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icookwithwine
Posted : Friday, September 4, 2015 5:56:43 PM
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Joined: 5/13/2015
Posts: 11

Hello,

I am very new to realCode - I am tring to write a binary indicator I usually use to define the trend.

The indicators should works like this:

 If the low is higher then the 21 bars xaverage offsetted by 1 then the trend =1

if the high is lower then the  21 bars xaverage offsetted by 1 then the trend = -1 

otherswise the trend is equal to the trend of the previous bar.

This is my attempt:

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Dim trend As Integer
 
If price.Low > price.XAVG(21, 1) Then
trend = 1 
ElseIf price.high < price.XAVG(21, 1) Then
trend = -1 
Else
trend = trend(1) '|*** <- Error here - I AM TRING To REFER THE VARIABLE VALUE ONE BAR AGO
End If
 
plot = trend
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I looked and looked but I couldn't find a solution - any help appreciated
Thank you
 
 
Gr8Trades
Posted : Friday, September 4, 2015 9:35:56 PM
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Joined: 5/6/2014
Posts: 81

this should do itL

Static trend(2) As Integer
If isfirstbar Then
trend(0) = 0
trend(1) = 0
End If
 
If currentindex >= 22 Then
If price.Low > price.XAVG(21, 1) Then
trend(0) = 1 
ElseIf price.high < price.XAVG(21, 1) Then
trend(0) = -1 
Else
trend(0) = trend(1) 
End If
 
plot = trend(0)
trend(1) = trend(0)
 
End If
 
icookwithwine
Posted : Saturday, September 5, 2015 12:41:50 PM
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Joined: 5/13/2015
Posts: 11

thank you so much Gr8Trades!

It works perfectly - 

I could have never figure that out by myself -

thank you again

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