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Andrew, you can get rid of at least 6 of the 8 PREV functions in your 
code, as well as some redundant code, with the code below which gives 
identical signals to the sloooow original.

---8<----------------

{ Single MA System }
{ Entry: slope of MA changes in one bar. }
{ Exit: reverse of Entry }

B1:=Input("EMA periods",1,300,50);
B2:=Input("TStop periods",1,100,10);

MA:=Mov(C,B1,E);
Set:=Cross(C,MA);
Reset:=Cross(MA,C);
Init:=Cum(Set+Reset>-1)=1; {thanks Roy}

Trigger1:=BarsSince(Init OR Set)
 <BarsSince(Init OR Reset)+(Cum(Set)=1);

TStopL:=If(Trigger1,
 BarsSince(ROC(Trigger1,1,$)>0)=B2,0);

long:=If(PREV=0,Set,
 If(Reset OR BarsSince(PREV=0)>=B2,0,1));

Trigger3:=BarsSince(Init OR Reset)
 <BarsSince(Init OR Set)+(Cum(Reset)=1);

TStopS:=If(Trigger3,
 BarsSince(ROC(Trigger3,1,$)>0)=B2,0);

short:=BarsSince(Init OR Reset)
 <BarsSince(Init OR Set OR TStopS)
 +(Cum(Reset)=1);

long-short

---8<----------------


jose '-)
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--- In equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Andrew Tomlinson" 
<andrew_tomlinson@xxxx> wrote:
> 
> I am writing some code to follow Le Beau's strategy for testing 
Entries in
> "Computer Analysis of the Futures Markets" - i.e. test a bunch of 
entries
> using with the only exits being time stops and compare to a random 
entry. I
> am therefore assuming an entry as per the system, and an exit as the 
earlier
> of a system reversal or a time stop. 
> 
> For a long and short system, I am ending up with code with 4 PREV 
latches. I
> can't get the indicator exit and the time stop in the same latch 
since the
> time stop needs to refer to the prior latch to set the clock 
running. This
> seems to work, but it feels clumsy - is there a better way? 
> 
> Here's an example, written as an indicator which will show long 
positions as
> +1, short as -1 and time out of the market as 0. The entry is on the 
slope
> of a moving average. I've annotated the long side for clarity. Short 
is just
> the opposite of long. I have included entry and exit signals for use 
in
> TE/TradeSim/System Tester although they're not actually used in the
> Indicator. Ideally I'm trying to get to a baseline code that I can 
use to
> quickly compare different entries. [NB this is not a tradable system 
-it
> cuts off trends way too early- just an exercise to compare different
> entries]
> 
> Thanks for your thoughts
> Andrew
> 
> 
----------------------------------------------------------------------
------
> ---------------------------
> 
> {Single MA System - gives entry signals when slope of MA changes to 
up or
> down in one day. Exit is a reverse signal or a time stop. Indicator.
}
> 
> 
> B1:= Input("Enter bars for MA1",1,300,50);
> B2:= Input("Enter bars for TStop",1,100,10);
> 
> MA:=  Mov(C,B1,E);         {today's MA}
> MA1:= Ref(Mov(C,B1,E),-1); {yesterday's MA}
> MA2:= Ref(Mov(C,B1,E),-2); {day before yesterday's MA}
> 
> Set:=   MA2>=MA1 AND MA1<MA;   {MA turns up}
> Reset:= MA2<=MA1 AND MA1>MA;   {MA turns down}
> 
> Trigger1:= If(PREV=0,If(Set,1,0),If(Reset,0,PREV)); 
>      {first binary trigger for set and reset signals}
> TStopL:=if(Trigger1=1,if(barssince(roc(Trigger1,1,$)>0)=B2,1,0),0);
>      {time stop keying off Trigger1}
> Trigger2:= If(PREV=0,If(Set,1,0),If(Reset OR TStopL,0,PREV));
>      {second binary trigger to include time stop}
> Long:=Trigger2;
> 
> EL:=if(ref(long,-1)=0,if(set,1,0),0); 
>     {Enter Long if you're out of the market and get an indicator 
buy}
> CL:=if(ref(long,-1)=1,if(Reset OR TStopL,-1,1),0);
>     {Close Long on an indicator sell or time stop}
> 
> 
> Trigger3:= If(PREV=0,If(Reset,1,0),If(Set,0,PREV));
> TStopS:=if(Trigger3=1,if(barssince(roc(Trigger3,1,$)>0)=B2,1,0),0);
> Trigger4:= If(PREV=0,If(Reset,1,0),If(Set OR TStopS,0,PREV));
> Short:=Trigger4;
> 
> ES:=if(ref(short,-1)=0,if(Reset,1,0),0);
> CS:=if(ref(short,-1)=1,if(Set OR TStopS,-1,1),0);
> 
> Long - Short; {i.e., will show +1 for long market position, -1 for 
short and
> 0 for out}




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