thanks Bill, i'll follow it up Keith
----- Original Message ----- From: Bill Hebert To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2014 5:23 AM Subject: Re: [EquisMetaStock Group] accuracy of code signals Four things to check or truy, 1) One thing to check and seeis how much data you are loading to make sure you have enough data for the indicators to work properly 2) Based on what you have written - (high of today to be greater than a 20MA) AND (the 20MA to be above a 40MA) Try ColA = (Mov(c,20,S) >=Mov(C,40,S)) AND (H >=Mov(C,20,S)) and leave off the Volume Filter for now to see of that is right before adding the Volume Filter or you can try ColC = ColA AND ColB but leave off the Volume Filter until you get it working without it first 3) Try doing something very simple and basic and get that to work ad then add things to it and check each addition as you add it. 4) Make sure you are doing a Daily Exploration and not a Weekly Exploration ----- Original Message ----- From: a To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 7:22 PM Subject: [EquisMetaStock Group] accuracy of code signals I'm just testing to get a reliable signal from MS 7.2 but little luck so far in a simple exploration, I asked for the high of today to be greater than a 20MA and the 20MA to be above a 40MA so ColA Mov(c,20,S) >=Mov(C,40,S) ColB H >=Mov(C,20,S) with a volume filter out of 2000 stocks , I got about 12% & most were wrong so I changed ColA to Cross(H,Mov(C,20,S) & this time I got about 1.5% -- pretty good I thought but when I looked at the charts, all showed the 20ma above the 40ma , and all had the high above the 20ma, but none crossed today ! -- most crossed 5-10 days ago I thought the Cross would be tight but not true am I missing something here? I'd appreciate some advice as to how to sweettalk MS into doing what I asked it to thansk Keith
