Heikin Ashi or Ttm Trend Strategy

[ju99alo2 10]

I have looked back at all the previous posts and codes but cannot figure out how to get this strategy to work properly for Tradestation. I want to buy on the up colored bars and exit and reverse on the down colored bars. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

Eric

[sevensa 10]

  ju99alo2 said:

I have looked back at all the previous posts and codes but cannot figure out how to get this strategy to work properly for Tradestation. I want to buy on the up colored bars and exit and reverse on the down colored bars. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

Eric

 

Why not post the code you have so far? If you post what you have so far, someone might point you in the right direction. Otherwise you are expecting someone to guess exactly what you want and write something from scratch. I doubt you will find anyone here willing to do that.

[ju99alo2 10]

This is all I have so far guys

 

 

 

if color = UpColor then

buy next bar at market

else

if color = DnColor then

sell short next bar at market ;

[sevensa 10]

  ju99alo2 said:

This is all I have so far guys

 

 

 

if color = UpColor then

buy next bar at market

else

if color = DnColor then

sell short next bar at market ;

 

 

How do you define/program UpColor, DownColor and color?

[ju99alo2 10]

I pulled this from the tradestation forums on someone else who tried to formulate a strategy as well.

 

 

inputs: CompBars(6), UpColor(Blue), DnColor(Red), BarWidth(1);

 

vars: haClose(0), haOpen(0), color(0);

 

if BarNumber = 1 then

begin

haOpen = open;

haClose = (O+H+L+C)/4;

end;

 

if BarNumber > 1 then

begin

haClose = (O+H+L+C)/4;

haOpen = (haOpen [1] + haClose [1])/2 ;

 

{ .................................................. .............................. }

 

if haClose > haOpen then color = UpColor

else color = DnColor;

 

for value1 = 1 to CompBars

begin

if haOpen <= MaxList(haOpen[value1],haClose[value1]) and

haOpen >= MinList(haOpen[value1],haClose[value1]) and

haClose <= MaxList(haOpen[value1],haClose[value1]) and

haClose >= MinList(haOpen[value1],haClose[value1]) then

color = color[value1];

end;

 

 

 

if haClose > haOpen then

Begin

Buy next bar at market;

End;

if haClose < haOpen then

Begin

sell next bar at market;

End;

End;

[sevensa 10]

What doesn't work about it? Do you get any errors? What doesn't it do that it should? What does it do that it shouldn't?

 

If you do not clearly fomulate what it is you want, no one can help you.

[ju99alo2 10]

Let me just say I'm very new to easylanguage. I put in the code that was in my last post, it verified but nothing showed up on the chart once I enabled it. From what I understand, what is missing is the code below. I tried adding it, but it will not verify now.

 

Thanks

 

 

if color = UpColor then

buy next bar at market

else

if color = DnColor then

sell short next bar at market ;

[3monkeys 10]

Hi Oakbrook,

It doesn't help to just cut and paste what other forum members had shown you.

 

Have you had a chance to look at the free TS tutorial?

 

Here are some links and references that may be helpful to you if you are just beginning to learn EasyLanguage:

 

Introduction to EasyLanguage Tutorial

 

Introduction to EasyLanguage Online Seminar

 

EasyLanguage Books ("Getting Started with TradeStation EasyLanguage", “TradeStation EasyLanguage Reference Guide", and “EasyLanguage Boot Camp”)

 

EasyLanguage FAQ

 

List of EasyLanguage Reference Posts

 

Seminar Schedule

 

Demonstration Code: A source of demonstration code is the EasyLanguage “work area”, the body of strategies and analysis techniques the EasyLanguage code for which is included in TradeStation. This code can be opened and reviewed any time by following the File -> Open EasyLanguage Document menu sequence.

 

Third-Party EasyLanguage Specialists Directory (This link takes you to a web page hosted by TradeStation Technologies, Inc., an affiliate of TradeStation Securities, Inc.)

 

What you want is probably something like this, but it is really up to you to debug and figure out the logic:

 

inputs: CompBars(6), UpColor(Blue), DnColor(Red), BarWidth(1); 

vars: haClose(0), haOpen(0), color(0); 

if BarNumber = 1 then 
begin 
haOpen = open; 
haClose = (O+H+L+C)/4; 
end; 

if BarNumber > 1 then 
begin 
haClose = (O+H+L+C)/4; 
haOpen = (haOpen [1] + haClose [1])/2 ; 

{ ......................... ......................... ......................... ..... } 

if haClose > haOpen then color = UpColor 
else color = DnColor; 

for value1 = 1 to CompBars 
begin 
if haOpen <= MaxList(haOpen[value1],haClose[value1]) and 
haOpen >= MinList(haOpen[value1],haClose[value1]) and 
haClose <= MaxList(haOpen[value1],haClose[value1]) and 
haClose >= MinList(haOpen[value1],haClose[value1]) then 
color = color[value1]; 
end; 


if color = UpColor then 
buy next bar at market 
else 
if color = DnColor then 
sell short next bar at market ;
End;