Lowest low in 'x' previous bars

• 12/23/2017 at 9:24 AM #56412
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  I am struggling with the correct syntax to represent close higher than lowest low in ‘x ‘ previous bars  . Can anyone help me with what i assume to be an easy code to get right ? I have tried for hours  to get this and fail at every turn  , very frustrating . I have acheived it writing it this way but id like to do this using a single variable so i can optomise easily

  bullish = (Close > Low[1]) OR (Close > Low[2]) OR (Close > Low[3]) OR (Close > Low[4])

  1	bullish = (Close > Low[1]) OR  (Close > Low[2]) OR (Close > Low[3]) OR (Close > Low[4])

   

   

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  12/23/2017 at 9:34 AM #56413
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  ive written it as

  (Close > Lowest (Low[4]))

  1	(Close > Lowest (Low[4]))

  but it will only trigger when next bar opens below x period lowest low

  

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  12/23/2017 at 11:11 AM #56416
  Despair

  Try:

  close > lowest[4](low)

  1	close > lowest[4](low)

   

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  12/23/2017 at 11:17 AM #56417
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  12/23/2017 at 12:17 PM #56420
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  Despair wrote:

  Try:

  close > lowest[4](low)

  1	close > lowest[4](low)

  Thanks that seems to be the answer but im finding PRT very very buggy  . I wrote both your code and mine as indicator and PRT displays different ouputs some of the time  , Very frustrating .

  

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  12/23/2017 at 12:40 PM #56422
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  Correct me if i am wrong but should not

  Increase = (Close > Low[1]) OR (Close > Low[2]) OR (Close > Low[3]) OR (Close > Low[4]) Count = 0 WHILE Increase[Count] DO Count = Count + 1 WEND RETURN Count

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  Increase = (Close > Low[1]) OR  (Close > Low[2]) OR (Close > Low[3]) OR (Close > Low[4]) Count = 0 WHILE Increase[Count] DO Count = Count + 1 WEND RETURN Count

  Return same result as

  Increase = close > lowest[4](low) Count = 0 WHILE Increase[Count] DO Count = Count + 1 WEND RETURN Count

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  Increase = close > lowest[4](low)   Count = 0 WHILE Increase[Count] DO Count = Count + 1 WEND RETURN Count

  Yet they are  nothing like the same  , Frustrated as ..

  

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  12/23/2017 at 12:48 PM #56423
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  the second indicator count only drops of to zero when the close is at low of current bar not when close is below the lowest low of previous 4 bars , What am i missing here ???   Going crazy here

   

  For some reason the first indicator code listed above compares the close to the previous 4 bars ( which is what i require) whereas the second indicator compares to the previous 3 bars PLUS the Current bar , so its no wonder the count only drops to zero when the close is equal to the low of the bar . HOW do i make the second indicator compare the current bar to the previous 4 and not include current bar  ? none of this makes sense

  

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  12/23/2017 at 12:53 PM #56424
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  lowest[4](low) would take the lowest of current candle and previous 3 candles, if what you want is lowest low of previous 4 candles not including current one, as per your first post bullish = (Close > Low[1]) OR  (Close > Low[2]) OR (Close > Low[3]) OR (Close > Low[4]), then the faster equivalent way to code this is by taking previous candle’s lowest of 4:

   

  bullish = close>lowest[4](low)[1]

  1	bullish = close>lowest[4](low)[1]

   

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  12/23/2017 at 1:05 PM #56426
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  Noobywan wrote:

  lowest[4](low) would take the lowest of current candle and previous 3 candles, if what you want is lowest low of previous 4 candles not including current one, as per your first post bullish = (Close > Low[1]) OR (Close > Low[2]) OR (Close > Low[3]) OR (Close > Low[4]), then the faster equivalent way to code this is by taking previous candle’s lowest of 4:

  bullish = close>lowest[4](low)[1]

  1	bullish = close>lowest[4](low)[1]

  Thank you very much i was starting to lose my mind . Seriously i spent half a day trying to sort this out myself

  

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