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Still_Learning
Posted : Friday, July 15, 2005 10:35:53 AM
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Fellow traders

I've noticed a common thread in stocks that have broken out and it is that they go through a period of 'tightening' (consolidation) where the deviation between upper (high) and lower (low) gets tighter for a period of 4-21 days then breaks out into new highs on higher than 4-21 day average volume also the low is usally never lower than the average low for 50 days. The tightening is similar to a snake coiling before a strike. My question is this can someone with more PCF savy than me help to write this PCF and possibly give other suggestions.

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Craig_S
Posted : Friday, July 15, 2005 10:44:10 AM


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Try these PCFs

Recent Avg Range as % of older range
(AVGH10-AVGL10)/(AVGH11.10-AVGL11.10)*100

21-day low as % of 50-day low
MINL21/AVGL50*100

Add them both to an EasyScan with these settings:

Recent Avg Range as % of older range
(set to VALUES MIN to 100)

21-day low as % of 50-day low
(set to VALUES 100 to MAX)

Sort your resulting WatchList that is generated by the scan by
Recent Avg Range as % of older range in ascending order.

Let me know what you think....


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Still_Learning
Posted : Friday, July 15, 2005 11:06:55 AM
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Craig

WoW - this looks just perfect, thanks for your quick response (under 10 mins). The reason I stayed with Worden after the trial was because of the customer care, You guys really care...


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Craig_S
Posted : Friday, July 15, 2005 11:20:30 AM


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So glad to hear it...!

You know where to find us if you need more help in the future!

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pfranka
Posted : Friday, July 22, 2005 3:54:06 PM
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Hello!
Can you modify the formula so that you find stocks that have made the breakout after consolidation?
Craig_S
Posted : Friday, July 22, 2005 5:06:10 PM


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Here is a video I think you will enjoy... it will find stocks consolidating and breaking out.

EasyScan Design for Breakouts and Bouncers

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pfranka
Posted : Saturday, July 23, 2005 2:12:52 PM
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Thanks! Charts are more interesting and I have flexibility adjusting the Easy Scan.
Craig_S
Posted : Sunday, July 24, 2005 12:14:46 AM


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Great! Here are two other semi-related videos you might like as well.

Spotting trend changes using linear regression channel sorts

Scan for stocks bouncing in a lateral channel

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Tanstaafl
Posted : Thursday, July 28, 2005 9:59:34 AM
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Also you might consider looking for squeezes of the Bollinger Band channels which rapidly expand as a new trend begins. Lots of info about BB's in this forum ... just do a search on them.

Jim Dean

Craig_S
Posted : Thursday, July 28, 2005 10:16:48 AM


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Here is a video on finding expanding/contracting bands.

Finding Expanding or Contracting Bollinger Bands

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larryburch
Posted : Thursday, August 11, 2005 8:49:26 AM
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Craig

I constructed the easy scan that you put together on 7/15/05 for STILL-LEARNING. The resulting charts are truncated at the end of April. The price graph becomes a flat line from June through the present time. What am I doing wrong? I'm using TeleChart 2002.

Larry
larryburch
Posted : Thursday, August 11, 2005 8:52:16 AM
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Craig

Sorry for the typo, Im using TeleChart 2005.

Larry
Craig_S
Posted : Thursday, August 11, 2005 8:53:36 AM


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Any EasyScan cannot affect the charts themselves. EasyScan only finds tickers based on conditions.

Are all of your charts like this?

Can you give us some example tickers?

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larryburch
Posted : Thursday, August 11, 2005 10:17:44 AM
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Craig,

The scan returned 842 stocks. Sorting in ascending order the stock charts are truncated (DIGL,PGTV,DCLK,CMNT are a few examples). I just tried a descending order sort and it appears that the stock charts at that end are OK. Am I incorrectly interpreting the scan?

Larry
Craig_S
Posted : Thursday, August 11, 2005 10:26:38 AM


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Gotcha... it is not all of the stocks.

Add this PCF to your system and to the EasyScan. These are dead stocks that have not been dropped yet. This PCF will make sure the EasyScan only finds stocks that have traded in the last 2 months.

AVGV42>=1

I will look into why these tickers are not being tossed at the source.

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Bruce_L
Posted : Thursday, August 11, 2005 10:29:24 AM


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Try adjusting the following EasyScan condition:

Recent Avg Range as % of older range
(set to VALUES MIN to 100)

Change Min to the smallest available non-zero value. It should eliminate any symbols flatlined for the last ten days.

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larryburch
Posted : Thursday, August 11, 2005 11:07:37 AM
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Craig,

The scan returned 842 stocks. Sorting in ascending order the stock charts are truncated (DIGL,PGTV,DCLK,CMNT are a few examples). I just tried a descending order sort and it appears that the stock charts at that end are OK. Am I incorrectly interpreting the scan?

Larry
Craig_S
Posted : Thursday, August 11, 2005 11:11:33 AM


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Larry,

Did you read my and Bruce's response to your question (the two posts above your last one)

Use either suggestion to rid yourself of these dead stocks. The scan is fine. Technically these flat stocks are bouncing in a VERY tight channel. See why they showed up?

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larryburch
Posted : Thursday, August 11, 2005 11:34:38 AM
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Thanks guys. That did the trick.

Larry
ggalvin
Posted : Wednesday, August 24, 2005 4:53:41 PM
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I dont know whatI am doing wrong but I am not having any luck with the Scan I set up for " Easy Scans for Stocks Getting Ready to Breakout". I Copy and Pasted the Formulae to Easyword and printed it so I would have the Formulae in front of me when i made the PCF's and the scan.
There are some stocks that show what I want but others seem to be totally out of the ballpark.
I am trying to find stocks that have had an average price move of say 5% or less daily over the last 15 to 25 trading days and today have had a price move of over 5%.
I would appreciate any help. Gary
Craig_S
Posted : Wednesday, August 24, 2005 5:05:46 PM


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Create this PCF:

Average Price % Range (not today)
(AVGH24.1-AVGL24.1)/AVGL24.1*100

Add it to an EasyScan and limit the VALUE to MIN to 5

Then add Price Percent Change Today (not a PCF) and limit the values to 5 to MAX

Here are some videos to review

How to create a Personal Criteria Forumula (PCF)

Using EasyScan to find stocks that meet your own criteria

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aronl
Posted : Thursday, August 25, 2005 11:45:21 AM
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Craig:

I'm looking for scan criteria where at least the last five candles have closed with relatively equal highs, can i do that and if so, how?

thanks,

v
Doug_H
Posted : Thursday, August 25, 2005 11:50:21 AM


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One way might be to create these five simple net change PCF's. Use all 5 in a scan, and you can use the range selector to specify what relatively equal means.

C-C1
C1-C2
C2-C3
C3-C4
C4-C5

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aronl
Posted : Thursday, August 25, 2005 11:52:03 AM
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what is a "range selector?"
Bruce_L
Posted : Thursday, August 25, 2005 11:55:01 AM


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vantana,
There are several ways to do this, but you might wish to try the following:

100*(MAXH5-MINH5)/(MAXH90-MINL90+.0001)

The result is ratio of the range of the Highs for the last 5 Periods to the Price Range over the last 90 Periods expressed as a percentage. When using the result for sorting or in EasyScans, the smallest values shoud be the symbols you want. You may be interested in the following forum topic and videos:

How to create a Personal Criteria Forumula (PCF)
Using EasyScan to find stocks that meet your own criteria
Constructing more versatile and reusable Personal Criteria Formulas
Create your own stock rankings using WatchLists and Sort conditions
Sorting Stocks by their Absolute or Relative Performance
Handy PCF example formulas to help you learn the syntax of PCFs!

The Rangefinder is used to restrict the results for a condition in an EasyScan. The second video listed above provides a detailed explanation.

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aronl
Posted : Thursday, August 25, 2005 12:01:38 PM
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thanks Guys!
ggalvin
Posted : Wednesday, September 7, 2005 9:15:26 AM
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QUOTE (ggalvin)
I dont know whatI am doing wrong but I am not having any luck with the Scan I set up for " Easy Scans for Stocks Getting Ready to Breakout". I Copy and Pasted the Formulae to Easyword and printed it so I would have the Formulae in front of me when i made the PCF's and the scan.
There are some stocks that show what I want but others seem to be totally out of the ballpark.
I am trying to find stocks that have had an average price move of say 5% or less daily over the last 15 to 25 trading days and today have had a price move of over 5%.
I would appreciate any help. Gary


Thanks Craig - I really appreciate the info. Sorry I have been so long getting back to you. I set it up yesterday and it seems to do the job. I will play with it some more today and maybe tweak it a bit. Thanks again for the great support ggalvin
ggalvin
Posted : Wednesday, September 7, 2005 9:19:51 AM
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Craig S;

Thanks for the reply and very quickly as well. I have been away and just got a chance yesterday to set up your reply and it seem to work really well. I am going to play with it some today . Thanks again for the great service. Gary
Craig_S
Posted : Wednesday, September 7, 2005 9:40:40 AM


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So glad to hear it works for you!

It was my pleasure....

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alindsley
Posted : Tuesday, January 3, 2006 12:27:31 AM

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I've been sitting here playing with an EasyScan which I made from the pcf Bruce gave us above on <Thursday, August 25, 2005 11:55:01 AM >. I'm hoping you can tell me what I am doing wrong.

I set the VALUE of the pcf from the code Min to 10 (& I'm not really sure where that should set). Then I added Price Per Share Value Min to 10. Watchlist set to All Stocks. I was attempting to keep my results <$10.

But when I run my scan (called Last 5 Days Closing Higher), I never get what the scan title implies. I fiddled with the code conditions to no avail . I have watched some of the other films above but that doesn't seem to help me understand what I am doing incorrectly.

Thanks for your help!
Craig_S
Posted : Tuesday, January 3, 2006 1:41:44 AM


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Do this:

Create an EasyScan for stocks under 10. If you are not sure how to do that, check out this video:

Using EasyScan to find stocks that meet your own criteria

Once you have Bruce's PCF in your system (exactly as he gave it above), sort your resulting WatchList by his PCF in ASCENDING order. It will bring the ones with the smallest values to the top. Flip through these charts and see if any fit your fancy.

If you need to, here are some more videos to review:

How to create a Personal Criteria Forumula (PCF)

Create your own stock rankings using WatchLists and Sort conditions

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zmjesrai
Posted : Tuesday, January 17, 2006 10:00:48 PM
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Hi Craig,

Sorry I may be having a blonde moment here. I am still not sure how do do use these formulas, how do I add them and set the limits.

Sorry for the inconvenience...

Many Thanks

Zahid



QUOTE (Craig_S)
Try these PCFs

Recent Avg Range as % of older range
(AVGH10-AVGL10)/(AVGH11.10-AVGL11.10)*100

21-day low as % of 50-day low
MINL21/AVGL50*100

Add them both to an EasyScan with these settings:

Recent Avg Range as % of older range
(set to VALUES MIN to 100)

21-day low as % of 50-day low
(set to VALUES 100 to MAX)

Sort your resulting WatchList that is generated by the scan by
Recent Avg Range as % of older range in ascending order.

Let me know what you think....
Craig_S
Posted : Tuesday, January 17, 2006 11:03:55 PM


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Watch the PCF video I linked above. The two formulas I gave are PCFs and you need to put both in your system and calculate them. The video will show you how to do that.

Once you have them, they become regular criteria you can use in an EasyScan. Add them both to a new EasyScan. Watch the EasyScan video to review how to add a condition, set the range selector to VALUE and to limit the values.

I think these both make a nice sorts as well so be sure to watch that video as well.

I think the videos above have everything you need. Check them out.

A note to everyone who reads these forums....

I know Doug, Bruce and I link a video to almost every post we make. We do it because they are the best way for you to learn and get the most value from your TeleChart. They are only a few minutes long but they are PACKED with information. Trust me, they are worth the ten minutes.

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