[77trader]

I would REALLY appreciate it if someone would help me with writing the AMIBROKER CODE for a simple 100MA, which indicated swings/ trends using the following parameters:
• Simple 100 bar moving average of the Close

• If the 100MA is less than the previous bar’s

100MA, then 100MA is down. (colorRed)

• If the 100MA is more than the previous bar’s

100MA, then 100MA is up. (colorGreen)

• If the 100MA is equal to the previous bar’s

100MA, then 100MA is flat. (colorBlack)

• 100MA direction is always relative to previous bar

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• Overall Trend Direction has 3 possibilities

– GREEN (Up), RED (Down), BLACK (Flat)

• GREEN changes to BLACK if 100MA is down and

price closes below 100MA in last 15 bars

inclusive of the current bar

• RED changes to BLACK if 100MA is more than

last bar’s 100MA and price closes above

100MA in last 15 bars inclusive of the current bar

• BLACK changes to GREEN if the 100MA is up for

15 consecutive bars inclusive of the current bar

• BLACK changes to RED if the 100MA is down for

15 consecutive bars inclusive of the current bar

• GREEN can never change to RED and RED can

never change to GREEN WITHOUT a BLACK period in between.
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

[77trader]

I have the correct code to do this in think or swim (see below), but can't seem to write it for Amibroker.....

think or swim
# Calculate and plot Smooth Moving Average (MA100)

plot MA100 = Average(close, 100);
MA100.SetPaintingStrategy (PaintingStrategy.Line);
MA100.SetLineWeight(1);

MA100.DefineColor("Up", Color.green);
MA100.DefineColor("Down", Color.red);
MA100.DefineColor("Flat", Color.gray);
MA100.AssignValueColor(if MA100[0] > MA100[1] then MA100.color("Up") else if MA100[0] < MA100[1] then MA100.color("Down") else MA100.color("Flat"));

[steveh2009]

How's this?

MA100 = MA(Close, 100);
// SetBarFillColor(IIf(C > MA100, colorGreen, IIf(C < MA100, colorRed, colorBlack)));
Plot(Close, "", colorBlack, styleCandle);
Plot(MA100, "", IIf(C > MA100, colorGreen, IIf(C < MA100, colorRed, colorBlack)), styleLine | styleThick);

You can uncomment that SetBarFillColor() function if you want the candles to be green or red based on whether the close is above or below the 100 ma.

[oh, sorry, this is not what you want. I re-read your post just as I submitted this. You want to look at the relationship between sequential 100 ma values, not how it is relative to the close. I'll post that when I get a chance]

[77trader]

Thanks for your initial try...Steve!
The colorBlack shows up as a separate line
and the 100MA seemed to be only green.
I tried it this way (below), close but no cigar...

I await your next suggestion....
-Ron

A = (Close)/100;
MA100 = MA(Close, 100);
// SetBarFillColor(IIf(C > MA100, colorGreen, IIf(C < MA100, colorRed, colorBlack)));
Plot(MA100, "", IIf(C > MA100, colorGreen, IIf(C < MA100, colorRed, colorBlack)), styleLine | styleThick);
_SECTION_END();

[steveh2009]

Is this better?


MA100 = MA(Close, 100);
Ref0 = Ref(MA100, 0);
Ref1 = Ref(MA100, -1);

Plot(Close, "", colorBlack, styleCandle);
Plot(MA100, "", IIf(Ref0 > Ref1, colorGreen, IIf(Ref0 < Ref1, colorRed, colorBlack)), styleLine | styleThick);

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What you could also do is use 3 points to determine if the 100 ma trend is in a possible transition state. That is, the current point makes sure it's above the last 2 points for green and vice verse for red. (If you have a non-white chart background where yellow shows well, I'd use colorYellow instead of colorBlack for the transition color).

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MA100 = MA(Close, 100);

Ref0 = Ref(MA100, 0);
Ref1 = Ref(MA100, -1);
Ref2 = Ref(MA100, -2);

Plot(Close, "", colorBlack, styleCandle);
Plot(MA100, "", IIf(Ref0 > Ref1 AND Ref1 > Ref2, colorGreen, IIf(Ref0 < Ref1 AND Ref1 < Ref2, colorRed, colorBlack)), styleLine | styleThick);

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You should hang out on the Amibroker thread on Yahoo Groups. That's where the developer of Amibroker and all the experts are, not here at TL.

[77trader]

Thanks again Steve,
But I don't this is not what I want. Please read my 1st post and look at the enclosed example that I made in Photoshop.
I want a 100MA TRENDLINE that changes colors, (with my parameters above).
I will use it as one on my indicators.
Again ... Thanks for your help!
Ron

[77trader]

Thanks Steve for your efforts, but you wrote code for candle sticks
and this is not what I needed.
Please re-read my original post/request.
I have enclosed an example that I did in Photoshop.
I want a 100MA TREND LINE that changes colors as to the above stated parameters.

Thanks again for all your help!
-Ron

[77trader]

Enclosed is A correct think or swim (black back round) version of this TrendLine and a very close to correct Amibroker version.
The Amibroker Code used is:
_SECTION_BEGIN("Bar Chart");
Color = ParamColor("Up Bar", colorGreen );
Color1 = ParamColor("Down Bar", colorRed );
Plot(C,"", IIf(C>O,color,color1), styleBar);
_SECTION_END();

_SECTION_BEGIN("MA");

MA100 = MA(Close, 100);

Ref0 = Ref(MA100, 0);

Ref1 = Ref(MA100, -1);

Ref2 = Ref(MA100, -2);