CrossOver

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Finds the cross over of two series.

 

Syntax

 

CrossOver( series1, series2, [direction], [crossOverSize], [offset] )

 

Parameters

series1

 

series1

series2

 

series2

direction

 

the direction of the cross over. A positive number looks for  when series1 goes from below series2 to above series2. A negative number looks for when series1 goes from above series2 to below series2. The default is 1.

crossOverSize

 

the number of bars to consider when looking for the cross. Default value is 1 bars which will check if the cross occured between the last bar and the current bar.

offset

 

the number of bars to offset before finding the value. The default is to look at the current bar.

 

 

 

returns

 

TRUE if there was a cross over, FALSE if not.

 

Example

' Check if there was a cross over between the short moving average and the long moving average.

 

IF CrossOver( shortMovingAverage, longMovingAverage ) THEN

 PRINT "Yes, there was a cross over today."

ENDIF