When I'm referencing Quarterly Data using the code below does Stockfinder use static quarters or rolling 3 month periods?

Static customSymbol As PriceScripting
If isFirstBar Then
    Dim tf As New MonthlyTimeFrameProvider
    tf.NumMonths = 4
    customSymbol = PriceData(CurrentSymbol, tf)
End If
OpenValue = customSymbol.Open
HighValue = customSymbol.High
LowValue = customSymbol.Low
Plot = customSymbol.Last

also, why does tf.nummonths =4? shouldn't it be 3 for three months?

It should be static and not rolling and you would want to use 3 instead of 4.

When I run this code on Quarterly charts it shows the signals properly most of the time but then there are a handful of quarters where it switches when the chart/price action clearly doesn't warrant a switch. i set up two conditions with the same code, except switching the pass/fail rule at the bottom so i get 'buy' and 'sell' arrows on the chart to indicate when the rule has been triggered. look at 6/30/11 and 6/30/12 on the chart for PRASX as an example.

Static qbuy As Integer

Static QSymbol As PriceScripting
If isFirstBar Then
    Dim tf As New MonthlyTimeFrameProvider
    tf.NumMonths = 3
    qSymbol = PriceData(CurrentSymbol, tf)
End If

Static mSymbol As PriceScripting
If isFirstBar Then
    Dim tf As New MonthlyTimeFrameProvider
    tf.NumMonths = 1
    mSymbol = PriceData(CurrentSymbol, tf)
End If

If price.high > qsymbol.high(1) * 1.01 Then qbuy = 1
If price.low < qsymbol.low(1) * .99 Then qbuy = 0
        
If qbuy = 0 Then fail
If qbuy = 1 Then pass

I'm not seeing anything wrong with how the Condition returns true on a PRASX quarterly chart for 6/30/11 and 6/20/12.

Attachments:
Quarterly.gif - 27 KB, downloaded 1,386 time(s).

my chart shows down arrows on those quarters when they should be up arrows. i don't know how to attach a chart to this post.

the quarters ending June 2011 and 2012 should be true on your chart because the high values exceeded the previous quarters high or no sell signal was given since the last buy signal.

As shown in the image attached to my previous post, they should be up arrows, not down arrows.

The high of June 2011 bar was not above 1.01 times the high of the previous quarter (which is plotted on the chart in red) and the low of the March 2011 bar was below the low of the previous quarter (which is plotted in yellow).

The low of the June 2012 bar was below .99 time the low of the previous quarter.

there's something strange going on. my chart of prasx looks different than yours. my chart shows the highs from 2011 are higher than the 2012 highs. is your program using different data than mine (adjusted fund data vs non-adjusted data or something? is there a way i can post my chart or email it to you?

I have no idea why your chart would look different than mine. The best topic of which I'm aware on how to post images in the forums is Inserting A Chart into A Worden post.

ok, here is the chart.

I tested it when I posted my response, but apparently not well enough. Now my testing seems to result in a rolling 3-Month Quartery instead of fixed calendar based quarter when using the PriceDate Method on my computer.

Please try dragging and dropping the attached indicator with its Bar Interval set to Quarterly (or 3-Month) into the RealCode Editor instead of trying ot use the PriceData method for quarterly data.

You should be able to Open an attached Indicator directly into a running copy of StockFinder 5 (and save it from within StockFinder 5 if desired). You could also Save it to the \My Documents\StockFinder5\(Your Username)\My Indicators\ folder and then load it like you would any other Indicator (or Copy and Paste it there from wherever it Saves if you can't specify the destination directory when Saving).

Attachments:
Price History w Bar Interval.sfInd - 4 KB, downloaded 884 time(s).