HasCrossedAbove///HasCrossed Below

Created at 13 Sep 2016, 18:46

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HasCrossedAbove///HasCrossed Below
13 Sep 2016, 18:46

Hi,

I want to create a signal if the current close (daily bar) crosses the movingaverage. I am using the code below but get an error.

double close = daily.Close.LastValue;

bool isCrossDown = Functions.HasCrossedAbove(close, ma.Result, 0);
bool isCrossUp = Functions.HasCrossedBelow(close, ma.Result, 0);

"The best overloaded method match for calgo.api.function.hascrossedabove... has some invalid arguments. Argument 1 cannot convert from double to cAlgo.Api.Dateseries.

Now when I change the 2 bools to

bool isCrossDown = Functions.HasCrossedAbove(ma.Result,close, 0);
bool isCrossUp = Functions.HasCrossedBelow(ma.Result, close, 0);

I don't get an error however this would imply that the moving average crosses above the close!?

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks

Replies

croucrou
13 Sep 2016, 20:17

Can't you just write it like:

if (Symbol.Bid > ma.Result.LastValue)
//buy

if (Symbol.Ask < ma.Result.LastValue)
//sell

@croucrou

croucrou
13 Sep 2016, 20:24

RE:

Unless you are interested in the previous bar's close, then:

if (daily.Close.Last(1) > ma.Result.LastValue)
//buy
 
if (daily.Close.Last(1) < ma.Result.LastValue)
//sell

Assuming, that the "ma" is also based on the daily timeframe series.

@croucrou

DELETED_USER
13 Sep 2016, 23:33

RE: RE:

I am interested in the actual daily bar's close.

Symbol.Bid > ma.Result.LastValue would be called everytime the bid is above the MA. I am interested when the DailyBar closes above (crosses above) the MA for the first time.

Wouldn't daily.Close.Last(1) > ma.Result.LastValue be called everytime the last close is above the MA?

croucrou said:

Unless you are interested in the previous bar's close, then:
if (daily.Close.Last(1) > ma.Result.LastValue)
//buy
 
if (daily.Close.Last(1) < ma.Result.LastValue)
//sell
Assuming, that the "ma" is also based on the daily timeframe series.

croucrou
14 Sep 2016, 01:08

Crossing above happens in a real time and closing happens on the end of the previous bar.

I assume it is the first case, so I would use Symbol Bid/Ask to discard the spread instead of daily.Close.LastValue.

You are right, to make it complete, you would need to add:

if (Symbol.Bid > ma.Result.LastValue && daily.Open.Last(0) < ma.Result.LastValue)
//buy
 
if (Symbol.Ask < ma.Result.LastValue && daily.Open.Last(0) > ma.Result.LastValue)
//sell

@croucrou

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