Division By Zero Error

• 09/04/2024 at 11:18 AM #237070
  whateveritmightbe

  Good Day Everyone,

  this is about another division by zero issue. It does happen to me with various instruments (NDX, DAX etc.) only within the 1M time frame.
  I checked other forum posts and tried a few things: -volume is > 0, -only execute in a selected time frame, -tried the min and max function

  Here is part of the code (I think it happens with “mySTOLong = STOCHASTIc…”, if I set it the mySTOLong value to 0 it does work).
  And of course every time it stops i see that close = open and open = high and high = low….

  Any idea or comment is highly appreciated!

  Thx Oliver

  mySTOnLong = 1 mySTOkLong = 6 mySTOsmootherLong = 4 mySTOlookPeriodsLong = 11 mySTOoverBoughtLimitLong = 90 mySTOoverSoldLimitLong = 49 LongTime = time>=090000 and time<170000 if longtime and NOT ONMARKET then // STOCHASTIC CONDITION // mySTOLong = STOCHASTIc[mySTOnLong,mySTOkLong](close) //mySTOLong = 0 // STOCHASTIc[mySTOnLong,mySTOkLong](close) mySTOsmoothedLong = AVERAGE[mySTOsmootherLong](mySTOLong) mySTOcrossOverLong = SUMMATION[mySTOlookPeriodsLong]((mySTOLong CROSSES OVER mySTOsmoothedLong) AND (mySTOLong < mySTOoverSoldLimitLong)) mySTOnotOverBoughtLong = (mySTOLong < mySTOoverBoughtLimitLong) AND (mySTOsmoothedLong < mySTOoverBoughtLimitLong) mySTOconditionLong = mySTOcrossOverLong AND mySTOnotOverBoughtLong ENDIF

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  mySTOnLong                    = 1 mySTOkLong                    = 6 mySTOsmootherLong             = 4 mySTOlookPeriodsLong          = 11 mySTOoverBoughtLimitLong      = 90 mySTOoverSoldLimitLong        = 49 LongTime                      = time>=090000 and time<170000     if longtime and NOT ONMARKET then   // STOCHASTIC CONDITION // mySTOLong                     = STOCHASTIc[mySTOnLong,mySTOkLong](close)     //mySTOLong                     = 0 // STOCHASTIc[mySTOnLong,mySTOkLong](close)     mySTOsmoothedLong             = AVERAGE[mySTOsmootherLong](mySTOLong) mySTOcrossOverLong            = SUMMATION[mySTOlookPeriodsLong]((mySTOLong CROSSES OVER mySTOsmoothedLong) AND (mySTOLong < mySTOoverSoldLimitLong)) mySTOnotOverBoughtLong        = (mySTOLong < mySTOoverBoughtLimitLong) AND (mySTOsmoothedLong < mySTOoverBoughtLimitLong) mySTOconditionLong            = mySTOcrossOverLong AND mySTOnotOverBoughtLong     ENDIF

   

  

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  09/04/2024 at 11:42 AM #237071
  JC_Bywan

  Hi,

  it might be because with mySTOnLong=1, this means the stochastic calculation is made with a division of high-low, and that would indeed be worth zero when high=low.

  Maybe an if statement checking high vs low for mySTOnLong=1, or >1 on its own (although it might happen again with mySTOnLong=2 if 2 consecutive candles with twice same high=low, but not as frequently, a more general condition could be written if that’s the case):

  if (mySTOnLong=1 and high<>low) or  mySTOnLong>1 then

  mySTOLong = STOCHASTIc[mySTOnLong,mySTOkLong](close)

  else

  mySTOLong = // choose what default value to give when high=low and stochastic cannot be calculated over a span of mySTOnLong=1

  endif

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