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they have a whole collection of indicators... LOL... don't know which is what... the commentaries sound enticing tho.

here are some chart examples from the TSSupport forum.

probably a derivative of TRIX.

LIBB works best in longer term bars. e.g. daily charts. There is a full section in the EasyLanguage manual on this topic. The answers to your questions should be there.

PLOT does not use much computing power because each plot is only calculated ONCE. however drawing objects are recalculated again after each tick and re-drawn on the screen again even if there are no changes to their placement on the chart. drawing objects are: TL_new(), ARW_new(), TEXT_new() if you right click on the chart, a window will pop up. select Format drawings... you will see the number of drawing objects you have on that chart. I have 4000+ drawing objects on some of my charts, they haven't caused any slow down yet.

After installation, look under c: \program files\ADE for All Data Everywhere.doc (manual) and All Data Everywhere.ELD (indicators)

companion add-on: ADE http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/f46/ade-all-data-everywhere-easylanguage-5934.html

author: Bamboo ADE - All Data Everywhere Introduction The “All Data Everywhere” library (or ADE for short) is a set of EasyLanguage functions and indicators that allow you to store any kind of data for any symbol and bar interval. You can then access that data from any study or strategy, regardless of the symbol or bar interval. One powerful use for ADE is to store higher timeframe data for a symbol and then access that data from a lower timeframe. For example, you can calculate and store ADX and RSI for a 30 minute chart, and then you can access that data from a 5 minute chart. Another powerful use for ADE is to look at data for other symbols. You can use ADE to store data (OHLC, volume, indicators, etc) for an entire portfolio of symbols, and then you can access the data for any symbol from any other symbol. This makes it possible to perform analyses that depend on the relationships between different symbols in your portfolio. ADE includes the ability to save data to text files and load it back. This means that you can pre-calculate and store data for any symbols and timeframes you want, and you can retrieve that data whenever you want. For example, you can store five years of data for a 30 minute MSFT chart. If you open a 30 minute MSFT chart with only one month of data, your study or strategy can load the five years of historical data and append only the new data. It is not necessary to recalculate the entire five years every time. Installation instructions and sample indicators are provided in the zip file. note: ADE uses the ELCollections library, so you must install ELCollections before you install ADE. Also, taking the time to learn how ELCollections works will allow you to make the most of ADE. http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/f46/collections-for-easylanguage-5929.html ADESETUP.ZIP

automatic installation version. after installation, look under c: \program files\ELCOLLECTIONS for ELCollections.doc (manual) and ELCollections.ELD (functions) . ELCOLLECTIONSSetup.zip

it would be easier to download the free Ninjatrader and let the wizard to do it for you. or, if you are serious about trading and backtesting, get MultiCharts.

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with today's computer... I don't think you need to worry about CPU power. open your Task Manager and you will your CPU is running below 20% most of the time. furthermore... the moving average is only calculated ONCE... and plotted ONCE on your chart. and updates only if there is a change on the chart. if you use the function averageFC() instead of average(), it uses even less computing power. the easiest way is to control the plot: if d > (currentdate - lookback) then plot1( MovingAverage, "MA"); .

you can always give it a try. your computer should have plenty of power to handle this.

in the message box... hover your mouse above the little icons, you will see the "hints". check out the one below the scissors...

nice ! Why didn't I think of that? ;-)

author: Bamboo Collections for EasyLanguage Introduction The ELCollections library supports two kinds of collections: Lists and Maps. A List is an ordered list of values. Values can be pushed onto the front or back of the list, and they can be popped off the front or back. They can also be inserted or removed at any position in the list. A value can be accessed by an index (like an array), or by looking at the front or back of the list. Lists can be “grown” on demand by adding or inserting values. A Map associates keys and values. A key is a piece of data for which you want to store an associated value. For example, suppose you want to store the last closing price for each symbol. You can put this information in a map, which can be represented conceptually like this: CSCO -> 19.74 IBM -> 93.37 MSFT -> 29.77 ORCL -> 13.34 Creating a Collection There are two ways to create a collection: the New method and the Share method. Both of these methods return a numeric ID for the new collection. This ID must be stored in a variable and passed to any functions that operate on the collection. The New method creates a collection that is visible only to the current study or strategy. It does not take any arguments. The Share method creates a collection that can be shared by multiple studies or strategies. It takes a single argument, which is a unique name that identifies the collection. If no collection with that name exists, it is created; otherwise, the ID of the existing collection is returned. Note that a collection can only be shared within a single application. Charting, RadarScreen, and OptionStation are different applications, so a collection cannot be shared across them. Collections of Collections It is possible to create a collection that contains other collections. For example, you can create a Map of Lists, a Map of Maps, a List of Maps, or a List of Lists. This allows you to create sophisticated data structures to solve all kinds of problems. For MultiCharts users: Please place the elcollections.dll in the Multicharts.exe program directory (i.e. "C: \Program Files\TS Support\Multicharts\"). Once that it done you can import the "ELCollections.eld" file in the zip with PLEditor and you have ELCollections installed. Manual & instructions in the zip file. ELCollections.zip

can you post a mock up? is this for daily chart?

yes... you use a flag to set the condition. this is a flag order.filled = false; you will need to set it to true once the condition is met. order.filled = true;

I don't know. I am still experimenting with this. I think if the exchange is in a different time zone than your computer, there will be a problem. But I don't know how to fix that yet. :-(

is your chart's exchange time zone different from your computer's time zone? One of my chart is exhibiting the symptom you are describing.

don't just look at the PnL... look also at the MFE and MAE. They are telling you your long term viability.

good ADX trading idea here: http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/f34/why-adx-20-is-a-lie-5839.html

iADX -- an Improved Mouse Trap This is just an ordinary ADX... I tweaked the presentation for easier reading. The ADX line is shown as a histogram, with up and down colors. The color is based on the slope of a 9 XMA. When the ADX line is declining, the width of the histogram becomes narrow, that is because we are only concerned with a rising ADX slope. In the chart illustration below, I have included the original ADX for your comparison. enjoy! p.s. good news to MultiCharts users: James has added PLA as a valid upload file format. You can click on the PLA file below and import the indicator automatically into MultiCharts. TradeStation users are invited to post your ELD. iADX.txt iADX_(MultiCharts).pla

you can give this a try: load up INDU as data4 change the code to: if time > 1530 then Spread = close data2 - close data4 else Spread = close data2 - close data1; at 1530, the indicator would automatically switch over to INDU. ;-)

there is always a market for paid information... and a market for free information. what you cannot offer for free, you charge, what you cannot get for free, you pay. The Google boys are probably rubbing their hands right now... Murdoch will drive more business their way. LOL