Easy Language - Help with Simple System

[gatrader]

Does anyone recommend a good source to write some simple Easy Language code for TradeStation? I have used Jan Arps in the past, but have not been that happy.

Thanks.

[Blu-Ray]

What is it you need doing? ( You can send it by PM if you want )

Cheers

Blu-Ray

[gatrader]

Can you PM your email? I don't have five posts and the web page will not let me PM yet.

gatrader

[BlowFish]

I luuurv EL it really is ...well easy. There is a downloadable reference guide on TS site somewhere. Another advantage is there is a huge wealth of public domain code you can cannibalise.

What I'd do is open up a couple of TS studies and see how they work. Start with a simple moving average or whatever takes your fancy. You might have to look a couple of things up but you'll be knocking out simple studies in no time.

Cheers.

[bh_trade]

Blu-Ray:

I know you have coded up some indicators in the past and posted them freely on this forum and for that I thank you for your generosity. I do have a simple EL question for you. How would one store the opening 60 min high and low as a variable to be used for other calculations? Thanks in advance.

	Quote:	Blu-Ray
	What is it you need doing? ( You can send it by PM if you want ) Cheers Blu-Ray

[waveslider]

if you are using an hourly chart you could say "if date<>date[1] then..." and then save the high and low of this bar using whatever variables you want.
This is just a way of identifying the first bar of the session.

[Dogpile]

another route is to declare a name for a variable like this (on 60-min chart):

vars: aa(0), bb(0);

if time=1030 then aa=high;
if time=1030 then bb=low;
----
then you can reference aa or bb in further code.


or for 30-min chart:

vars: aa(0), bb(0);

if time=1030 then aa=highest(h,2);
if time=1030 then bb=lowest(l,2);

etc...
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depending on further code, sometimes may have to write as:

if time=1030 then aa=high else aa=0;

[Blu-Ray]

	Quote:	bh_trade
	Blu-Ray: I know you have coded up some indicators in the past and posted them freely on this forum and for that I thank you for your generosity. I do have a simple EL question for you. How would one store the opening 60 min high and low as a variable to be used for other calculations? Thanks in advance.

Thanks bh_trade

Yes, it would be as waveslider mentioned on his post if your using an hourly chart, or alternatively if your using a smaller timeframe chart, then putting an "endtime" as input would be easy enough for you.

Here's an example of the code you would need.

Inputs:
endtime (1030);

Vars:
HH(0),LL(0);

if date<>date[1] then begin
HH = high;
LL = Low;
end;

if time <= endtime then begin
if high > HH then HH = High;
if Low < LL then LL = Low;
end;

Hope this helps

Blu-Ray

[bh_trade]

Thanks to both Blu-Ray and Waveslider for responding. Blu-Ray, I was looking to access the first hour highs and lows on a lower timeframe chart, so your solution was the one I was looking for - thanks again.