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pendletonc
Posted : Saturday, November 22, 2014 3:42:56 PM
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Joined: 8/7/2012
Posts: 28

Hi,

I wrote a progam to scan for pullbacks to the 10-day moving avg.  The code is

as follows:

(L > AVGC10 OR L <= AVGC10)

AND (L1 > AVGC10)

AND (L2 > AVGC10)

AND (L3 > AVGC10)

AND (L4 > AVGC10)

AND (L5 > AVGC10)

AND (L6 > AVGC10)

AND (L7 > AVGC10)

AND (L8 > AVGC10)

AND (L10 > MINL45 AND L11 > MINL45 AND L12 > MINL45 AND L13 > MINL45

AND L14 > MINL45 AND L15 > MINL45 AND L16 >MINL45 AND L17 > MINL45

AND L18 > MINL45 AND L19 > MINL45 AND L20 > MINL45)

I tested the above on ticker symbol ADM,which visual inspection of the stock chart

indicates that it does indeed conform.  However, it gave back a FALSE reading.

I noticed that the value for the AVGC10 term was the same for all entries.  For example.

the values used to compute the L4 term (L4 > AVGC10) appeared as 51.15 > 51.63.

The value for the 10-day MA was given on the price chart as 50.71 for L4 (and the low

was given as 51.15).  Thus, the expression would have been expected to be 51.15 > 50.71.

What is the appropriate code term to obtain the 10-day MA value for the day in question, eg, 50.71,

versus the value used for the AVGC10 term throughout the computation, eg, 51.63?

Thank you.

 
 
pendletonc
Posted : Saturday, November 22, 2014 4:55:53 PM
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Joined: 8/7/2012
Posts: 28

QUOTE (pendletonc)

Hi,

I wrote a progam to scan for pullbacks to the 10-day moving avg.  The code is

as follows:

(L > AVGC10 OR L <= AVGC10)

AND (L1 > AVGC10)

AND (L2 > AVGC10)

AND (L3 > AVGC10)

AND (L4 > AVGC10)

AND (L5 > AVGC10)

AND (L6 > AVGC10)

AND (L7 > AVGC10)

AND (L8 > AVGC10)

Thank you.

 
 

By Jove I think I've got it!

L4 > AVGC10.4 etc.

diceman
Posted : Saturday, November 22, 2014 6:38:50 PM
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Joined: 1/28/2005
Posts: 6,049

QUOTE (pendletonc)

 

 
 

 

By Jove I think I've got it!

L4 > AVGC10.4 etc.

 

Yes thats it.

 

AVGC10  TODAY

AVGC10.1 YESTERDAY

AVGC10.2 BAR BEFORE YESTERDAY

 

Thanks

 

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