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Thanks for the reply. The problem was that, by accident, the date you
choose in the example was not a trading day for US stock, and thus not
in the data array. Thus L01 was always zero. Thanks again for the
help and the function. wwflhp
--- In equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Dusant" <dusant@xxxx> wrote:
> wwflhp
>
> The Normalise by date is simple "mmddyy" date format. Therefore is
you want the plot to be normalised from December 1 2003, just type in
120103 in the input window.
>
> To make things simpler, change the line:
>
> D1:=Input("Normalise from Date",010100,123199,010101);
>
> to
>
> D1:=Input("Normalise from Date-MMDDYY",010100,123199,010101);
>
> You could also check if the original data is containing data which
has splits. Splits can make the "steps" occur.
>
> I think it would be better to paste the entire formula here, by
which I could check it out for errors.
>
> Dusant
> Chief Architect
> http://www.candlestrength.com/
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "wwflhp" <wwfarr@xxxx>
> To: <equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 10:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [EquisMetaStock Group] Comparing multiple issues by
percentage
>
>
> >
> > Dusant,
> > I am trying to use the "Comparing multiple issues by percentage"
> > posted on Tue Sep 7, 2004 with stocks. I have run into several
> > problems. I copied and pasted the formula exactly, and then changed
> > the pathnames for aa: to aa:= Security("C:\MetaStock
> > Data\S&P500\AMD",C);, bb:= Security("C:\MetaStock
> > Data\S&P500\INTC",C); etc. for seven stocks.
> > The first problem I have is that I get thousands of divide by zero
> > errors. When I say ignore errors and I select "1=Normal", I get a
> > plot that is a step like plot with each step lasting about three
> > months that I guess is supposed to be the average of the stock prices.
> > If I plot in: I get the same step like plot (but the sum of the
> > stocks prices). If I change all of the stocks to be the same, I get a
> > step like plot that is the stock's price at the beginning of the three
> > month period.
> > When I select "2=Normalised" and the default Normalise from Date
> > of "10101", I get a flat line of minus 1.
> > I suspect the date format or formulas. I don't understand the
> > date format in D1:=Input("Normalise from Date",010100,123199,010101);.
> > Nor do I understand the L01: function what it does and how it does
> > it. Can you help. I do want to use a percentage comparison function.
> > Thanks. wwflhp
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