Help with Metastock 6.0 / Windows 95 Testers

["rickyp" <rickyp@xxxxxxxxxx>]

greetings,

  this is my first post to this list, i am using metastock version 6.0 
for windows 95/NT (i use windows 95).

  i am making my first attempt at building a testable method.

	i am using a price oscillator:  oscp(1,20,S,$)

	i would like to have a variable, OPT1, that specifies a minimum number 
of periods (days) since the oscp has last changed direction.  if it has 
been at least OPT1 days, then a buy signal would be generated.

	i am unsure how to write this formula.  i tried to reference the 
previous oscp values, but could not work a changing OPT1 into the 
formula, and could not determine how to reference the point where the 
oscp last changed direction.


  i would greatly appreciate any suggestions, also, if a FAQ exists, 
please point the way to it!!  (-:


rickyp

p.s., might i create variables in a system test, for example, when the 
oscp reversed, could i have assigned that closing price to, say, 
"close_at_reverse"?

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