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Could someone please explain?

  • #1
  • First Post: Jul 8, 2011 1:13am Jul 8, 2011 1:13am
Was trying to find the highest high over a number of minutes when attached to any timeframe chart ....

This code appeared to give wrong values...

mHigh = High[iHighest(NULL, 1, MODE_HIGH, mTimeMins, 0)];
mLow = Low[iLowest(NULL, 1, MODE_LOW, mTimeMins, 0)];

Whereas this appeared to work ....

for(int i = 0; i < mTimeMins;, i++)
{
mHigh = MathMax(mHigh, iHigh(NULL, 1, i));
mLow = MathMin(mLow, iLow(NULL, 1, i));
}


Any explanation would be much appreciated.

TIA
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  • #2
  • Jul 8, 2011 1:51am Jul 8, 2011 1:51am
Quoting futurespec
Was trying to find the highest high over a number of minutes when attached to any timeframe chart ....

This code appeared to give wrong values...

mHigh = High[iHighest(NULL, 1, MODE_HIGH, mTimeMins, 0)];
mLow = Low[iLowest(NULL, 1, MODE_LOW, mTimeMins, 0)];

Whereas this appeared to work ....

for(int i = 0; i < mTimeMins;, i++)
{
mHigh = MathMax(mHigh, iHigh(NULL, 1, i));
mLow = MathMin(mLow, iLow(NULL, 1, i));
}


Any explanation would be much appreciated.

TIA
Hi,

the syntax for iHighest is the follow:

Inserted Code
int iHighest(string symbol, int timeframe, int type, int count=WHOLE_ARRAY, int start=0)

so your mTimeMins should be the numbers of the bars for time period that you are considering.

So first you have to use:

Inserted Code
int iBarShift(string symbol, int timeframe, datetime time, bool exact=false)
in order to found the number of bars

gspe
  • #3
  • Last Post: Jul 8, 2011 2:00am Jul 8, 2011 2:00am
Many thanks for the reply.

Something to do with the wood and the trees then! .... for the life of me I could not see it but now that you have explained it is obvious... DOH !!

Thanks again for the help.
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