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cbratton27
Posted : Wednesday, November 5, 2014 6:31:07 PM
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I created a custom indicator which is the value chart indicator which follows:

(C-((((H+L)/2)+((H1+L1)/2)+((H2+L2)/2)+((H3+L3)/2)+((H4+L4)/2)))/5)/((((H-L)+(H1-L1)+(H2-L2)+(H3-L3)+(H4-L4))/5)*0.20)

It is based on the Steinmeyer concept in his book 'Profit With Market Profile'.  It pretty much returns values from 8 to -8 depending on if they are oversold or overbought.

My question is I want to create a scan that finds a value of -6 for the previous day and then finds today value greater then -6.  Pretty much a scan that looks for a drop in price then a recover.  How would that be written, if it is even possible.

 

Thank you if anyone could help.

cbratton27
Posted : Wednesday, November 5, 2014 6:39:20 PM
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I also thought it might be possible to use a .1 or ,1 after the formula but it does not work like a normal indicator that is allready programed into TC2000.  So, for example:

 

(C-((((H+L)/2)+((H1+L1)/2)+((H2+L2)/2)+((H3+L3)/2)+((H4+L4)/2)))/5)/((((H-L)+(H1-L1)+(H2-L2)+(H3-L3)+(H4-L4))/5)*0.20).1

OR

((C-((((H+L)/2)+((H1+L1)/2)+((H2+L2)/2)+((H3+L3)/2)+((H4+L4)/2)))/5)/((((H-L)+(H1-L1)+(H2-L2)+(H3-L3)+(H4-L4))/5)*0.20).1)

 

Both of these ways show errors so I'm not sure what to do or try next.

diceman
Posted : Wednesday, November 5, 2014 9:32:22 PM
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Try this:

 

(C1-((((H1+L1)/2)+((H2+L2)/2)+((H3+L3)/2)+((H4+L4)/2)+((H5+L5)/2)))/5)/((((H1-L1)+(H2-L2)+(H3-L3)+(H4-L4)+(H5-L5))/5)*0.20)<(-6)AND(C-((((H+L)/2)+((H1+L1)/2)+((H2+L2)/2)+((H3+L3)/2)+((H4+L4)/2)))/5)/((((H-L)+(H1-L1)+(H2-L2)+(H3-L3)+(H4-L4))/5)*0.20)>(-6)

 

 

Thanks

 

cbratton27
Posted : Wednesday, November 5, 2014 10:48:44 PM
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Thats works.  I didn't think about changing the values in the indicator itself.  Thank you

MoreAces
Posted : Tuesday, March 17, 2015 9:07:57 PM
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cbratton27 i would like to know more about this formula, I have plotted it in its raw form as you showed in the original post

value chart indicator which follows: (C-((((H+L)/2)+((H1+L1)/2)+((H2+L2)/2)+((H3+L3)/2)+((H4+L4)/2)))/5)/((((H-L)+(H1-L1)+(H2-L2)+(H3-L3)+(H4-L4))/5)*0.20)  

i have experimented with it a little differently that you have described and it looks very interesting

cbratton27
Posted : Tuesday, March 17, 2015 11:43:19 PM
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All it is, is the formula from Steinmeyers Value Chart Indicator, the book is floating around online if you search for it.  How that formula written now is based on the Close of the bar, if you wanted to know the high or low then just change C to H or L.  The biggest advantage is to help see big swings or shakeouts, but you have to be careful becuase just becuase it is oversold or overbought does not mean it will keep running.  I'm pretty sure you and most others have seen what the indicator is suppose to look like in its orginal form.  Here's a picture.

diceman
Posted : Wednesday, March 18, 2015 3:07:03 AM
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For the record
Calculating the values for each bar ends up equaling the
value using the average of the highs and lows over the range.
 
So the PCF can be reduced to something like this:
 
(C-(AVGH5+AVGL5)/2)/((AVGH5-AVGL5)*.2)
 
 
The previous bar value if you want to test for a cross:
 
(C1-(AVGH5.1+AVGL5.1)/2)/((AVGH5.1-AVGL5.1)*.2)
 
 
 
 
 
Thanks
 
MoreAces
Posted : Wednesday, March 18, 2015 5:19:53 PM
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Steinmeyer concept in his book 'Profit With Market Profile' thanks and I sent you a Private message on User Groups (upper right corner of platform of tc2000 I cannot find anything with Steinmeyer in the article most of the Profit with market profile comes back at Dr
 John Keppler - I was wanting to read how he applies to concept  Thanks

MoreAces
Posted : Wednesday, March 18, 2015 5:32:16 PM
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when i google

Steinmeyer's Value Chart Indicator I got much more Thanks

diceman
Posted : Wednesday, March 18, 2015 8:03:29 PM
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You may also want to look into Helweg and Stendahl who created the Value Charts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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