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I'm trying to use a 10 day moving average displaced 5 days in the EOD version of ProRealTime; but although the indicator works, it doesn't display the displaced portion on the charts. Nor does any data show up beyond the current day. What I want is to be able to see the indicator, and have...

I suppose so; but I think it might be psychologically more difficult. It's an option I hadn't considered before, though. I always used to insist on a RR ratio of 1:2, as I thought then I only needed to win 4 out of 10 trades to come out ahead; but there were enough times when a trade would...

Pain is the word ... when it would be so simple to implement.

Can anyone tell me how to improve on my labour intensive Pure Deal execution? Basically, I want to be able to set up a pending trade, long or short, using a stop entry at a certain price, with a risk of so many points; and then have half the position close out at a target equal to the risk, and...

Aren't crows vermin? In which case, anything goes

Fractal I created a 'Long Fractal' indicator. The only problems are, it doesn't generate a blob on the price chart (or paint the bar in some way) but appears as an indicator beneath; and it doesn't show the fractal bar itself - that is, the middle bar - but the last bar that forms the Fractal...

It makes perfect sense. I'm on the case. I've found a nifty collection of user created indicators hidden away on the Prorealtime website and I'm bowdlerising (if that's the right word) Three Black Crows. I'm surprised nobody appears to have created a Fractal indicator already, though.

Thanks for those speedy replies. They both sound like good ideas (I've done something similar to the second one before) and I'll try them out over the next couple of days. I'm a very slow worker when it comes to coding even the simplest thing.

I've coded a few simple indicators for Prorealtime but I can't figure out how to create one that will put a visible mark above and below bars that qualify as 'Fractals'. A Fractal, as I use it, is simply a high that has two lower highs to the left and two lower highs to the right; and a low...

Voices and names Hello Axis, The latest video of Harvey's was, or was claimed to have been, recorded in a cafe with some friends. One friend he talks to, and who replies at some length, during the first part of this video, is said to be Henry Doyle. They sound about as different as two...

In Metastock EOD, I run the Explorer, which produces a report, which I then save to a folder in Favourites, which I then scroll through one by one. Does anyone know how I can ensure that the initial chart I open from this saved folder in Favourites is my 'default' template, since at the moment...

Does anyone know how to change the default setting for trendlines in Metastock 8? I want to thicken the lines and have a different colour and extend the lines to the right; but it gets a bit tiring to have to change these options each time. There doesn't seem to be a 'chose as default' option.

That sounds like what I wanted. Thanks, I'll look into it. Evidently, there's a lot more to IB than meets the eye - my eye, anyway.

Basically, this is a strategy I've followed for years, off and on. It simply involves watching out for a chart pattern, and when it appears, placing a buy or sell order at a higher or lower point than the current price. If I'm filled, a stop and a target are automatically placed. The target is...

Well, I wanted to avoid the concern I have that one day a stock I'm long plummets overnight and my modest 'risk' turns into a monster loss. I thought maybe if I bought an option instead of a position, I would benefit from any subsequent gain but be protected against the outside possibility of a...