romus 

Variables to compare I am trying to set variables and just cannot get my head around it in Strategy Builder (not even in Wizard). What I am trying to do is compare Real Body (0) RB(0) to Real Body (1) RB(1) e.g.: If RB (0) > RB (1) then... Seems like I am doing it totally wrong way as keep getting errors. Can anyone get me the start in Strategy Builder?

Based only on what you've said; what you didn't say; and my resulting assumptions :

 

Code

If Math.Abs(Close[0]-Open[0]) > Math.Abs(Close[1]-Open[1]) then...

userque 

Based only on what you've said; what you didn't say; and my resulting assumptions :   Code If Math.Abs(Close[0]-Open[0]) > Math.Abs(Close[1]-Open[1]) then...

Great as a code - what I am after is to express it in Strategy Builder (NT 8 equivalent to Strategy Wizard).
Some functions still puzzle me and I am using just basic ones I got familiar with.

As told, Variables need to be set first - and this is where I am getting stuck.
I think I am setting them and then try to compare them (e.g. If Var0 > Var1, then...)
ending up with getting Error Message

romus 

Great as a code - what I am after is to express it in Strategy Builder (NT 8 equivalent to Strategy Wizard). Some functions still puzzle me and I am using just basic ones I got familiar with. As told, Variables need to be set first - and this is where I am getting stuck. I think I am setting them and then try to compare them (e.g. If Var0 > Var1, then...) ending up with getting Error Message

You don't say what your error message is, but I think I understand better now.

I started with Strategy Builder and still remember some of the tricks I discovered. In this case, I'd create two variables: realBar0 and realBar1 (I think I used Rb0 in my example below).

The trick is to first check for which value is greater between the close and open, for both bars, so you know how to 'do the math,' since the ABS function is not available in strategy builder (SB).

The example below is for bar 0. You can adapt it to add the SETS for bar 1. Then add the sets that compare the Rb0 and Rb1 variables.

sb2


sb3

Hi @userque,

Many thanks for your help.
I have tried and no luck - cannot get through this:




How about page 1 - setting variables?
Maybe I am doing something wrong there?

Could you post the settings?

Cheers,
romus.

romus 

Hi @userque, Many thanks for your help. I have tried and no luck - cannot get through this: How about page 1 - setting variables? Maybe I am doing something wrong there? Could you post the settings? Cheers, romus.

All the pages prior to the below variable-settings page, are left at their initial settings and unchanged.

You haven't revealed the error message, but maybe you didn't make the variable a double?

sb

You got it - I did not.
Will try again.

I was working on a suggestion to set them as Boolean.

romus 

You got it - I did not. Will try again. I was working on a suggestion to set them as Boolean.

I don't follow.

Yours was set to boolean?
Have you tried setting it to double yet?

I have set is as Double now - and managed to get the first set!

Sorry, this is as little as I know about this process - hence need one good, working example to hopefully understand it.

OK, I have them both set up for RB0, now I understand I need to do 2 settings for RB1 - and after that - strategy conditions.

@userque,
Hmmm, I think that one set might be enough - and then used as Current Bar (0) or one bar ago (1).

I need to try to figure this out.
I would NEVER think that I can put some equation the way you showed me - so THANK YOU!

Previous suggestion to set them as Bool was to compare the bars whether True or False.