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Posted by Mark on April 08, 2004 at 10:18:23:

In Reply to: Re: Moving Average Alerts posted by Patrick J. Chowning on April 07, 2004 at 18:29:07:

:
: Mark:

: A weighted moving average allows users to 'specify a period'
: that the condition must satisfy before the condition is
: considered true. An example might be:

: 1. Using a simple 30 day moving average ...
: 2. With a weighting factor of '3' ...

: Answer:

: 1. Assuming that the price exceeded the 30 day moving average
: for 3 days; then an alert would be raised ...
: 2. Assuming that the price exceeded the 30 day moving average;
: but, did not exceed the average for 3 full days, then no alert
: would be signaled ...

Hi Patrick,

Thanks for the nice explanation. I hadn't been planning on adding this
option, but will take a look at it.

Thanks,
Mark
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Mark Beiley

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