How can I plot different moving averages on Monthly/Daily/Weekly

• 06/12/2017 at 1:25 AM #38089
  prcolf

  Hi

  Could someone please tell me how to make an indicator that will recognise what timeframe  I am viewing and plot different moving averages. I have tried the following formula but after a lot of googling I’m not sure if this is possible in ProBuilder.

   

  Timeframe(month) RETURN ExponentialAverage[10](close) Timeframe(weekly) RETURN ExponentialAverage[40](close) Timeframe(daily) RETURN ExponentialAverage[10](close) RETURN ExponentialAverage[50](close) RETURN ExponentialAverage[200](close)

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  Timeframe(month)   RETURN ExponentialAverage[10](close)   Timeframe(weekly)   RETURN ExponentialAverage[40](close)   Timeframe(daily)   RETURN ExponentialAverage[10](close) RETURN ExponentialAverage[50](close) RETURN ExponentialAverage[200](close)

   

  

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  06/12/2017 at 8:30 AM #38117
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  Not possible to use “timeframe” in ProBuilder.

  To automatically find on which timeframe you are on, you can try to use this code snippet, it will return the minutes quantity (120 for a 2 hours timeframe for instance).

  find timeframe of the current chart

  once NbBar = 1 if BarIndex < NbBar+2 then MyDay=openday dayminutes = 1440*(MyDay-MyDay[1]) MyHour=openhour hourminutes = 60*(MyHour-MyHour[1]) MyMin=openminute barminutes = MyMin - MyMin[1] + hourminutes + dayminutes barminutes=abs(barminutes) Mybarminutes = lowest[NbBar](barminutes)[1] endif return Mybarminutes as "Timeframe"

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  once NbBar = 1   if BarIndex < NbBar+2 then MyDay=openday dayminutes = 1440*(MyDay-MyDay[1]) MyHour=openhour hourminutes = 60*(MyHour-MyHour[1]) MyMin=openminute barminutes = MyMin - MyMin[1] + hourminutes + dayminutes barminutes=abs(barminutes) Mybarminutes = lowest[NbBar](barminutes)[1] endif   return Mybarminutes as "Timeframe"

   

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  06/12/2017 at 8:50 AM #38120
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  Hi Nic

  Thanks for the help mate. I’ve only been using ProRealTime for a few days so I’m a bit green. I’m used to Amibroker and Metastock.

  How can I start writing the conditions based on that formula? Do I place that at the beginning of the formula and then start referencing to Timeframe?

  Alan

  

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  06/12/2017 at 11:00 AM #38129
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  I use the following code to determine timeframe (daily/weekly/monthly)/ It is based on PRT’s time format: yyyymmdd (i.e. 20170612 for today) and bar-to-bar simple subtraction to detect the number of days between adjacent bars. The OR in each IF deal with weekends etc. This, of course, only work for swing trading

  If (date-date[1])=1 OR (date[1]-date[2])=1 Then a=1 // 1 signals Daily timeframe Endif If (date-date[1])=7 OR (date[1]-date[2])=7 Then a=7 // 7 signals Weekly timeframe Endif If (date-date[1])=99 OR (date[1]-date[2])=99 Then a=30 // 30 signals Weekly timeframe Endif If (date-date[1])=299 OR (date[1]-date[2])=299 Then a=100 // 100 signals Monthly timeframe Endif If (date-date[1])>9500 Then a=200 // 200 signals Annual timeframe Endif

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  If (date-date[1])=1 OR (date[1]-date[2])=1 Then a=1 // 1 signals Daily timeframe Endif If (date-date[1])=7 OR (date[1]-date[2])=7 Then a=7 // 7 signals Weekly timeframe Endif If (date-date[1])=99 OR (date[1]-date[2])=99 Then a=30 // 30 signals Weekly timeframe Endif If (date-date[1])=299 OR (date[1]-date[2])=299 Then a=100 // 100 signals Monthly timeframe Endif If (date-date[1])>9500 Then a=200 // 200 signals Annual timeframe Endif

   

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  06/13/2017 at 7:48 AM #38171
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  Thanks Pinny

  I’m still having a bit of trouble. How many times can you add “Return” to an indicator. I’m getting an error and I’m not sure what to do.

  If (date-date[1])=1 OR (date[1]-date[2])=1 Then a=1 // 1 signals Daily timeframe Endif If (date-date[1])=7 OR (date[1]-date[2])=7 Then a=7 // 7 signals Weekly timeframe Endif If (date-date[1])=99 OR (date[1]-date[2])=99 Then a=30 // 30 signals Weekly timeframe Endif If (date-date[1])=299 OR (date[1]-date[2])=299 Then a=100 // 100 signals Monthly timeframe Endif If (date-date[1])>9500 Then a=200 // 200 signals Annual timeframe Endif If (a==100) Then RETURN ExponentialAverage[10](close) Elsif (a==30) Then RETURN ExponentialAverage[40](close) Else (a==1) Then RETURN ExponentialAverage[10](close) RETURN ExponentialAverage[50](close) RETURN ExponentialAverage[200](close) EndIf

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  If (date-date[1])=1 OR (date[1]-date[2])=1 Then a=1 // 1 signals Daily timeframe Endif If (date-date[1])=7 OR (date[1]-date[2])=7 Then a=7 // 7 signals Weekly timeframe Endif If (date-date[1])=99 OR (date[1]-date[2])=99 Then a=30 // 30 signals Weekly timeframe Endif If (date-date[1])=299 OR (date[1]-date[2])=299 Then a=100 // 100 signals Monthly timeframe Endif If (date-date[1])>9500 Then a=200 // 200 signals Annual timeframe Endif       If (a==100) Then RETURN ExponentialAverage[10](close)   Elsif (a==30) Then RETURN ExponentialAverage[40](close)   Else (a==1) Then   RETURN ExponentialAverage[10](close) RETURN ExponentialAverage[50](close) RETURN ExponentialAverage[200](close)   EndIf

   

  

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  06/13/2017 at 8:19 AM #38177
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  You can only RETURN the variables once.

  You should have coded it like this:

  If (date-date[1])=1 OR (date[1]-date[2])=1 Then a=1 // 1 signals Daily timeframe Endif If (date-date[1])=7 OR (date[1]-date[2])=7 Then a=7 // 7 signals Weekly timeframe Endif If (date-date[1])=99 OR (date[1]-date[2])=99 Then a=30 // 30 signals Weekly timeframe Endif If (date-date[1])=299 OR (date[1]-date[2])=299 Then a=100 // 100 signals Monthly timeframe Endif If (date-date[1])>9500 Then a=200 // 200 signals Annual timeframe Endif If (a=100) Then ema1= ExponentialAverage[10](close) Elsif (a=30) Then ema1= ExponentialAverage[40](close) Else (a=1) Then ema1= ExponentialAverage[10](close) ema2= ExponentialAverage[50](close) ema3= ExponentialAverage[200](close) EndIf return ema1, ema2, ema3

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  If (date-date[1])=1 OR (date[1]-date[2])=1 Then a=1 // 1 signals Daily timeframe Endif If (date-date[1])=7 OR (date[1]-date[2])=7 Then a=7 // 7 signals Weekly timeframe Endif If (date-date[1])=99 OR (date[1]-date[2])=99 Then a=30 // 30 signals Weekly timeframe Endif If (date-date[1])=299 OR (date[1]-date[2])=299 Then a=100 // 100 signals Monthly timeframe Endif If (date-date[1])>9500 Then a=200 // 200 signals Annual timeframe Endif     If (a=100) Then ema1= ExponentialAverage[10](close)   Elsif (a=30) Then ema1= ExponentialAverage[40](close)   Else (a=1) Then   ema1= ExponentialAverage[10](close) ema2= ExponentialAverage[50](close) ema3= ExponentialAverage[200](close)   EndIf   return ema1, ema2, ema3

  Please test it and tell us if it works! 🙂

  (there is not need to make double equal for testing like in other programming languages).

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  06/13/2017 at 8:27 AM #38179
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  Thanks Nic. I entered that code but I’m getting an error in line 26. Not sure why sorry.

   

  

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  06/13/2017 at 8:40 AM #38182
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  I think its a EndIf issue, the following works:

   

  If (date-date[1])=1 OR (date[1]-date[2])=1 Then a=1 // 1 signals Daily timeframe Endif If (date-date[1])=7 OR (date[1]-date[2])=7 Then a=7 // 7 signals Weekly timeframe Endif If (date-date[1])=99 OR (date[1]-date[2])=99 Then a=30 // 30 signals Weekly timeframe Endif If (date-date[1])=299 OR (date[1]-date[2])=299 Then a=100 // 100 signals Monthly timeframe Endif If (date-date[1])>9500 Then a=200 // 200 signals Annual timeframe Endif If (a=100) Then ema1= ExponentialAverage[10](close) Else If (a=30) Then ema1= ExponentialAverage[40](close) Else If (a=1) Then ema1= ExponentialAverage[10](close) ema2= ExponentialAverage[50](close) ema3= ExponentialAverage[200](close) EndIf endIf endif return ema1, ema2, ema3

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  If (date-date[1])=1 OR (date[1]-date[2])=1 Then a=1 // 1 signals Daily timeframe Endif If (date-date[1])=7 OR (date[1]-date[2])=7 Then a=7 // 7 signals Weekly timeframe Endif If (date-date[1])=99 OR (date[1]-date[2])=99 Then a=30 // 30 signals Weekly timeframe Endif If (date-date[1])=299 OR (date[1]-date[2])=299 Then a=100 // 100 signals Monthly timeframe Endif If (date-date[1])>9500 Then a=200 // 200 signals Annual timeframe Endif   If (a=100) Then   ema1= ExponentialAverage[10](close) Else If (a=30) Then   ema1= ExponentialAverage[40](close) Else If (a=1) Then   ema1= ExponentialAverage[10](close) ema2= ExponentialAverage[50](close) ema3= ExponentialAverage[200](close)   EndIf endIf endif   return ema1, ema2, ema3

   

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  06/13/2017 at 8:43 AM #38183
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  Thanks Pinny. I checked the manual and it seemed to use an Else for the last condition. Thanks heaps for the help. It works. After years of learning Amibroker and Metastock it seems I’m starting all over again!

  

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  06/13/2017 at 9:25 AM #38189
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  Looks like there is still a small problem. It wasn’t plotting on the weekly when using “a=30″ so I changed it to ” a=7″ and it plots fine. The monthly was plotting fine but now that the weekly is set to “a=7” the monthly no longer plots

  

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  06/13/2017 at 9:43 AM #38193
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  >> For clarity of messages on ProRealCode’s forums, please use the “insert code PRT” button to separate the text of the code part! Thank you! <<

   

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  06/13/2017 at 9:57 AM #38195
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  Here is the whole formula. The monthly will not plot

  If (date-date[1])=1 OR (date[1]-date[2])=1 Then a=1 // 1 signals Daily timeframe Endif If (date-date[1])=7 OR (date[1]-date[2])=7 Then a=7 // 7 signals Weekly timeframe Endif If (date-date[1])=99 OR (date[1]-date[2])=99 Then a=30 // 30 signals Weekly timeframe Endif If (date-date[1])=299 OR (date[1]-date[2])=299 Then a=100 // 100 signals Monthly timeframe Endif If (date-date[1])>9500 Then a=200 // 200 signals Annual timeframe Endif If (a=100) Then ema1= ExponentialAverage[10](close) Elsif (a=7) Then ema1= ExponentialAverage[40](close) Elsif (a=1) Then ema1= ExponentialAverage[10](close) ema2= ExponentialAverage[50](close) ema3= ExponentialAverage[200](close) EndIf return ema1, ema2, ema3

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  If (date-date[1])=1 OR (date[1]-date[2])=1 Then a=1 // 1 signals Daily timeframe Endif If (date-date[1])=7 OR (date[1]-date[2])=7 Then a=7 // 7 signals Weekly timeframe Endif If (date-date[1])=99 OR (date[1]-date[2])=99 Then a=30 // 30 signals Weekly timeframe Endif If (date-date[1])=299 OR (date[1]-date[2])=299 Then a=100 // 100 signals Monthly timeframe Endif If (date-date[1])>9500 Then a=200 // 200 signals Annual timeframe Endif If (a=100) Then ema1= ExponentialAverage[10](close) Elsif (a=7) Then ema1= ExponentialAverage[40](close) Elsif (a=1) Then ema1= ExponentialAverage[10](close) ema2= ExponentialAverage[50](close) ema3= ExponentialAverage[200](close) EndIf   return ema1, ema2, ema3

  There is also a vertical line at the beginning of the ema. I use valuewhen in metastock to hide that but that doesn’t seem to be available in Probuilder. Is there a way to hide it?

  HideEMA1 = 0.9*valuewhen(1,ema1<>0,ema1) ShowEMA1=If(ema1=0, HideEMA1, ema1)

  1 2	HideEMA1 = 0.9*valuewhen(1,ema1<>0,ema1) ShowEMA1=If(ema1=0, HideEMA1, ema1)

   

  

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  06/13/2017 at 10:17 AM #38199
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  Sorry, this is my documentation mistake – 1/daily, 7/Weekly, 30/Monthly, 100/Quarterly, 200/Annual

  Just use a=30 and this will plot on the Monthly (tried it:-)

  If (date–date[1])=1 OR (date[1]–date[2])=1 Then

  a=1 // 1 signals Daily timeframe

  Endif

  If (date–date[1])=7 OR (date[1]–date[2])=7 Then

  a=7 // 7 signals Weekly timeframe

  Endif

  If (date–date[1])=99 OR (date[1]–date[2])=99 Then

  a=30 // 30 signals Weekly timeframe

  Endif

  If (date–date[1])=299 OR (date[1]–date[2])=299 Then

  a=100 // 100 signals Monthly timeframe

  Endif

  If (date–date[1])>9500 Then

  a=200 // 200 signals Annual timeframe

  Endif

  If (a=100) Then

  ema1= ExponentialAverage[10](close)

  Elsif (a=7) Then

  ema1= ExponentialAverage[40](close)

  Elsif (a=1) Then

  ema1= ExponentialAverage[10](close)

  ema2= ExponentialAverage[50](close)

  ema3= ExponentialAverage[200](close)

  EndIf

  return ema1, ema2, ema3

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  06/13/2017 at 10:20 AM #38200
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  If (date-date[1])=1 OR (date[1]-date[2])=1 Then a=1 // 1 signals Daily timeframe Endif If (date-date[1])=7 OR (date[1]-date[2])=7 Then a=7 // 7 signals Weekly timeframe Endif If (date-date[1])=99 OR (date[1]-date[2])=99 Then a=30 // 30 signals Monthly timeframe Endif If (date-date[1])=299 OR (date[1]-date[2])=299 Then a=100 // 100 signals Quarterly timeframe Endif If (date-date[1])>9500 Then a=200 // 200 signals Annual timeframe Endif If (a=100) Then ema1= ExponentialAverage[10](close) Elsif (a=7) Then ema1= ExponentialAverage[40](close) Elsif (a=1) Then ema1= ExponentialAverage[10](close) ema2= ExponentialAverage[50](close) ema3= ExponentialAverage[200](close) EndIf return ema1, ema2, ema3

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  If (date-date[1])=1 OR (date[1]-date[2])=1 Then a=1 // 1 signals Daily timeframe Endif If (date-date[1])=7 OR (date[1]-date[2])=7 Then a=7 // 7 signals Weekly timeframe Endif If (date-date[1])=99 OR (date[1]-date[2])=99 Then a=30 // 30 signals Monthly timeframe Endif If (date-date[1])=299 OR (date[1]-date[2])=299 Then a=100 // 100 signals Quarterly timeframe Endif If (date-date[1])>9500 Then a=200 // 200 signals Annual timeframe Endif If (a=100) Then ema1= ExponentialAverage[10](close) Elsif (a=7) Then ema1= ExponentialAverage[40](close) Elsif (a=1) Then ema1= ExponentialAverage[10](close) ema2= ExponentialAverage[50](close) ema3= ExponentialAverage[200](close) EndIf return ema1, ema2, ema3

   

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  06/13/2017 at 10:46 AM #38201
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  Thanks for all of the help. Its all plotting correctly now. This isn’t a problem but I would just like to know if there is a way to hide the vertical lines at the start of the EMA.

  Is there a function that I can use?

   

  

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