Moving average question with tradestation

I would like to do a comparision with moving averages in radar.

currently I look at the 200 day moving average with the following syntax

average(close,200)

I would like to do a comparison with the current MA and the MA from 20 bars ago.

I am hoping for something that looks like

average(close,200) - average(close,200,20) with the final 20 in the syntax to indicate that I want to look at the value of the MA 20 bars ago

Any idea on how to get this done?

 

I don't use TS, but it's fairly easy in a spreadsheet like excel. Just take MA(n) in any column, then copy and paste special(values) the data into another column shifted up or down 20 cells; subtract the two columns. DONE.

 

Worst e'trader post of all time - ?

 

if barnumber >= 220 then value1 = (( average(close,200) - average(close,200)[20] ) / average(close,200)[20] ) * 100;

this litle calcuation will give you the percentage difference
between current ma and the 20bar back ma


if you only wish to have the difference as price you allready
gave the example yourself

if barnumber >= 220 then value1 = average(close,200) - average(close,200)[20]; // the nr between the displacements is the amount of bars you wish to look back to compare both value's

 

Next to your post and handle, maybe?

 

Maybe you meant to post to the "Moving average question with Excel" thread - ?

 

Thank you for all your responses.

Let me take this one step further and ask if this would be the correct syntax to get the value of the 200MA from 20 bars ago

value1 = average(close,200[20])

so that I could further use it in this way

if average(close,200,[20]) - average(close,200)
then
X = 1
end


does this work? Thank you

 

yes, but your displacement is in the wrong area
it comes either emediatly behind close or behind
the ma's declaration

example

value1 = average(close,200);
value2 = ( value1 - value1[20] );

in this case value2 is the difference between the both of them

from here you could go further

if value2 >= somenumber then begin
go get some beer
end;

 

Thank you for pointing that out.

I tried average(CLOSE[20],200) in my EL and did not get an error.

As I understand

average(CLOSE[20],200) = 200MA 20 bars ago ?

Thanks again

Robert

 

[ yes whatever number you write between these 2 displacements is the amount of bars back you wish to make your calculation ]

so no displacements is current value [0] is also current value
[50] is value of 50 bars back

PHP:

close - close[10]

would mean close minus close of 10 bars back