How can I count the number of past signals

rnesler · 2021-03-12T22:57:22+00:00

This may be a basic one but I could not find an answer in the forums etc:-). Any help appreciated! I have programmed plenty of signals for many indicators in the past two years, and show them in a separate window below the chart. So far so good, but this only shows me the signals graphically. What I am after for back-testing purposes/research etc, … I would like to get the exact numeric value /summation of signals during a specific time period. To keep it simple, lets assume the signal is defined as the MA (8) crossing over the MA (34) on a 15 mins timeframe, and that happened 43 times in the past 3 years. I see of course the 43 signal bars…the issue though is that counting them manually is a rather tedious excercise…is there are way to get the count as a numeric value? Much obliged:-)!

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03/12/2021 at 11:57 PM #163969 quote

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This may be a basic one but I could not find an answer in the forums etc:-). Any help appreciated!

I have programmed plenty of signals for many indicators in the past two years, and show them in a separate window below the chart. So far so good, but this only shows me the signals graphically.

What I am after for back-testing purposes/research etc, … I would like to get the exact numeric value /summation of signals during a specific time period. To keep it simple, lets assume the signal is defined as the MA (8) crossing over the MA (34) on a 15 mins timeframe, and that happened 43 times in the past 3 years. I see of course the 43 signal bars…the issue though is that counting them manually is a rather tedious excercise…is there are way to get the count as a numeric value?

Much obliged:-)!

03/13/2021 at 2:22 AM #163972 quote
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This one returns the number of occurrences since Jan.1st 2019 (not tested):
```
Ma8      = average[8,0](close)
Ma34     = average[34,0](close)
CrossOver= Ma8 crosses over Ma34
Once Tally= 0
If Date >= 20190101 then
   If CrossOver then
      Tally = Tally + 1
   Endif
Endif
Return Tally as “Tally”
```
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