Amibroker 100MA HELP PLEASE!

[77trader 10]

I would REALLY appreciate it if someone would help me with writing the AMIBROKER CODE for a simple 100MA, which indicated swings/ trends using the following parameters:

• Simple 100 bar moving average of the Close

 

• If the 100MA is less than the previous bar’s

 

100MA, then 100MA is down. (colorRed)

 

• If the 100MA is more than the previous bar’s

 

100MA, then 100MA is up. (colorGreen)

 

• If the 100MA is equal to the previous bar’s

 

100MA, then 100MA is flat. (colorBlack)

 

• 100MA direction is always relative to previous bar

 

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• Overall Trend Direction has 3 possibilities

 

– GREEN (Up), RED (Down), BLACK (Flat)

 

• GREEN changes to BLACK if 100MA is down and

 

price closes below 100MA in last 15 bars

 

inclusive of the current bar

 

• RED changes to BLACK if 100MA is more than

 

last bar’s 100MA and price closes above

 

100MA in last 15 bars inclusive of the current bar

 

• BLACK changes to GREEN if the 100MA is up for

 

15 consecutive bars inclusive of the current bar

 

• BLACK changes to RED if the 100MA is down for

 

15 consecutive bars inclusive of the current bar

 

• GREEN can never change to RED and RED can

 

never change to GREEN WITHOUT a BLACK period in between.

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

[77trader 10]

I have the correct code to do this in Think Or Swim (see below), but can't seem to write it for Amibroker.....

 

Think Or Swim

# Calculate and plot Smooth Moving Average (MA100)

 

plot MA100 = Average(close, 100);

MA100.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.Line);

MA100.SetLineWeight(1);

 

MA100.DefineColor("Up", Color.green);

MA100.DefineColor("Down", Color.red);

MA100.DefineColor("Flat", Color.gray);

MA100.AssignValueColor(if MA100[0] > MA100[1] then MA100.color("Up") else if MA100[0] < MA100[1] then MA100.color("Down") else MA100.color("Flat"));

[steveh2009 10]

How's this?

 

MA100 = MA(Close, 100);

// SetBarFillColor(IIf(C > MA100, colorGreen, IIf(C < MA100, colorRed, colorBlack)));

Plot(Close, "", colorBlack, styleCandle);

Plot(MA100, "", IIf(C > MA100, colorGreen, IIf(C < MA100, colorRed, colorBlack)), styleLine | styleThick);

 

You can uncomment that SetBarFillColor() function if you want the candles to be green or red based on whether the close is above or below the 100 ma.

 

[oh, sorry, this is not what you want. I re-read your post just as I submitted this. You want to look at the relationship between sequential 100 ma values, not how it is relative to the close. I'll post that when I get a chance]

Edited August 3, 2011 by steveh2009

[77trader 10]

Thanks for your initial try...Steve!

The colorBlack shows up as a separate line

and the 100MA seemed to be only green.

I tried it this way (below), close but no cigar...

 

I await your next suggestion....

-Ron

 

A = (Close)/100;

MA100 = MA(Close, 100);

// SetBarFillColor(IIf(C > MA100, colorGreen, IIf(C < MA100, colorRed, colorBlack)));

Plot(MA100, "", IIf(C > MA100, colorGreen, IIf(C < MA100, colorRed, colorBlack)), styleLine | styleThick);

_SECTION_END();

[steveh2009 10]

Is this better?

 

 

MA100 = MA(Close, 100);

Ref0 = Ref(MA100, 0);

Ref1 = Ref(MA100, -1);

 

Plot(Close, "", colorBlack, styleCandle);

Plot(MA100, "", IIf(Ref0 > Ref1, colorGreen, IIf(Ref0 < Ref1, colorRed, colorBlack)), styleLine | styleThick);

 

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What you could also do is use 3 points to determine if the 100 ma trend is in a possible transition state. That is, the current point makes sure it's above the last 2 points for green and vice verse for red. (If you have a non-white chart background where yellow shows well, I'd use colorYellow instead of colorBlack for the transition color).

 

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MA100 = MA(Close, 100);

 

Ref0 = Ref(MA100, 0);

Ref1 = Ref(MA100, -1);

Ref2 = Ref(MA100, -2);

 

Plot(Close, "", colorBlack, styleCandle);

Plot(MA100, "", IIf(Ref0 > Ref1 AND Ref1 > Ref2, colorGreen, IIf(Ref0 < Ref1 AND Ref1 < Ref2, colorRed, colorBlack)), styleLine | styleThick);

 

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You should hang out on the Amibroker thread on Yahoo Groups. That's where the developer of Amibroker and all the experts are, not here at TL.

[77trader 10]

Thanks again Steve,

But I don't this is not what I want. Please read my 1st post and look at the enclosed example that I made in Photoshop.

I want a 100MA TRENDLINE that changes colors, (with my parameters above).

I will use it as one on my indicators.

Again ... Thanks for your help!

Ron

[77trader 10]

Thanks Steve for your efforts, but you wrote code for candle sticks

and this is not what I needed.

Please re-read my original post/request.

I have enclosed an example that I did in Photoshop.

I want a 100MA TREND LINE that changes colors as to the above stated parameters.

 

Thanks again for all your help!

-Ron

[77trader 10]

Enclosed is A correct Think Or Swim (black back round) version of this TrendLine and a very close to correct Amibroker version.

The Amibroker Code used is:

_SECTION_BEGIN("Bar Chart");

Color = ParamColor("Up Bar", colorGreen );

Color1 = ParamColor("Down Bar", colorRed );

Plot(C,"", IIf(C>O,color,color1), styleBar);

_SECTION_END();

 

_SECTION_BEGIN("MA");

 

MA100 = MA(Close, 100);

 

Ref0 = Ref(MA100, 0);

 

Ref1 = Ref(MA100, -1);

 

Ref2 = Ref(MA100, -2);