Difference in value between two moving averages

robdav · 2017-01-03T13:47:21+00:00

Hi, I’m a newbie here. I’m attempting to code a ProOrder trading system and I need to code a condition for a position. The condition is where the difference between two moving average values is greater than or equal to a value, say 5 for example. So it would need to take into account at any one point the two values of two different moving averages and act where the difference between the two values is greater than 5 as an example. Can someone point me at or provide an example of how this should be coded please? Hopefully I have explained it well enough. Many thanks Robert

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01/03/2017 at 2:47 PM #19703 quote

robdav
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Hi, I’m a newbie here.

I’m attempting to code a ProOrder trading system and I need to code a condition for a position.

The condition is where the difference between two moving average values is greater than or equal to a value, say 5 for example. So it would need to take into account at any one point the two values of two different moving averages and act where the difference between the two values is greater than 5 as an example.

Can someone point me at or provide an example of how this should be coded please? Hopefully I have explained it well enough.

Many thanks

Robert

01/03/2017 at 3:02 PM #19705 quote
Nicolas
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This can be coded easily.

Firstly, define your 2 moving average:
```
MA1 = average[10](close)
MA2 = average[20](close)
```
Calculate their absolute differences (no need to test if the MA1 is above or below the MA2):
```
difference = abs(MA1-MA2)
```
Then make a boolean variable that will return “1” if the condition is true:
```
test = difference >= 5*pointsize
```
With the variable “test”, you can now play with to do any other things in your code like open or close a position, adding another one, etc..

Of course these lines of codes would have been shortened but I find it is the best way to explain the coding process.

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01/03/2017 at 3:26 PM #19712 quote

robdav
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Great, thank you Nicolas.

01/05/2017 at 7:48 PM #19960 quote

robdav
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Hi

In this example, I do now need to test if one moving average is above or below the other and by how much. Is there an example of how this is achieved?

Many thanks

Robert

01/05/2017 at 8:06 PM #19964 quote

Nicolas
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You already have everything to do it! You got your 2 MA values (MA1 and MA2), you only need to test if one is superior to the other one. The difference between them is already calculated with “difference”..

01/06/2017 at 1:53 PM #20038 quote

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Yes, of course. Thank you.
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