Hi Rich -- See if this helps. You may not need a loop.
///////////////////////////////// // buy_breakout.afl // Lookback = Optimize( "Lookback", 5, 1, 10, 1 ); HoldDays = Optimize( "HoldDays", 1, 1, 5, 1 ); Buy = H == HHV( H, Lookback ); Sell = BarsSince( Buy ) >= HoldDays; ///////////////////////////////// Thanks, Howard On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 6:16 AM, foxblade2000invest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Hello, > > I have a simple "system" as follows; > > buy= h==hhv(h,5); > sell=barssince(buy)=1 > > Basically buys on the high of the last 5 days. I would like to ammend > it to buy on the high of either 5,4,3,2 or 1 days (don't worry about > the logic, it's the principle I'm interested in.) > > Is this achieved by looping and would someone be so knd to ammend > that formula to achieve the required outcome? I want to avoid "or" as > in relity, the code is much more complicated than above. > > I have tried, and failed, to loop this myself. > > Thanks in advance for any help, > Rich > > >
