reference future data in EasyLanguage?

November 25th, 2010, 06:51 PM

Hi I'm new to this forum, and this is going to be my first post.

Here's my question: I know you can reference historical data by using "[1]" (1 bar ago), but is it allowed to reference future data using "[-1]" (1 bar ahead)?

I'm asking this question because I'm working on a study that calls for identifying the highest/lowest price within a range of 5 bars, i.e. current bar, 2 bars before current bar, and 2 bars after current bar.

Thanks in advance!

November 28th, 2010, 01:06 AM

shzhning

Hi I'm new to this forum, and this is going to be my first post.

Here's my question: I know you can reference historical data by using "[1]" (1 bar ago), but is it allowed to reference future data using "[-1]" (1 bar ahead)?

I'm asking this question because I'm working on a study that calls for identifying the highest/lowest price within a range of 5 bars, i.e. current bar, 2 bars before current bar, and 2 bars after current bar.

Thanks in advance!

There is no such thing as "after the current bar". Not unless you are trading from your Delorian going 88mph:

Mike

November 28th, 2010, 01:08 AM

shzhning

I'm asking this question because I'm working on a study that calls for identifying the highest/lowest price within a range of 5 bars, i.e. current bar, 2 bars before current bar, and 2 bars after current bar.

If you want to know the High or Low of the last 5 bars:

Code

                            
vars:

  myH (0),

  myL (0);



myH = Highest(H, 5);

myL = Lowest(L, 5);

If you need something more advanced you'll need to explain more in depth your process so someone can help.

Mike

November 28th, 2010, 09:11 AM

Thanks Mike!

But this is not exactly what I'm looking for. Let me do a better job explaining my idea:

1) I would first look for the highest/lowest point within 3 bars, i.e. current bar and previous 2 bars.
2) Then I would wait for the next 2 bars to confirm. If the next 2 bars do not break through the previous range, then the range holds. If the next 2 bars do break through the previous range, then range would adapt dynamically.

I'm new to EasyLanguage and not sure if it's feasible in MultiCharts/TradeStation.

Thanks again!

November 28th, 2010, 08:15 PM

shzhning

Thanks Mike!

But this is not exactly what I'm looking for. Let me do a better job explaining my idea:

1) I would first look for the highest/lowest point within 3 bars, i.e. current bar and previous 2 bars.

Code

                            
vars: 
  myH (0), 
  myL (0); 

myH = Highest(H, 3); 
myL = Lowest(L, 3);

shzhning

2) Then I would wait for the next 2 bars to confirm. If the next 2 bars do not break through the previous range, then the range holds. If the next 2 bars do break through the previous range, then range would adapt dynamically.

Code

                            
vars: 
  myH (0),
  myHbar (0),
  myL (0),
  myLbar (0);

if H > myH and myHbar <= 2 then begin

  myHbar = 0;
  myH = Highest(H, 3 + myHbar);

else

 myHbar += 1;

end;

if L < myL and myLbar <= 2 then begin

  myLbar = 0;
  myL = Lowest(L, 3 + myLbar);

else

 myLbar += 1;

end;

myH = Highest(H, 3 + myHbar); 
myL = Lowest(L, 3 + myLbar);

shzhning

I'm new to EasyLanguage and not sure if it's feasible in MultiCharts/TradeStation.

Just about anything is possible. Try the above code, I just wrote it free hand so it may need some work and probably a good amount of refinement for your exact needs, but I think you get the general idea.

Mike

November 30th, 2010, 12:58 PM

Thanks Mike! That's really helpful.

FYI, here's what I had in mind (hence my original question):
For high point: MaxList(high[2],high[1],high[0],high[-1],high[-2])
For low point: MinList(low[2],low[1],low[0],low[-1],low[-2])

December 4th, 2010, 01:48 AM

Trying to access a bar that hasn't happened yet is impossible.

That's why H[-1] doesn't work. It's in the future, so you don't know what it will be (unless you have the Delorean with the flux capacitor as stated above).

Here's a system that would work great because it knows whether to buy or sell short today and at what price, as well as what price to close the trade on tomorrow:

Code

if (H[-1] - L[0] > H[0] - L[-1]) then begin
    buy 100000 contracts at L[0] limit;
    sell 100000 contracts next bar at H[-1] limit;
end
else begin
    sell short 100000 contracts at H[0] limit;
    buy to cover 100000 contracts next bar at L[-1] limit;
end;

I wish my computer knew what the prices are gonna be for the next day or two, but unfortunately, it doesn't.

January 27th, 2012, 01:17 AM

"I wish my computer knew what the prices are gonna be for the next day or two, but unfortunately, it doesn't."

Sorry for re-activating an old post but am new to MC and thought that you may not be aware that you can call up future bars/prices in Easylanguage. It is a dll called AnyOHLC.dll. However one needs to be very careful in applying it in signals!

October 4th, 2012, 10:28 AM

sunbeam

"I wish my computer knew what the prices are gonna be for the next day or two, but unfortunately, it doesn't."

Sorry for re-activating an old post but am new to MC and thought that you may not be aware that you can call up future bars/prices in Easylanguage. It is a dll called AnyOHLC.dll. However one needs to be very careful in applying it in signals!

Does anybody know where one can get AnyOHLC.dll?

Best regards,

Simon

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