comparing indicator values from x candles ago

• 08/31/2018 at 6:32 PM #79483
  simeong

  Hi All,

  Thanks for all the support.

  This is a quick question. I was just wondering if they was a command to compare values [n] candles ago so for example;

  How would I compare if  Bolinger bands were higher than the RSI for the previous two candles.

  Thanks in Advance,

   

   

  

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  08/31/2018 at 10:36 PM #79494
  robertogozzi

  Comparing BB with RSI is impossible, since the first one refers to prices, while the latter to a range (0-100).

  But for other indicators, yes it is easy, let’s say you want to know whether there’s been a CROSSOVER in anyone of the last 3 bars:

  FastMA = average[5,0](close) SlowMA = average[25,0](close) x = summation[3](FastMA CROSSES OVER SlowMA) //x will be true if the crossing occurred within anyone of the last 3 bars IF x THEN......

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  FastMA = average[5,0](close) SlowMA = average[25,0](close) x = summation[3](FastMA CROSSES OVER SlowMA)  //x will be true if the crossing occurred within anyone of the last 3 bars IF x THEN......

  If you want to test specifically the 2nd previous bar you can write:

  x = FastMA[2] CROSSES OVER SlowMA[2] //x will be true if in the 2nd previous bar there's been a crossover

  1	x = FastMA[2] CROSSES OVER SlowMA[2] //x will be true if in the 2nd previous bar there's been a crossover

  or (it works the same):

  x = FastMA CROSSES OVER SlowMA //x will be true if there's a crossover IF x[2] THEN //you test x for the 2nd previous bar . . ENDIF

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  x = FastMA CROSSES OVER SlowMA //x will be true if there's a crossover IF x[2] THEN                   //you test x for the 2nd previous bar    .    . ENDIF

   

   

  

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