How is the best way to write a RealCode Condition, to count the number of new intraday Highs in a 1 Minute Time Frame Chart?  

Then, how can these values be  added as a WatchList column?

Right click on the Condition; which option to choose?

Create WatchList Column

: Scan Column

: Last Date True

: % True in Period

: Bars Since True

: # True in a Row

Thanks

Winnie

Bruce, it works, something like going fishing, the line wiggles, there’s movement and maybe if your’e patient you will catch something.  Will be interesting to see the action tomorrow morning, going to the same fishing spot.

Enjoy.

Thanks Bruce,

Winnie

Bruce, 

When I tried to use the code you posted above I get the following error.

Name 'Pass' is not declared.

Don Foster

It reads as if you are attempting to use code for a RealCode Condition as a RealCode Indicator. The Pass syntax is only valid as part of a RealCode Condition. Make sure you are creating a RealCode Condition when attempting to create the Condition.

Thanks Bruce. That was the problem.

Bruce,

This New Intraday Highs indicator works great. I'm trying to figure out how to do something similiar by counting the number of closes above an 8 exponential moving average. Any thoughts on how to do this? 

During the current day? Over some past specified number of bars? Something else?

I was trying to count the number of bars during the current day. Similiar to how your new intraday high condition counts. That way it can be used across different intraday timeframes.

Please try the following RealCode Indicator:

'|******************************************************************
'|*** StockFinder RealCode Indicator - Version 5.0 www.worden.com 
'|*** Copy and paste this header and code into StockFinder *********
'|*** Indicator:New Intraday Highs
'|******************************************************************
'# Cumulative
Static Count As Single
If isFirstBar Then
	Count = Single.NaN
Else If Price.DateValue.DayOfYear <> Price.DateValue(1).DayOfYear Then
	Count = 0
End If
If Price.Last > Price.XAVGC(8) Then
	Count += 1
End If
Plot = Count

Bruce,

Your code worked perfect. Much appreciated!

Hi Bruce,

Can this type of logic be done in TC2000 too or is it strictly limited to Stockfinder?

It is not possible to create something similar to this in TC2000 as there is no way to determine the start of the day in an intraday Time Frame using the Personal Criteria Formula Language.

Hi Bruce,

This code your wrote works great. Is there a way to count new highs ONLY after the first 60 minutes of trading? So new highs after 10:30 am? I'm not sure how to go about programming this. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

|******************************************************************
'|*** StockFinder RealCode Indicator - Version 5.0 www.worden.com 
'|*** Copy and paste this header and code into StockFinder *********
'|*** Indicator:New Intraday Highs
'|******************************************************************
Static Count As Single
Static DayHigh As Single
If isFirstBar Then
    Count = Single.NaN
    DayHigh = Single.NaN
Else If Price.DateValue.DayOfYear <> Price.DateValue(1).DayOfYear Then
    Count = 1
    DayHigh = Price.High
End If
If Price.High > DayHigh Then
    Count += 1
    DayHigh = Price.High
End If
Plot = Count

Maybe something similar to the following?

'|******************************************************************
'|*** StockFinder RealCode Indicator - Version 5.0 www.worden.com 
'|*** Copy and paste this header and code into StockFinder *********
'|*** Indicator:New Intraday Highs
'|******************************************************************
Static Count As Single
Static DayHigh As Single
If isFirstBar Then
	Count = Single.NaN
	DayHigh = Single.NaN
Else If Price.DateValue.DayOfYear <> Price.DateValue(1).DayOfYear Then
	Count = 0
	DayHigh = Price.High
End If
If Price.High > DayHigh Then
	DayHigh = Price.High
	If Price.DateValue.TimeOfDay.Hours > 10.5 Then	
		Count += 1
	End If
End If
Plot = Count

Hi Bruce,

When I use this code I cannot validate the results. For example, today using a 5 min bar interval I get a count of 4 for MAN. The 11 am , 11:05am, and 11:10am are being counted but they shouldn't be since they are not new highs.  

Another example is PNC. Between 11 am and 11:40 am new highs are being counted but new highs are not being made.

Any thoughts on what is wrong?

I have made some changes to the RealCode given in my Thursday, May 02, 2013 1:56:06 PM ET post. You may want to compare it to your existing RealCode instead of just copying and pasting it, so you can see what I did wrong the first time.

Sorry Bruce. I don't quite follow...I see the differences between the code but I don't see what you did wrong the first time. The code I currently use that you did the first time doesn't seem wrong since it accurately provides the results I'm looking for. The latest code with the TimeOfDay.Hours > 10.5  is the one that isn't providing the results I'm looking for. Sorry for any confusion. I'm trying to have two data columns in my watchlist. One that shows the number of new intraday highs for the entire day . And the other that shows the number of intraday highs strictly after 10:30 am. Again, I appreciate all your help! I'm an amateur with regard to programming the RealCode.

Don

I made changes to the code in my Thursday, May 02, 2013 1:56:06 PM ET post. I meant for you to compare the code that you originally copied from the post to the code that is currently in that same post and hopefully see the differences and why what was there didn't work and what is there should work.

Keep in mind that these posts and the code provided are meant to be instructional and are for educational purposes only (which is why I'm hoping you can see and understand the change I made). We don't actually provide a programming service.

That said, understanding the change isn't a requirement of using the RealCode in the post. You should be able to just copy and paste it into StockFinder to try out the changes.

I was able to get my results using the following code:

I am happy to read you were able to figure out something that met your needs.