[GRANDEUR]

Please, could anyone tell me how to code a simple algorithm:
buy next bar at down trendline break.

Down trendline is formed by connection of two points: swinghigh and swinghigh[1].

[Tams]

draw a picture...
it will help you to identify the critical points
and organize your logic.

[GRANDEUR]

Here is the picture. It is the same condition but there is 'short' instead of 'buy'.
http://file.qip.ru/file/129451786/e11d76de/picture.html

[Tams]

do you know the ID of the trendline?

[GRANDEUR]

Originally Posted by Tams »

do you know the ID of the trendline?

What do you mean by the "ID"?
The answer I'm looking for is wether it is possiple in tradestation not only to visualize trends but also to trade them mechanically?

For example, I have two lows:
1) swinglow(2,low,2,15)*;
2) swinglow(2,low,2,15).

* - Syntax of 'swinglow' function in EasyLanguage: SwingLow(Instance, Price, Strength, Length)

So I want to draw an imaginary trendline connecting these two lows, assuming it is an uptrend line. When the price touches this imaginary line from up to down I want there would be a 'sell short' signal. And vice versa for down trendlines and buy signals.

[Tams]

Originally Posted by GRANDEUR »

...
The answer I'm looking for is wether it is possiple....

anything is POSSIBLE

if you can visualize it, quantify it, articulate it, you can code it.

[3monkeys]

See MarkSanDiego's implementation of "Semi-Automated Trading Using Trend Lines"
https://www.tradestation.com/Discuss...Topic_ID=88600

[GRANDEUR]

3monkeys, thank you for your post but unfortunately I am not allowed to log in to tradestation Discussion Forum. Actually, I'm a MultiCharts user not tradestation though the coding languages are similar.

Tams, I believe in my inner abilities but I would be glad if somebody helped me in coding the algorithm