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helitrader
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I'm trying to create a simple indicator for Radarscreen that will display the following: 1. Count the number of consecutive days that the total volume for that day has closed higher (or lower) than the total volume for the day before. 2. The indicator must also update at the end of the session for that day. This is what I have so far, but it doesn't update at the end of the session. Any help would be much appreciated: Variables: VolTrend(0), VolUpDays(0), VolDnDays(0), ; //Volume Comparison Calculations If BarStatus(1) = 2 and Volume > Volume[1] then //identifies the last bar of the session & compares volume begin VolUpDays = VolUpDays + 1; VolDnDays = 0; end; If BarStatus(1) = 2 and Volume < Volume[1] then //identifies the last bar of the session & compares volume begin VolDnDays = VolDnDays - 1; VolUpDays = 0; end; If VolUpDays > 0 and VolDnDays = 0 then VolTrend = VolUpDays; If VolDnDays < 0 and VolUpDays = 0 then VolTrend = VolDnDays; Plot1(VolTrend, "Vol Up/Dn"); Helitrader
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I use standard exchange times for the e-minis. On tradestation this would be 3.30pm to 3.15pm the following day CST I believe.
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Hi, Does anyone have a working auto pivot point indicator for the futures on Tradestation? There are many indicators out there to calculate the floor pivots on a daily basis and these can be modified fairly easily to calculate the daily, weekly and monthly pivots using the HLC values at the end of the day/week/month to calculate the pivots for the following day/week/month using the supplied tradestation functions: High, Low, Close - daily HLC values HighW, LowW, CloseW - weekly HLC values HighM, LowM, CloseM - monthly HLC values However, to get the correct values for the pivots on the futures you have to use the actual session times and not the end of day values. For example to determine when to calculate a new set of daily pivots on say the $INDU (in tradestation) a simple check to look for a new day using: Date<>Date[1] can be used to identify the start of a new day. For the futures the start of a new session can be identified using: currentsession(0) <> currentsession(0)[1] This works fine for calculating the daily futures pivots. However, I'm stuck on how to look back over previous sessions on the futures and identify the HLC over the past week/month. Has anyone tackled this and got a working solution to this problem? helitrader.
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Hi, I use it on 233 and 512 tick charts and also on 5min charts. I don't tend to use the indicator to time entries and exits (I don't use any indicator that way, since most indicators lag price). I use it more to give me a heads up as to whether price is consolidating or about to break out, in which case I'll use price action to time my entries. helitrader
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Introduce Yourself Here - Don't Be Shy!!
helitrader replied to trading4life's topic in Beginners Forum
Hi Phreddy, I've been reading through this forum for a few months now, and only recently been asked to submit at least 3 posts, so I guess this may be a new requirement. Either way, the 3 posts thing is a good idea, kind of forces you to contribute. What is jump start? Haven't heard of that. I don't trade any systems at the moment, only discretionary, managing to break even. Helitrader. -
Any thoughts on how TOS compares with IB (interactive brokers)? I used to have an IB account years ago, and after an initial steep learning curve, found them to be very good. I see that IB though have increased there account minimums now. TOS I believe don't have account minimums other than an initial opening figure. helitrader
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Hi, I've been trying to apply the BB squeeze indicator to the major curreny pairs. Already using it on the Ym tick charts and it works very well. I'm experimenting with different input parameter values for to improve the win rate. Does anyone have any suggestions for the best setting to use for the FX pairs? thanks, helitrader
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Introduce Yourself Here - Don't Be Shy!!
helitrader replied to trading4life's topic in Beginners Forum
Hi All, Great forum, already picked up alot of useful ideas from here. Hope to be able to pay it forward soon.