ADX causes 'divide by zero' error?

teapot2002 · 2020-06-17T14:18:33+00:00

My code has been repeatedly stopping with ‘divide by zero’ errors. I have been reluctant to post it and ask for help as it contains someone else’s intellectual property, but after a lot of time I think that I’ve managed to isolate the lines causing the problem. I would very much appreciate help with why these cause a problem, and how to work round it. If I comment out the following lines then the code runs: ADXLongOK = ADX[6] > 5 ADXShortOK = ADX[1.3] > 15 These variables are combined with many others into conditions for trade entries.

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06/17/2020 at 3:18 PM #136265 quote

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My code has been repeatedly stopping with ‘divide by zero’ errors. I have been reluctant to post it and ask for help as it contains someone else’s intellectual property, but after a lot of time I think that I’ve managed to isolate the lines causing the problem. I would very much appreciate help with why these cause a problem, and how to work round it. If I comment out the following lines then the code runs:

ADXLongOK = ADX[6] > 5
ADXShortOK = ADX[1.3] > 15

These variables are combined with many others into conditions for trade entries.

06/17/2020 at 3:36 PM #136268 quote

robertogozzi
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Try using an integer numeber of periods for the short ADX.

06/17/2020 at 4:38 PM #136276 quote

Nicolas
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Check all divisions in your code, are they made with a variable not initialized (with no value)?

06/17/2020 at 7:28 PM #136299 quote

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robertogozzi – that fixed it. Thank you.

06/19/2020 at 3:55 PM #136569 quote

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For anyone who does what I did….I came up with these ADX values through optimisation. Although I wasn’t familiar with ADX, I now realise that these are strange values. With ADX[1.4], the code running on the 5m minute chart was stopped every 5 minutes. To correct it, I made an integer, but rounded down, so ended up with ADX[1]. This time, the code lasted longer than 5 minutes, but eventually was stopped. When I changed it to ADX[2], it ran consistently without failing.

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