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TRO_DYNAMIC_SR2CAN - How it works

Postby alichambers » Fri May 18, 2007 9:33 am

Hi TRO,

I've been looking at the DynamicS/R threads and this looks like a really useful indicator.

However, I don't own TS or ES software - I own Amibroker, and am used to coding in this.

I would like to port the indicator over, but don't understand how the DynamicS/R works.

Would you be able to explain please.

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Postby TheRumpledOne » Fri May 18, 2007 5:20 pm

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{ _TRO_Dynamic_SR2can - draw fibs between the Support/Resistance lines }
   
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so I can't be blamed for this indicator having my contact info.}


{Programmer:  Avery T. Horton, Jr.  aka TheRumpledOne,
gifts and donations accepted, PO Box 43575, Tucson, AZ 85733 }

{ ? Copyright 2006 Avery T. Horton, Jr.}

 

inputs:

   iAlert(false),
   iStartDate(1070101),  // if not intraday, date to start counting
   iPlotFibs(true),
   iPlotSR(true),
   iPrice( Close ),
   iDecimals(2),
   iPeriods(5),
//   iHigh( HighD(0) ),
//   iLow( LowD(0) ),

   iFibPlot("R"),         // "P" = projections, "R" = retracements
iFib1(.24),
iFib2(.38),
iFib3(.50),
iFib4(.62),
iFib5(.76),
iFib1Color(darkcyan ),
iFib2Color(darkbrown),
iFib3Color(darkgray),
iFib4Color(darkbrown ),
iFib5Color(darkcyan  ),
   HighColor(  red),
   LowColor(  blue),

   idummy("");

variables:

fg8(white),
bg8(black),


xAppType(0),
sFirstPass(true),
 
tInd(""),
tAlert(""),

xFib1(iFib1),
xFib2(iFib2),
xFib3(iFib3),
xFib4(iFib4),
xFib5(iFib5),

tFib(""),

xLowestLow(0),
xHighestHigh(0),
xRange(0),

xPosition(0),
   
oExtremeVal( 0 ),
oExtremeBar( 0 ) ;


variables:


   Dynamic2_R( 0 ),
   Dynamic2_S( 0 ),
   OldDynamic2_R( 0 ),
   OldDynamic2_S( 0 ),
   PrevDynamic2_R( 0 ),
   PrevDynamic2_S( 0 ),


xBars( 0 ),
xPeriods(05),
xOldPeriods(0),

   Dynamic_R( 0 ),
   Dynamic_S( 0 ),
   OldDynamic_R( 0 ),
   OldDynamic_S( 0 ),
   PrevDynamic_R( 0 ),
   PrevDynamic_S( 0 ) ;


{commentary variables}
variables:
xcomm(0),
oComm1( "" ),    
oComm2( "" ),    
oComm3( "" ),    
oComm4( "" ),    
oComm5( "" ),
oComm6( "" ),
oComm7( "" ),
oComm8( "" ),
oComm9( "" ),    
oComm10( "" );



{first time through}

if sFirstPass
then begin
   
sFirstPass = false;


{ APP TYPE TEST }
 
sFirstPass = false;

xAppType = GetAppInfo(aiApplicationType);        // cUnknown = 0 cChart = 1  cRadarScreen = 2 cOptionStation = 3


end; {if sFirstPass}


{ INITIALIZE }


tInd   = "";
tAlert  = "";
      

{ CALCULATIONS }
         



If date this bar >= iStartDate
then begin

{save old values}
   
If Dynamic_R <> PrevDynamic_R
   then OldDynamic_R = PrevDynamic_R;
      
If Dynamic_S <> PrevDynamic_S
   then OldDynamic_S  = PrevDynamic_S ;
   
OldDynamic_R = PrevDynamic_R ;
OldDynamic_S = PrevDynamic_S ;

PrevDynamic_R = Dynamic_R ;
PrevDynamic_S = Dynamic_S ;



   
If Dynamic2_R <> PrevDynamic2_R
   then OldDynamic2_R = PrevDynamic2_R;
      
If Dynamic2_S <> PrevDynamic2_S
   then OldDynamic2_S  = PrevDynamic2_S ;
   
OldDynamic2_R = PrevDynamic2_R ;
OldDynamic2_S = PrevDynamic2_S ;

PrevDynamic2_R = Dynamic2_R ;
PrevDynamic2_S = Dynamic2_S ;

{ high / low for period }
   


xBars = xBars + 1;




oExtremeVal = Extremes( L, iPeriods, -1, Dynamic_S , oExtremeBar ) ; // lowest low

oExtremeVal = Extremes( H, iPeriods, 1, Dynamic_R , oExtremeBar ) ; // highest high



If Dynamic_R <> H
and Dynamic_R < PrevDynamic_R
   then if PrevDynamic_R <> 0
      then Dynamic_R = PrevDynamic_R;
   
If Dynamic_S <> L
and Dynamic_S > PrevDynamic_S       
   then if PrevDynamic_S <> 0
      then Dynamic_S = PrevDynamic_S;



oExtremeVal = Extremes( L of data2 , iPeriods, -1, Dynamic2_S , oExtremeBar ) ; // lowest low

oExtremeVal = Extremes( H of data2, iPeriods, 1, Dynamic2_R , oExtremeBar ) ; // highest high



If Dynamic2_R <> H
and Dynamic2_R < PrevDynamic2_R
   then if PrevDynamic2_R <> 0
      then Dynamic2_R = PrevDynamic2_R;
   
If Dynamic2_S <> L
and Dynamic2_S > PrevDynamic2_S       
   then if PrevDynamic2_S <> 0
      then Dynamic2_S = PrevDynamic2_S;


{
If iLow <> iLow[1]
Or iHigh <> iHigh[1]
then begin
}
If iFibPlot = "R"
Or iFibPlot = "r"
then begin
 

xLowestLow =  Dynamic2_S ;

xRange        = Dynamic2_R -  Dynamic2_S ;

xFib1      = iFib1 * xRange + xLowestLow;
xFib2      = iFib2 * xRange + xLowestLow;
xFib3      = iFib3 * xRange + xLowestLow;
xFib4      = iFib4 * xRange + xLowestLow;
xFib5      = iFib5 * xRange + xLowestLow;
end // If iFibPlot = "R"...
else Begin

// oExtremeVal = Extremes( iLow[iPeriods], iPeriods, -1, xLowestLow , oExtremeBar ) ; // lowest low

// oExtremeVal = Extremes( iHigh[iPeriods], iPeriods, 1, xHighestHigh , oExtremeBar ) ; // highest high

xLowestLow   = Dynamic2_S ;

xHighestHigh = Dynamic2_R ;

xRange        = xHighestHigh - xLowestLow;

If close > OpenD(0)
then begin
xFib1      = iFib1 * xRange + xHighestHigh;  // high projections
xFib2      = iFib2 * xRange + xHighestHigh;
xFib3      = iFib3 * xRange + xHighestHigh;
xFib4      = iFib4 * xRange + xHighestHigh;
xFib5      = iFib5 * xRange + xHighestHigh;
end
else begin
xFib1      = xLowestLow - iFib1 * xRange ;  // low projections
xFib2      = xLowestLow - iFib2 * xRange ;
xFib3      = xLowestLow - iFib3 * xRange ;
xFib4      = xLowestLow - iFib4 * xRange ;
xFib5      = xLowestLow - iFib5 * xRange ;
end;

end;

// end; { If iLow <> iLow[1]... }



{ Alert criteria }

If high >= Dynamic_R
then begin
   Fg8 = red;
   Bg8 = white;
   tAlert = "Price touched Resistance" ;
end
else
If Low   <= Dynamic_S
then begin
   Fg8 = blue;
   Bg8 = white;
   tAlert = "Price touched Support" ;
end;



{ Alert }

if iAlert
and tAlert <> ""
//and tAlert <> tAlert[1]
   then Alert( tAlert ) ;


if iPlotFibs   
then begin
   
Plot1(xFib1 , "fib1", iFib1Color ) ;

Plot2(xFib2 , "fib2", iFib2Color ) ;

Plot3(xFib3 , "fib3", iFib3Color ) ;

Plot4(xFib4 , "fib4", iFib4Color ) ;

Plot5(xFib5 , "fib5", iFib5Color ) ;

end; // iPlotFibs

if iPlotSR   
then begin

Plot6(Dynamic_R , "Resistance",    HighColor ) ;

Plot7(Dynamic_S , "Support",   LowColor ) ;


Plot8(Dynamic2_R , "Res",    HighColor ) ;

Plot9(Dynamic2_S , "Sup",   LowColor ) ;


end; // iPlotSR

end; // If date >= xStartDate

if xAppType = 2   
then begin
   Plot18(tAlert , "Alert", yellow ) ;
end;

CommentaryCl( "Dynamic_R: ", NumToStr( Dynamic_R , iDecimals) );

CommentaryCl( "Dynamic_S: ", NumToStr( Dynamic_S , iDecimals) );


There's the code.
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Postby alichambers » Sat May 19, 2007 12:04 pm

Thank you.

I can understand the following - I do not know Tradestation. Could you add in bits where needed please.

1. It goes back 5 bars and finds the highest high/lowest low

I am unsure what this is doing:

If Dynamic_R <> H
and Dynamic_R < PrevDynamic_R
then if PrevDynamic_R <> 0
then Dynamic_R = PrevDynamic_R;

If Dynamic_S <> L
and Dynamic_S > PrevDynamic_S
then if PrevDynamic_S <> 0
then Dynamic_S = PrevDynamic_S;


2. Key fib levels are calculated between the highest high and lowest low

3. These fib levels are plotted - but I am not sure which bar they start from

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Postby TheRumpledOne » Sat May 19, 2007 3:51 pm

#1. I don't know how to explain that. <> means not equal to. < means less than and = means equal to. Prev means previous. To understand, you could construct a decision tree. That might help you.

#2 and #3. The fib levels are plotted each bar between dynamic support and resistance.
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Postby alichambers » Sat May 19, 2007 5:11 pm

OK-do you have an explanation of how Dynamic S/R is calculated - non-code. I could then use that as a base.

AC

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Postby TheRumpledOne » Sat May 19, 2007 10:17 pm

NO. The code is the explanation.
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Postby cvax » Mon May 21, 2007 6:40 pm

what does the extremes function return?

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oExtremeVal = Extremes( L, iPeriods, -1, Dynamic_S , oExtremeBar ) ; // lowest low

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Postby TheRumpledOne » Mon May 21, 2007 7:19 pm

oExtremeVal = Extremes( L, iPeriods, -1, Dynamic_S , oExtremeBar ) ; // lowest low

IT RETURNS THE LOWEST LOW or the HIGHEST HIGH for iPeriods
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Postby jvp » Fri May 25, 2007 8:02 pm

alichambers wrote:OK-do you have an explanation of how Dynamic S/R is calculated - non-code. I could then use that as a base.

AC

I struggled to understand this code myself. After some cogitation I realized that the Dynamic_SR calculations boil down to this:

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{ Initialize }

if Dynamic_R = 0 then begin
  Dynamic_R = Highest(High, iPeriods);
  Dynamic_S = Lowest(Low, iPeriods);
end;

{ every pass }

if High = Highest(High, iPeriods) then Dynamic_R = High;

if Low = Lowest(Low, iPeriods) then Dynamic_S = Low;


Expressed in words, if the high of the current bar is equal to the highest high of the last iPeriods, set the dynamic high to the current high; otherwise just leave the dynamic high at whatever value it was before this bar. Similarly for dynamic support. The test of Dynamic_R equal to zero is there only to initialize dynamic support and resistance at the left edge of the chart.

- Jim

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Postby TheRumpledOne » Thu Aug 02, 2007 7:42 pm

Jim:

You left out this part, which is the most important!!

If Dynamic_R <> H
and Dynamic_R < PrevDynamic_R
then if PrevDynamic_R <> 0
then Dynamic_R = PrevDynamic_R;

If Dynamic_S <> L
and Dynamic_S > PrevDynamic_S
then if PrevDynamic_S <> 0
then Dynamic_S = PrevDynamic_S;
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