glgene
616 posts
msg #96850
- Ignore glgene |
10/11/2010 11:22:13 PM
I looked at page 21 in the SF User Manual, and I can't find what I'm looking for with the 'near' indicator.
Could someone show me the 1-line script that would result in showing only the stocks that closed near the day's high? I'm talking about today's action. Does 'near' always mean within 2% (as shown on page 21)? That might be too rigid. Maybe something within the top 1/3 of the day's range. ???
Thanks.
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four
5,087 posts
msg #96851
- Ignore four
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10/11/2010 11:53:30 PM
/*
1. Find stocks where the close was in the top half of the trading range for the day:
http://forums.stockfetcher.com/sfforums/?q=view&fid=1006&tid=85&qrid=&isiframe=
*/
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glgene
616 posts
msg #96854
- Ignore glgene |
10/12/2010 12:35:29 AM
four, I took your script and got these results (end-of-day 10-11-2010 run):
0.50,1 --------------- 4,061 stocks
0.33,1 -------------- 5,435 stocks
0.67,1 -------------- 2,863 stocks
0.90,1 -------------- 1,448 stocks
0.98,1 ------------- 1,062 stocks
First, what does the "1" mean in the script (sorry),
Second, if 0.98,1 means these 1,062 stocks finished within the top 2% of their day's range, 1,062 matches seems hard to believe. Today was not a barnburner day!
Help me. Thanks
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four
5,087 posts
msg #96855
- Ignore four
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10/12/2010 12:54:27 AM
I would agree with your observation... '1' is just today.
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Yes, most of the indexes where near flat.
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glgene
616 posts
msg #96856
- Ignore glgene |
10/12/2010 1:04:50 AM
four,
First, thanks for the SF link. It says, in part, "The Day Position is a basic measure that computes a value which is a percentage of the day range. In otherwords, if the position parameter is 0.5, the Day Position will be Low + ((High - Low) * 0.5). Any value from 0 to 1 may be used to locate a position within the daily range.
But when I ran the following script, shown below, look at the Day Positions of these stocks (end-of-day run on 10-11-2010):
SPY 0.99
BAC 2.35
MGM 6.09
INTC 1.46
I thought the range was anywhere from 0 to 1. ??? Maybe the Add Column line, as written, is wrong. Any idea?
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four
5,087 posts
msg #96857
- Ignore four
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10/12/2010 1:27:30 AM
INTC = 19.53 + ((19.75 - 19.53) * .5) = 19.64
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glgene
616 posts
msg #96858
- Ignore glgene |
10/12/2010 1:42:19 AM
I'm not looking for the closing price of INTC. I want to know how far up the day's price range the stock finished (example, did it finish in the upper 30% of the range?).
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four
5,087 posts
msg #96862
- Ignore four
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10/12/2010 1:39:30 PM
when cnt = 1 then close was in the top half of the trading range for the day
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glgene
616 posts
msg #96867
- Ignore glgene |
10/12/2010 4:58:21 PM
four,
We're getting there! But the Add Column figure is still showing the closing price. Can it show where it finished the day (that is, at what % level of the day's trading range)?
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glgene
616 posts
msg #96878
- Ignore glgene |
10/12/2010 11:37:19 PM
OK, try this. Round-a-bout way (might be a little clunky) to show a day's end position within the price range for the day. From 0 to 1 (higher is better)
In the script, I'm including the past 5 days of position end.
One problem, though (I think). Check this run end-of-day 10-12-2010. Both GLD and EEM had negative returns for the day, but the day-end POS looks favorable at 0.71 and 0.83, respectively. Again, 1.00 is highest possible. Could this be a bug in my scripting for a stock that loses on a given day? I'm pretty sure the numbers are correct for positive days.
I added RSI and CMF columns to help examine a stock.
Look forward to any constructive comments, incl. comment on the above (re: stocks with losses that day).
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