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Perfect pumrysh,

Thanks
Fernando




--- In equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, pumrysh <no_reply@xxx> wrote:
>
> Fernando,
> 
> Seems we had a discussion similar to this back in March of this year.
> There is a universal indicator that we can use to solve our problem. 
> Let's first define our problem though. 
> 
> The indicator we will use is:
> 
> {Up/Down Histogram}
> X:={your indicator here};
> Up:=If(X>0,X,0);
> Dwn:=If(X<0,X,0);
> Up; Dwn;
> 
> Notice in the Up/Down that there are two important items that we need 
> to deal with if we are going to use the RSI as our indicator. 
> 
> First, the RSI does not oscillate above and below zero. It simply 
> moves from 0 to 100.
> 
> Second, we must determine a midpoint. It appears that you have 
> already determined that 50 is our midpopint.
> 
> We can resolve the problem then in two different ways. One would be 
> to maintain the indicator as it is and let it oscillate above and 
> below 50. In which case our indicator would be:
> 
> {Up/Down Histogram}
> X:=RSI(5){your indicator here};
> Up:=If(X>50,X,0);
> Dwn:=If(X<50,X,0);
> Up; Dwn;
> 
> The other solution would be to rescale the RSI so that it oscillates 
> above and below 50. We do this by simply subtracting 50 from its 
> original value. Then apply the Up/Down indicator. Like this:
> 
> {Up/Down Histogram}
> X:=RSI(5)-50{your indicator here};
> Up:=If(X>0,X,0);
> Dwn:=If(X<0,X,0);
> Up; Dwn;
> 
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
> Preston
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- In equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Fernando Santos" 
> <ptc_man3@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi.
> > 
> > I'd like to know if its possible to create an histogram from any 
> > indicator.
> > 
> > Imagine that we have an indicator measured between 0 and 100. Lets 
> take 
> > the RSI. Can we put him like and histogram?
> > 
> > I tried this:
> > 
> > If(RSI(5)>50,RSI(5),50);
> > If(RSI(5)<50,RSI(5),50)
> > 
> > but naturally that this didn't work.
> > 
> > Any thoughts?
> > 
> > Regards
> > Fernando
> >
>



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