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Mortyk
Posted : Monday, August 15, 2011 11:04:53 AM
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what is wrong with the following formula?

PRICE >$5.00

VOLUME>500,000

 ((AVGC20 + 2 * SQR((20 * (C * C + C1 * C1 + C2 * C2 + C3 * C3 + C4 * C4 + C5 * C5 + C6 * C6 + C7 * C7 + C8 * C8 + C9 * C9 + C10 * C10 + C11 * C11 + C12 * C12 + C13 * C13 + C14 * C14 + C15 * C15 + C16 * C16 + C17 * C17 + C18 * C18 + C19 * C19) - (AVGC20 * 20) * (AVGC20 * 20)) / (20 * 20))) - (AVGC20 - 2 * SQR((20 * (C * C + C1 * C1 + C2 * C2 + C3 * C3 + C4 * C4 + C5 * C5 + C6 * C6 + C7 * C7 + C8 * C8 + C9 * C9 + C10 * C10 + C11 * C11 + C12 * C12 + C13 * C13 + C14 * C14 + C15 * C15 + C16 * C16 + C17 * C17 + C18 * C18 + C19 * C19) - (AVGC20 * 20) * (AVGC20 * 20)) / (20 * 20)))) / AVGC20 <= .06

thanks. MK

Bruce_L
Posted : Monday, August 15, 2011 11:20:25 AM


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Mostly what would be wrong with the formula is that it isn't a formula. The first two lines look like Scan Conditions while only the portion starting with the third line looks like a Condition Formula:

((AVGC20 + 2 * SQR((20 * (C * C + C1 * C1 + C2 * C2 + C3 * C3 + C4 * C4 + C5 * C5 + C6 * C6 + C7 * C7 + C8 * C8 + C9 * C9 + C10 * C10 + C11 * C11 + C12 * C12 + C13 * C13 + C14 * C14 + C15 * C15 + C16 * C16 + C17 * C17 + C18 * C18 + C19 * C19) - (AVGC20 * 20) * (AVGC20 * 20)) / (20 * 20))) - (AVGC20 - 2 * SQR((20 * (C * C + C1 * C1 + C2 * C2 + C3 * C3 + C4 * C4 + C5 * C5 + C6 * C6 + C7 * C7 + C8 * C8 + C9 * C9 + C10 * C10 + C11 * C11 + C12 * C12 + C13 * C13 + C14 * C14 + C15 * C15 + C16 * C16 + C17 * C17 + C18 * C18 + C19 * C19) - (AVGC20 * 20) * (AVGC20 * 20)) / (20 * 20)))) / AVGC20 <= .06

This seems to work, but it could be shortened quite a bit to:

Modelling Bollinger Bands (& Standard Deviation) in a TC PCF

4 * SQR(ABS(C ^ 2 + C1 ^ 2 + C2 ^ 2 + C3 ^ 2 + C4 ^ 2 + C5 ^ 2 + C6 ^ 2 + C7 ^ 2 + C8 ^ 2 + C9 ^ 2 + C10 ^ 2 + C11 ^ 2 + C12 ^ 2 + C13 ^ 2 + C14 ^ 2 + C15 ^ 2 + C16 ^ 2 + C17 ^ 2 + C18 ^ 2 + C19 ^ 2 - 20 * AVGC20 ^ 2) / 20) / AVGC20 <= .06

The first two lines could be converted into formulas and added to the above as follows in TC2000 version 12 (where volume is reported in actual shares):

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C > 5 AND V > 500000 AND 4 * SQR(ABS(C ^ 2 + C1 ^ 2 + C2 ^ 2 + C3 ^ 2 + C4 ^ 2 + C5 ^ 2 + C6 ^ 2 + C7 ^ 2 + C8 ^ 2 + C9 ^ 2 + C10 ^ 2 + C11 ^ 2 + C12 ^ 2 + C13 ^ 2 + C14 ^ 2 + C15 ^ 2 + C16 ^ 2 + C17 ^ 2 + C18 ^ 2 + C19 ^ 2 - 20 * AVGC20 ^ 2) / 20) / AVGC20 <= .06

Or in TeleChart as (where volume is reported in blocks of 100 shares):

C > 5 AND V > 5000 AND 4 * SQR(ABS(C ^ 2 + C1 ^ 2 + C2 ^ 2 + C3 ^ 2 + C4 ^ 2 + C5 ^ 2 + C6 ^ 2 + C7 ^ 2 + C8 ^ 2 + C9 ^ 2 + C10 ^ 2 + C11 ^ 2 + C12 ^ 2 + C13 ^ 2 + C14 ^ 2 + C15 ^ 2 + C16 ^ 2 + C17 ^ 2 + C18 ^ 2 + C19 ^ 2 - 20 * AVGC20 ^ 2) / 20) / AVGC20 <= .06

All in all, it would be easier and more efficient in TC2000 version 12 to add Bollinger Bandwidth to the Charts, set the Period to 20, Std Dev to 2 and then click on the BB and select Create Condition | Less Than: .06 to create the Bollinger Band Squeeze Condition. You could then add it to a Scan along with similarly created Conditions for Price and Volume.

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Putt4Dough
Posted : Monday, August 15, 2011 1:26:57 PM

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QUOTE (Bruce_L)
Mostly what would be wrong with the formula is that it isn't a formula.


... sounds like a programmer to me!
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