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agbrina
Posted : Tuesday, September 18, 2012 10:48:10 AM
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It has been so long since I last felt the need to write my own PCF for an easyscan that I have forgotten the syntax needed to write one.

I want to be able to scan for stocks within a specified watchlist, looking for those whose prices have crossed above (and, of course separately, below) its 10-bar moving average, AND whose 10-bar moving average is also above (below) its 20-bar moving average.

I then want to be able to set up an alert trigger for a few stocks within TC2000, on both intraday and daily time frames, using this scan.

I would appreciate it if you could write this for me. But also, I would like you to include a link to a prior post which would explain the syntax I need to use in order to make such simple scan formulas myself.

Thank you.

Bruce_L
Posted : Tuesday, September 18, 2012 10:52:57 AM


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If you want price to just be above the moving average, the above version would be:

C > AVGC10 AND AVGC10 > AVGC20

And the below version would be:

C < AVGC10 AND AVGC10 < AVGC20

If you need to price to actually have crossed up through the moving average between the previous bar and the current bar, the crossing up version would be:

C > AVGC10 AND C1 <= AVGC10.1 AND AVGC10 > AVGC20

And the crossing down version would be:

C < AVGC10 AND C1 >= AVGC10.1 AND AVGC10 < AVGC20

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agbrina
Posted : Tuesday, September 18, 2012 3:21:17 PM
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Thank you, Bruce. Those links are now inmy Worden Favorites Folder. Arthur

Bruce_L
Posted : Tuesday, September 18, 2012 3:22:35 PM


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You're welcome.



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