Hi Patrick,

Thanks for the hint Patrick. This is indeed the simplest way to do it.

Regards
Richard

--- In [email protected], "NW Trader" <ta4cha...@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Richard,
> 
> Take a look at the BarsSince() function.  E.g. BarsSince(Cross(RSI(2), 90)); 
> used in an exploration.  You could than sort that column for the most recent 
> or oldest.  I'm not in AB at the moment, so haven't tested this, but think 
> it's pretty straightforward (and faster than looping).  If you wanted, you 
> could also include this in a title so you would see the info on a stock by 
> stock basis. 
> 
> Peace and Justice   ---   Patrick
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Richard 
>   To: [email protected] 
>   Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 3:12 PM
>   Subject: [amibroker] Re: RSI(2) and AddToComposite
> 
> 
>   Hello All,
> 
>   I have been following this post with interest. Thank you to everyone for 
> the contribution. I have a question related to this subject.
>   What is the simplest way to count how many days/bars the RSI(2) signal 
> stays below/above certain level? For instance - count bars IF (RSI(2) < 5). 
> Do I need to use looping code or "cum" may do the job?
> 
>   Regards
>   Richard
> 
>   --- In [email protected], "NW Trader" <ta4charts@> wrote:
>   >
>   > Hi all
>   > 
>   > Below (and attached) is another way to address the issue.  While it may 
> run much faster on longer watchlists, it does suffer from one problem that I 
> haven't figured out how to address -- the total number of issues with RSI(2) 
> over 90 is at the top of the column, however I haven't figured out how to 
> export that total to use in creating a chart to track how the number compares 
> to other market indices (something I'd like to do, preferably in a chart).  
> If anyone else out there has solved this, I'd be grateful for some direction 
> or code as I have several other instances of list totals that I'd like to 
> chart. 
>   > 
>   > Thanks in advance for any solution.
>   > 
>   > Peace and Justice   ---   Patrick
>   > 
>   > 
> //===============================================================================
>   > // Find the total number of issues with RSI(2) over 90
>   > //  Run in Exploration against a watchlist (or industry, group, etc) to 
> generate the total number of issues with RSI(2) over 90
>   > //        Runs on ver 5.2 or higher and also generates a column with the 
> RSI(2) value sorted from high to low
>   > 
>   > RSI2_90 = RSI(2) > 90;
>   > 
>   > Filter = 1;
>   > 
>   > ADDCOLUMN( C, "LAST", 3.2, COLORYELLOW,COLORBLUE, 75) ;
>   > ADDCOLUMN( RSI2_90 , "RSI(2) > 90" , 1.0 , COLORWHITE,COLORGREEN , 75);
>   > ADDCOLUMN( RSI(2) , "RSI(2) " ,  3.2, COLORDARKGREEN, COLORLIGHTGREY, 100 
> );
>   > 
>   > ADDSUMMARYROWS( 1, 1.0 , 4 );
>   > SETSORTCOLUMNS( -4, -5 ) ;
>   > 
>   > 
>   > 
>   > 
>   >   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   >   From: bistrader 
>   >   To: [email protected] 
>   >   Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 10:48 AM
>   >   Subject: [amibroker] Re: RSI(2) and AddToComposite
>   > 
>   > 
>   >   I believe you could also start with something like the following, with 
> your rsi code added, and do via regular bactest, plot or whatever.
>   > 
>   >   function CountWatchList( listnum )
>   >   {
>   >   // retrive comma-separated list of symbols in watch list
>   >   list = CategoryGetSymbols( categoryWatchlist, listnum );
>   > 
>   >   Count = 0; // just in case there are no watch list members
>   > 
>   >   for( i = 0; ( sym = StrExtract( list, i ) ) != ""; i++ )
>   >   {
>   >   Count = Count + 1;
>   >   }
>   >   return Count;
>   >   }
>   > 
>   >   Count = CountWatchList(10);
>   >   //Filter = 1;
>   >   //AddColumn(Count, "Count", 5.3);
>   >   //Plot or whatever here
>   > 
>   > 
>   > 
>   >   --- In [email protected], "woodshedder_blogspot" 
> <woodshedder_blogspot@> wrote:
>   >   >
>   >   > Wern, I think this will work for you. You'll need to use the scan 
> feature. It is also going to compute a universe count for you as well. You 
> can of course tweak the universe parameters any way you like.
>   >   > 
>   >   > Regards,
>   >   > Wood
>   >   > 
>   >   > Buy = Sell = 0;
>   >   > Universe = 0;
>   >   > RSI2Count = 0;
>   >   > AV10=MA(V,10);
>   >   > RSI2=RSI(2);
>   >   >  
>   >   > // Scan and Count Universe
>   >   > for (i=1; i<BarCount; i++)
>   >   > {
>   >   > if (C[i]>1 AND AV10[i]>100000)
>   >   >   Universe[i] = Universe[i] + 1;
>   >   > } 
>   >   > AddToComposite (Universe, "~Universe", "X");
>   >   > Plot ( Foreign("~Universe", "X"), "Universe",6,1);
>   >   >  
>   >   > // Scan and Count RSI2 > 90
>   >   > for (i=1; i<BarCount; i++)
>   >   > {
>   >   > if (C[i]>1 AND AV10[i]>100000 AND RSI2>90)
>   >   >   RSI2Count[i] = RSI2Count[i] + 1;
>   >   > } 
>   >   > AddToComposite (RSI2Count, "~RSI2Count", "X");
>   >   > Plot ( Foreign("~RSI2Count", "X"), "RSI2Count",6,1);
>   >   > 
>   >   > --- In [email protected], "wernkra" <WKRAG@> wrote:
>   >   > >
>   >   > > Hi there,
>   >   > > 
>   >   > > is there a way to count the number of stocks which are at a certain 
> RSI(2) threshold?
>   >   > > I'd like to plot the number of stocks with RSI(2) > 90.
>   >   > > 
>   >   > > I guess that could be done with AddtoComposite.
>   >   > > 
>   >   > > How would I do that?
>   >   > > 
>   >   > > Thanks.
>   >   > > 
>   >   > > Wern
>   >   > >
>   >   >
>   > 
>   > 
>   > 
>   > 
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