Sorry, the line
MACD_Bars = BarsSince(0,MD);
should be
MACD_Bars = BarsSince(Cross(0,MD));
----- Original Message -----
From: "bilbo0211" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <amibroker@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 6:45 AM
Subject: [amibroker] Re: code help request
>I don't think that will work because MD just crossed above zero so
>
> BarsSince(MD==0);
>
> will be 1.
>
> I think you need something like
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> bsZeroCross=BarsSince(MD==0);
> bsPrevZeroCross=BarsSince(Ref(MD,-bsZeroCross)==0)
> LowPrice = LLV(Low,bsZeroCross+bsPrevZeroCross);
>
> Bill
>
> --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "Ara Kaloiustian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> Find out when the negative MACD cycle started:
>>
>> MD = MACD(...);
>> MACD_Bars = BarsSince(0,MD);
>> LowPrice = LLV(Low,MACD_Bars);
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Higgs Boson
>> To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 11:43 PM
>> Subject: [amibroker] code help request
>>
>>
>> What function(s) should I be looking at for the following pseudo
> code?
>>
>> When MACD crosses positive, buy, and use the lowest price during the
>> previous negative MACD swing as a stop.
>>
>> I'm pretty sure I can write the buy conditioned on the cross with
> little
>> problem. But at this point I have no idea how to write that stop.
>>
>> I am not a programmer at all, but I once got a Unix box to output,
> "Hello,
>> world!" It was probably dumb luck.
>>
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