be calculated using the most recent data available, so if you are using StockFinder RT, you could certainly use the Condition an hour before the Market Close if desired.

-Bruce
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golfermarc
Posted : Friday, June 27, 2008 4:35:46 PM
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ok cool thx.
how do i scan my list for volume and stock price
ex; i dont want stocks with less than 100000 in volume and not under 20.00

thx
Bruce_L
Posted : Friday, June 27, 2008 4:40:25 PM


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The easiest way would be to right-click on your Price and Volume Indicators and select Create Condition (or Dragging and Dragging Price and Volume to the Condition Palette). That said, you could create a RealCode Condition that could be Dragged and Dropped onto the Filter as well:

If Volume >= 1000 And _
    Price.Last >= 20 Then Pass

-Bruce
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golfermarc
Posted : Friday, June 27, 2008 4:51:21 PM
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ok thank you for your help and have a great weekend
Bruce_L
Posted : Friday, June 27, 2008 4:59:42 PM


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You're welcome.

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golfermarc
Posted : Friday, June 27, 2008 5:11:47 PM
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sorry Bruce,
is there a way to take off volume or take it down to see a better average
ex;  look at visa and on march 19th it had huge volumes that never repeated them self after. so id like to reduce that volume so i could see te other ones better

THX
anauel63
Posted : Friday, June 27, 2008 5:34:08 PM
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can you tell me how i can set "all media general industry averages" in my list ,i can't find them
Gaute
Posted : Friday, June 27, 2008 5:51:51 PM
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Click on the Share icon and then on the layout tab.  Julia has a layout for candlestick formations.
Bruce_L
Posted : Monday, June 30, 2008 8:45:35 AM


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golfermarc,
You can adjust the Volume by adjusting the number used in the following line (Volume is reported in blocks of 100 shares):

If Volume >= 1000 And _

anauel63,
Welcome to the forums. A very good foundation for learning how to use TeleChart can be gained by reviewing the following:

If you are new to TeleChart READ THIS FIRST!

Media General was acquired by Hemscott which was acquired by Morningstar. The current name of the Industry Groups is Morningstar Industry Groups.

-Bruce
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rAmJET
Posted : Sunday, September 28, 2008 1:18:41 PM
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Do you anticipate them changing the name of Blocks to StockFinder eventually?
Bruce_L
Posted : Monday, September 29, 2008 10:59:13 AM


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rAmJET,
Yes, the next version will be called StockFinder 4.0.

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