wanted to run an indicator that compares the close to the previous 20 closes...can I use... if close > close(close,20) then...?

the indicator compiles but I cant tell if its working.

I'm new to easylanguage and multicharts so I'm unable to get a backtesting optimization working properly.

Thanks

see FAQ post #1
viewtopic.php?f=16&t=6929

Thank you for the help.

Just double checking, the close > close[20]....does that only compare the 20th bar to the current close or does it compare each of the previous 20 bars?

thanks again.

The close > close[20] just compares the current Close to the Close 20 bars ago, if you want the highest close over 20 bars then something like this-
Close > highest(close[1],20);

ah, makes sense....thanks very much