Minute timeframe Error

• 08/17/2017 at 5:10 AM #43304
  bruces

  I have created very simple ProScreener code below to list stocks that have a stochastic above 80 across 3 timeframes – 2, 6 and 18 minutes; and a 50 SMA sloping down in the 18 minute timeframe.  When I run the screener, it says that hours would be more appropriate than minutes and just goes back to the proscreener screen.  It does the same even when I just have one of the timeframes above.  It works fine when the timeframes are 1hour, Daily and Weekly.  What am I doing wrong?

  PRT Code and error details Below

  TIMEFRAME(2Mn) sK2=Stochastic[5,2](close) TIMEFRAME(6Mn) sK6=Stochastic[5,2](close) Timeframe (18Mn) sK18=Stochastic[5,2](close) MA18 = Moving Average (50) SMA50Slope18 = ma - ma[1] Screener [sK2 > 80 AND sK6 > 80 AND sK18 >80 AND SMA50Slope18 <0]

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  TIMEFRAME(2Mn) sK2=Stochastic[5,2](close) TIMEFRAME(6Mn) sK6=Stochastic[5,2](close) Timeframe (18Mn) sK18=Stochastic[5,2](close) MA18 = Moving Average (50) SMA50Slope18 = ma - ma[1] Screener [sK2 > 80 AND sK6 > 80 AND sK18 >80 AND SMA50Slope18 <0]

  Error:

  Syntax Error Line 1, Character 12

  One of the following characters would be more suitable than “Mn” – Hr (A timeframe of Hour)

   

  

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  08/17/2017 at 10:07 AM #43328
  Nicolas

  In ProScreener, and with the TIMEFRAME keyword, only “usual” timeframes are allowed (the ones from the list in the ProScreener window). That’s why your 2,6 and 18 minutes timeframes are throwing this kind of error.

  

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  08/18/2017 at 3:15 AM #44159
  bruces

  Thank you for the response.  I changed the code to the “standard” minute timeframes as follows, but still get the same error:

  PRT Code:

  TIMEFRAME(3Mn) sK3=Stochastic[5,2](close) TIMEFRAME(10Mn) sK10=Stochastic[5,2](close) Timeframe (30Mn) sK30=Stochastic[5,2](close) Screener [sK3 > 80 AND sK10 > 80 AND sK30 >80]

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  TIMEFRAME(3Mn) sK3=Stochastic[5,2](close) TIMEFRAME(10Mn) sK10=Stochastic[5,2](close) Timeframe (30Mn) sK30=Stochastic[5,2](close) Screener [sK3 > 80 AND sK10 > 80 AND sK30 >80]

   

  

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  08/18/2017 at 8:13 AM #44162
  bruces

  Resolved.  Didn’t like “Mn”.  Used “Minutes” with a space between the standard number and the word “Minutes”.  Thank you for assistance.

  

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