Louis, you mean you want the 'gradient' of the slope...?? Straight lines can't be 'smooth' or otherwise.
--- In [email protected], "Louis P." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > @Joe Landry: Thanks for the tips. I'm not sure how the K-ratio can help on > this, but if it can help... > > @Ara: I'm sorry if what I said was not clear. What I want to do is to > calculate a % pullback from a HHV of a stock but I want the slope to be > "smooth", that is, I am not happy to see a 5 or 10% pullback but would like > to see a 5 or 10% pullback with a particular slope inclination. That is: > if the stock dropped 10% in a day is not the same as if it quietly lost 0.5% > for 20 days (would not be exactly 10%, but this is an image). You > understand what I mean? I want the slope to be as smooth as possible with a > particular inclation %. Is this possible? > > Thanks, > > Louis > > > > 2008/9/5 Ara Kaloustian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Louis, > > > > I am not quite sure what you mean by "a smooth slope". > > > > Do you want to have a plot of prices that are smoothed ... as you would gt > > with a filter?? > > > > OR do you want a computed value of slope at some particular point? ... if > > so at what point ... or do you want a plot of the slope ... etc > > > > If you can be moe specific that would be halpful! > > > > A > > > > ** > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > *From:* Louis P. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > *To:* [email protected] > > *Sent:* Friday, September 05, 2008 8:41 AM > > *Subject:* Re: [amibroker] How to calculate a slope % with Rsquared > > without a loop? > > > > Hi, > > > > Linear function is my big problem. I'm so weak using that. What is the > > difference between using this and doing it the other way? > > > > BTW, how would you set the number of bars in the current: > > > > HHVBars(Var,period); // Find number of bars - distance from HHV to current > > bar > > %slope = ((Highest high - currentclose) / Highest high) / number of bars * > > 100; > > > > Thanks, > > > > Louis > > > > > > 2008/9/4 Ara Kaloustian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >> You can also use linearray to draw a stright line from HHV to current > >> point. > >> > >> Look up LinearReg function > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> *From:* Ara Kaloustian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> *To:* [email protected] > >> *Sent:* Thursday, September 04, 2008 10:37 AM > >> *Subject:* Re: [amibroker] How to calculate a slope % with Rsquared > >> without a loop? > >> > >> Try this: > >> > >> HHV(Var,period); // find value of highest high > >> HHVBars(Var,period); // Find number of bars - distance from HHV to current > >> bar > >> %slope = ((Highest high - currentclose) / Highest high) / number of bars * > >> 100; > >> > >> You may choose to define slope in a different way, but this is the basic > >> structure > >> > >> A > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> *From:* Louis P. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> *To:* [email protected] > >> *Sent:* Thursday, September 04, 2008 9:34 AM > >> *Subject:* Re: [amibroker] How to calculate a slope % with Rsquared > >> without a loop? > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> Thanks for your response. I should have said I want to calculate a slope > >> from a high point; I'd like to get a smooth slope from a HHV... How would > >> you do that? > >> > >> Thanks a lot! > >> Louis > >> > >> 2008/9/4 Ara Kaloustian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > >>> %slope = (variable - Ref(Variable,-x) ) / Ref(Variable,-x) * 100; > >>> > >>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>> *From:* Louis P. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>> *To:* [email protected] > >>> *Sent:* Thursday, September 04, 2008 9:20 AM > >>> *Subject:* [amibroker] How to calculate a slope % with Rsquared without > >>> a loop? > >>> > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> I was wondering how to calculate the % of a slope without doing any > >>> loop. Anybody has any idea? > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >>> > >>> Louis > >>> > >>> > >> > > > > >
