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Hello - i attended and EXCELLENT Blocks seminar in Tampa this past weekend. Near the end of the day Craig showed a way to get the pointer to pretty much automatically highlight the recent high and low and basically point out the channel or support resistance levels. I for the life of me cannot figure out how to do that since i got back - anyone help?
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John in Jax
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I really couldn't say what was demonstrated in the training class, but you may want to try adding Donchian Channels.
Select  Add Study to Chart |  System |  Donchian Channels.
-Bruce
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thank you for the idea but it is not quite what we are looking for. Want to do is have to value pointers on a price chart and the top one points to the high value over say a 50 day time frame and the low value for the same 50 day time period. the Donchian kind of step wise follows a channel but I am only looking for a line to be drawn on the absolute high and low for a particular symbol for a specific period of time. Thanks
john
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Hi Bruce
if you could pass this on to Craig = maybe he will remember the routine I am referring to.
thanks
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I used value pointers to do this. Attached is a version of Personal Chartist WorkSpace with two Value Pointers set to show the MAX high and MIN low for the previous 30 trading days. Make sure you look at the properties of each of the value pointers to see how I made them.
You can add a value pointer by right-clicking the scale of the pane and going to ADD TOOL.
Save the attached in the following folder:
\My Documents\Blocks Files\Workspaces
You can then open the WorkSpace via your FILE menu (Open WorkSpace then My Computer)
Attachments:
PersonalwithMINMAXValuePoint.bWorks - 60 KB, downloaded 872 time(s).
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Craig,
Shouldn't the extension for the attachment be *.bworks
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Winnie
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Yep. Fixed.
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Craig
Many thanks - in an effort to try to figure it out myself i ended up creating a value /date pointe all in one and that was the upside of it all.
Thanks again
scott
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Glad to hear it. You should find learning the logic of Blocks very easy... a lot easier than some script language or code.
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Haven’t had much time to learn blocks, in the Properties, I see how the Value Pointer has a 30 MAXH30 and the other MINL30 and the Allow to Drag is False which sets it at the MAXH30 or MINL30 line. One can change the 30 to your desired settings, VERY COOL.
Now that the indicator is constructed, I can make another just like this but if I want to copy just this Indicator to another Pane in another Workspace, how is this done? Can you detail the steps to do this.
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Winnie
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As of now you cannot copy and paste Value pointers. You would have to create a new Value pointer in the appropriate pane then construct the diagram using the same logic.
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Craig,
Thanks, now if I want to have a Value Pointer say MAXH10.1, or MAXH10.2 how would you do this.
Which block would you use to offset this by one or two periods?
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Winnie
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Insert a Bar Offset block before the Last Value in Series. Set the period to 1.
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Craig,
Thanks
Winnie
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Winnie,
Your welcome
Craig
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Craig,
Did as noted, when I set the Bar Offset to 1, and closed the Properties, the Value Pointer disappeared from the pane? Any suggestions?
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Winnie
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Did you connect Bar Offset to Last Value in Series?
Here is the same workspace as above using Bar Offset.Attachments:
OffsetMINMAXValuePointers.bWorks - 62 KB, downloaded 899 time(s).
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Craig
KILLER app!! That is what i wanted Thanks again. The more i use this program the more in love with it i get.
Not sure i will become a blocks 'maven' anytime soon but it is cool. The one thing that would be great for guys like me is an undo function. i make a lot of mistakes in the poke and hope method I am using (RTFM has not hit me yet) and there is no undo function. What i do is save the workspace first prior to making any changes at the block level so i can go back if i get in a place i don't want to be.
Is there a way to use blocks to run an executable program on my desktop within blocks? i tried to do a clone of the google website page substituting the location and file name but that does not work.
Again a 1000 thanks
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My pleasure.
Keep in mind any tool (like the browsers) that run in Blocks are built for Blocks (vs. them running a program outside of Blocks).
Note in the Properties/Block Diagram of the browsers the use of {SYM} in the URLs. If you want to have the browser go somewhere else you need to find where the ticker is lodged in the URL of your new site.
Open your new site in your normal browser, navigate to the page for MSFT. Look at the URL. If you see MSFT in the URL, you need to replace MSFT with the {SYM}.
What site are you trying to add to Blocks? I might be able to create it for you.
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Craig,
Got it, did not connect the Bar Offset input from Maximum, just connected the Bar Offset block to Last Value in Series block with a Value of 1.
Need to get more familiar with the sequence and relationship of the individual blocks.
Thanks again
Winnie
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craig
Thanks - i can navigate to like MSN.com etc and get that to work thaqnks to the excellent demo in Tampa
but what I am trying to run is the Scottrade elite program that is found at "C:\Program Files\ScottradeELITE\Scottrader.exe" on my system.
thanks in advance
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That won't work.
The browsers are navigating and displaying html documents.
You cannot RUN programs inside of Blocks unless they are built as tools for Blocks.
Unless Scottrade makes a version for Blocks, there is no way to "run" it in Blocks.
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QUOTENeed to get more familiar with the sequence and relationship of the individual blocks.
Based on your ability to master PCF writing, you will have this down in no time. Its much easier to learn Blocks logic than learning PCF writing, IMHO.
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Craig,
is it possible to have a value pointer on intraday charts automatically at yesterdays high and yesterdays low?
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Its been 3 years since this post, but can you (Craig or Support) assist with with converting this to StochFinder v4
PersonalwithMINMAXValuePoint.bWorks
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EvanM
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evanm,
Just save the file to the \My Documents\StockFinder\(Your Username)\My Layouts\ folder. Then you should then be able to load it as a Layout.
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