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You are welcome Tony. Thanks for the code!
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony" <talcamo@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 11:52 PM
Subject: [amibroker] Re: Could someone point in the right direction...
> Steve,
>
> I wanted to thank you again for your help...
>
> I was able to achieve what i was looking to do using your second
> suggestion. If you would like to take a look at my finished
> exploration you are welcome. It provides a list of stocks still in an
> uptrend or down trend based on the Trading Chaos theory of the
> alligator. These returned tickers are trending and we are able to
> take additional positions when the stock breaks thru the fractal.
> I particularly like the number of days column ( which can be sorted )
> to tell how many days the 3 moving averages on in an uptrend.
>
> The only flaw remaining to correct is stocks that have been trading
> in the same range ( within 50cents) for long time. which i am still
> working on to correct...
>
> Thank you kindly for your help... it was invaluable.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Tony Alcamo
>
>
> // exploration adapted on Trading Chaos Theory by Bill Williams
> A=((H+L)/2);
>
> VolAvg = MA( V, 30 );
> VolumeIdx = V / VolAvg;
>
> AlligatorBlue =Ref(Wilders(A,13),-8);
> AlligatorRed =Ref(Wilders(A,8),-5);
> AlligatorGreen=Ref(Wilders(A,5),-3);
>
> INTRENDbullish =IIf( AlligatorGreen > AlligatorRed AND
> AlligatorGreen > AlligatorBlue AND AlligatorRed >
> AlligatorBlue ,1, 0);
> NotinTrendBullish = NOT INTRENDbullish ;
> BullishTrendBars = BarsSince( NotInTrendBullish );
>
> INTRENDbearish=IIf( AlligatorRed > AlligatorGreen AND
> AlligatorBlue > AlligatorGreen AND AlligatorBlue >
> AlligatorRed ,1, 0);
> NotinTrendBearish = NOT INTRENDbearish ;
> BearishTrendBars = BarsSince( NotInTrendBearish );
>
> h52w =HHV(C,225);
> Off52wh =(HHV(C,225) - Close)/HHV(C,225) ;
>
> l52w =LLV(C,225);
> Off52wl =(Close-LLV(C,225))/LLV(C,225) ;
>
>
>
> Filter = (C > 10 AND BullishTrendBars >=1 ) OR (C >15 AND
> BearishTrendBars >=1);
>
>
>
> AddTextColumn( IndustryID( 1 ) , "Industry name" );
> AddColumn ( Off52wh , "Off52WeekHigh" );
> AddColumn ( BullishTrendBars , "BullishDays " ,1);
> AddColumn (
> h52w , "52WeekHigh" ,1.2,colorDefault,IIf( Close==HHV
> (C,225), colorGreen, IIf( off52wh < 0.10, colorYellow,
> colorDefault )));
> AddColumn ( Close , "Close" );
> AddColumn ( BearishTrendBars , "BearishDays " ,1);
> AddColumn (
> l52w , "52WeekLow" ,1.2,colorDefault,IIf( Close==LLV
> (C,225), colorRed, IIf( off52wl < 0.10, colorOrange,
> colorDefault )));
> AddColumn ( Off52wl , "Off52WeekLow" );
> AddColumn (
> VolumeIDX , "VolumeIDX" ,1.2,colorDefault,IIf(
> VolumeIDX >1.5, colorGreen, colorDefault ) );
> AddColumn (
> Volume , "Volume" ,1 ,colorDefault,IIf( Volume
>>500000, colorGreen, IIf( Volume > 250000, colorYellow,
> colorRed) ) );
> // end of exploration
>
>
> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Steve Dugas" <sjdugas@xxx> wrote:
>>
>> Tony - 2nd arg of For Loop means to continue looping *while* the
> condition
>> is true, not *until* it is true. You have initialized Stop to zero
> but then
>> told the Loop to keep looping as long as Stop >0. You should
> change the ">"
>> to "==" ( 2 equal signs ), *but*...
>>
>> Now that I have looked closer at your code, it is also wrong that
> you are
>> using array-based IIF inside the loop - to walk the arrays, you
> should be
>> using IF ( non-array ) and [] subscripts to check each element one
> at a
>> time. It is usually easier to just use array-based AFL - does the
> code I
>> gave you yesterday work?
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Tony" <talcamo@xxx>
>> To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2007 1:34 AM
>> Subject: [amibroker] Re: Could someone point in the right
> direction...
>>
>>
>> > Steve,
>> > Thank you for your response.
>> > I tried changing the 2nd argument to a test (but it still does not
>> > work (see below). I still get the same results. Any suggestions?
>> >
>> > I will explore your second option.
>> > Thank you.
>> >
>> > Tony
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > CheckAlligator = 0;
>> > stop =0;
>> > NumberOfDays =0;
>> > for ( i=-1; stop > 0 ; i--)
>> > {
>> >
>> > CheckAlligator =IIf( Ref(AlligatorGreen,i) > Ref(AlligatorRed,i)
> AND
>> > Ref(AlligatorGreen,i) > Ref(AlligatorBlue, i) AND
>> > Ref(AlligatorRed,i) > Ref(AlligatorBlue, i) ,1, 0);
>> >
>> > // if in uptrend increment the NumberOfDays variable
>> > if (CheckAlligator == 1 )
>> > NumberOfDays = 1 + NumberOfDays;
>> > else
>> > stop = 1;
>> >
>> > }// end for loop
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Steve Dugas" <sjdugas@> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Hi - In 2nd arg of for loop header, you are assigning a value of
>> > zero
>> >> instead of testing for it, so I am guessing the expression
> returns
>> > zero and
>> >> so is never true. Might be easier to do this without a loop,
>> > something
>> >> like...
>> >>
>> >> InTrend = AlligatorGreen > AlligatorRed AND AlligatorRed >
>> > AlligatorBlue;
>> >> NotInTrend = NOT InTrend;
>> >> TrendBars = BarsSince( NotInTrend );
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Steve
>> >>
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: "Tony" <talcamo@>
>> >> To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2007 10:26 PM
>> >> Subject: [amibroker] Could someone point in the right
> direction...
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> > Hi,
>> >> >
>> >> > I am trying to write an exploration to loop back thru 3 arrays
> to
>> >> > confirm how many days ago there was a crossover of the 3 moving
>> >> > averages defined below. This is related the the Bill Williams
>> > Chaos
>> >> > Theory ( the alligator). Once the exploration is executed I
> would
>> > be
>> >> > able to see which stocks are still in an uptrend and have been
> in
>> > an
>> >> > uptrend for the longest time.
>> >> >
>> >> > However in my current formula, the for loop drops out on the
> very
>> >> > first pass. I cannot figure out why. It never adds anything to
> the
>> >> > NumberOfDays variable.
>> >> >
>> >> > I am certain the checkAlligator formula is correct as i tested
> it
>> >> > manually. I just added the ref() and the index counter for my
>> >> > formula, so it could loop back through the data.
>> >> >
>> >> > I would be gratefully if someone could explain to me what i a
>> > doing
>> >> > incorrectly? or point me in the correct direction.
>> >> >
>> >> > Thank you kindly in advance...
>> >> >
>> >> > Regards,
>> >> >
>> >> > Tony
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > A=((H+L)/2);
>> >> >
>> >> > AlligatorBlue=Ref(Wilders(A,13),-8);
>> >> > AlligatorRed=Ref(Wilders(A,8),-5);
>> >> > AlligatorGreen=Ref(Wilders(A,5),-3);
>> >> > CheckAlligator = 0;
>> >> > NumberOfDays =0;
>> >> > for ( i=-1; stop = 0 ; i--)
>> >> > {
>> >> >
>> >> > CheckAlligator =IIf( Ref(AlligatorGreen,i) > Ref
> (AlligatorRed,i)
>> > AND
>> >> > Ref(AlligatorGreen,i) > Ref(AlligatorBlue, i)
>> > AND
>> >> > Ref(AlligatorRed,i) > Ref(AlligatorBlue,
> i) ,1,
>> > 0);
>> >> >
>> >> > // if in uptrend increment the NumberOfDays variable
>> >> > if (CheckAlligator == 1 )
>> >> > NumberOfDays = 1 + NumberOfDays;
>> >> > else
>> >> > stop = 1;
>> >> >
>> >> > }// end for loop
>> >> >
>> >> > Filter = C > 1;
>> >> > AddColumn(i , "index ");
>> >> > AddColumn(Checkalligator , "Checkalligator");
>> >> > AddColumn(NumberOfDays , "NumberOfDays ");
>> >> > AddColumn(Close , "Close");
>> >> > AddColumn(AlligatorGreen, "AlligatorGreen");
>> >> > AddColumn(AlligatorRed, "AlligatorRed");
>> >> > AddColumn(AlligatorBlue, "AlligatorBlue");
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
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