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Scanner wrong

Postby tradingest » 23 Dec 2016

Hi friends,

my condition for the scanner is the following:

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Var:
LowerBB(0),
risk(0);

LowerBB = BollingerBand(C, 20,-2);

Condition12 = H < H[1] and L > L[1] and H[1] < H[2] and L[1] < L[2] and L[1] < LowerBB;

If Condition12
Then Begin
risk = ((H[1] - L[1])/H[1])*100;
plot1("Long","Trade",green);
plot2(risk,"rischio %",cyan);
plot3(L[1],"Exit",cyan);
End;
The stocks with resolution weekly below are wrong why?
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Here is the chart for the first stock in the list above. Why the scanner is refers at the candle in the past. if the condition is gone I do not care.
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Re: Scanner wrong

Postby tradingest » 25 Dec 2016

somebody can you help me to resolve this problem?

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Re: Scanner wrong

Postby ABC » 26 Dec 2016

tradingest,

the scanner is not wrong, it does exactly what your code tells it to do.

When you set plot values they will be kept until you update them again. This means you will have to either remove them (using NoPlot) or set them to a different value when your Condition12 is no longer present.

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Re: Scanner wrong

Postby JoshM » 26 Dec 2016

Do you have the same indicator settings on the chart as you use in the Scanner/Watchlist?

(Things like 'Update on every tick', 'Maximum number of bars a study references', and so on.)

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Re: Scanner wrong

Postby tradingest » 26 Dec 2016

Do you have the same indicator settings on the chart as you use in the Scanner/Watchlist?
Yes. In My case L [1] is not lower at BBLower but I continue to see the signals.

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Re: Scanner wrong

Postby tradingest » 26 Dec 2016

tradingest,

the scanner is not wrong, it does exactly what your code tells it to do.

When you set plot values they will be kept until you update them again. This means you will have to either remove them (using NoPlot) or set them to a different value when your Condition12 is no longer present.

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OK I try but if I write C <H [1] the signal is always present why?

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Re: Scanner wrong

Postby ABC » 26 Dec 2016

Because you set it when your condition is true, but never reset it. If you set the value of a variable within your conditional check "if Condition12 then begin..." it would keep this value until you change it again, too. It's similar for the plots in the Scanner, they will simply keep the last value you set them to.

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Re: Scanner wrong

Postby tradingest » 26 Dec 2016

Because you set it when your condition is true, but never reset it. If you set the value of a variable within your conditional check "if Condition12 then begin..." it would keep this value until you change it again, too. It's similar for the plots in the Scanner, they will simply keep the last value you set them to.

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Have you any suggestions to avoid this problem and capture the right signal using the scanner

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Re: Scanner wrong

Postby ABC » 26 Dec 2016

Yes, follow either of the two suggestions I posted here: viewtopic.php?p=124496#p124487

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Re: Scanner wrong

Postby tradingest » 26 Dec 2016

Hi,

thank you for your suggestions but I don't understand all the scan process.
If I write condition14 = L < LowerBB, I want see only the stocks that has this condition in the currently candle and not previous candle.

I don't understand. Can you help me?

I write noPlot but doesn't work. Why?

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Re: Scanner wrong

Postby ABC » 26 Dec 2016

You might want to read about the NoPlot reserved word in the help file and wiki. If you are still having troubles after that, post the code modifications you made and I am sure someone is able to point you into the right direction.

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Re: Scanner wrong

Postby tradingest » 26 Dec 2016

Code: Select all

Var:
UpperBB(0),
LowerBB(0),
Length(20),
NumDevs(2),
risk(0);


UpperBB = BollingerBand(C, Length, NumDevs);
LowerBB = BollingerBand(C, Length, NumDevs*-1);


If H > UpperBB
then begin
risk = (H-L)/H*100;
plot10("Short","Short",red);
plot15(risk,"Rishio%",cyan);
plot20(H,"High",cyan);
end
else begin
NoPlot(0);
end;
I modified my code but there is anything that's wrong because for the SBUX stock should not see the plot because the current candle has H < upper band. Why happen this?

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Re: Scanner wrong

Postby ABC » 26 Dec 2016

Follow the correct usage of "NoPlot" as described here and it should work:
https://www.multicharts.com/trading-sof ... php/NoPlot

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Re: Scanner wrong

Postby tradingest » 26 Dec 2016

Hi ABC,

thanks for the support. I resolved my question but below I post other question always on scanner.

Why I don't see the value for some symbols?
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thanks for valuable suggestions


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