Signals from mutiple time frames
Posted: 10 Jul 2009
After 10 years of TS2ki I finally found MC - glad to be here...
I have a issue which I never solved in TS2ki - but maybe someone from the community can give me some thoughts ...
I have a chart with 2 symbols
GBPUSD 10 min as Data1
GBPUSD 30 min as Data2
If I base an indicator on Data1 and a second indicator on Data2 and have a look in the new Data Window of MC this will look as follows:
Time-----Value of Indicator1-----Value of Indicator2-----Barnumber
0700-----10-----------------------10------------------------[0]
0650-----12-----------------------N/A-----------------------[1]
0640-----14-----------------------N/A-----------------------[2]
0630-----16-----------------------16------------------------[3]
0620-----14-----------------------N/A-----------------------[4]
0610-----12-----------------------N/A-----------------------[5]
0600-----10-----------------------10------------------------[6]
As long I use this visual on charts I do not care.
But this get's tricky when I start writing signals.
The 10 min chart (Data1) is the one where I generate my orders. The 20 min (Data2) is to support the decision making, e.g. apply a filter for range when using a directional strategy.
So when I check Indicator2 for example if the value is ascending and I write it the following way it will point into nirvana:
Indicator2[0] > Indicator2[1] ... delivers 10 > N/A
To fix this I need to write it the following way:
Indicator2[0] > Indicator2[3] ... delivers 10 > 16
But this gets really messy when I change Data2 from 30 min to 20 min ... but it might be very useful to check different time frames ....
So is there anybody out there who knows a smart fix to this problem???
Or does MC work differently form TS2ki?
regards,
smashthepound
I have a issue which I never solved in TS2ki - but maybe someone from the community can give me some thoughts ...
I have a chart with 2 symbols
GBPUSD 10 min as Data1
GBPUSD 30 min as Data2
If I base an indicator on Data1 and a second indicator on Data2 and have a look in the new Data Window of MC this will look as follows:
Time-----Value of Indicator1-----Value of Indicator2-----Barnumber
0700-----10-----------------------10------------------------[0]
0650-----12-----------------------N/A-----------------------[1]
0640-----14-----------------------N/A-----------------------[2]
0630-----16-----------------------16------------------------[3]
0620-----14-----------------------N/A-----------------------[4]
0610-----12-----------------------N/A-----------------------[5]
0600-----10-----------------------10------------------------[6]
As long I use this visual on charts I do not care.
But this get's tricky when I start writing signals.
The 10 min chart (Data1) is the one where I generate my orders. The 20 min (Data2) is to support the decision making, e.g. apply a filter for range when using a directional strategy.
So when I check Indicator2 for example if the value is ascending and I write it the following way it will point into nirvana:
Indicator2[0] > Indicator2[1] ... delivers 10 > N/A
To fix this I need to write it the following way:
Indicator2[0] > Indicator2[3] ... delivers 10 > 16
But this gets really messy when I change Data2 from 30 min to 20 min ... but it might be very useful to check different time frames ....
So is there anybody out there who knows a smart fix to this problem???
Or does MC work differently form TS2ki?
regards,
smashthepound