2001 Feb: Buff Up Your Moving Averages

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File Name: BuffAverages.efs


Description:
Buff Averages


Formula Parameters:
Fast Avg Length: 5
Slow Avg Length: 20
Thickness: 2
Line Color Fast Buff: Red
Line Color Slow Buff: Blue
Display Cursor Labels: True

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/*********************************Provided By:      eSignal (Copyright c eSignal), a division of Interactive Data     Corporation. 2008. All rights reserved. This sample eSignal     Formula Script (EFS) is for educational purposes only and may be     modified and saved under a new file name.  eSignal is not responsible    for the functionality once modified.  eSignal reserves the right     to modify and overwrite this EFS file with each new release.Description:            Buff AveragesVersion:            1.0  01/12/2009Formula Parameters:                     Default:    Fast Avg Length                     5    Slow Avg Length                     20    Thickness                           2    Line Color Fast Buff                Red    Line Color Slow Buff                Blue    Display Cursor Labels               TrueNotes:     The related article is copyrighted material. If you are not    a subscriber of Stocks & Commodities, please visit www.traders.com.**********************************/var fpArray = new Array();var bInit = false;function preMain() {    setPriceStudy(true);    setShowCursorLabel(false);    setShowTitleParameters( false );    setStudyTitle("Buff Averages");    setCursorLabelName("Fast Buff", 0);    setCursorLabelName("Slow Buff", 1);        setDefaultBarFgColor(Color.red, 0);    setDefaultBarFgColor(Color.blue, 1);    setPlotType(PLOTTYPE_LINE, 0);     setPlotType(PLOTTYPE_LINE, 1);     setDefaultBarThickness(2, 0);    setDefaultBarThickness(2, 1);       askForInput();    var x=0;    fpArray[x] = new FunctionParameter("LineColor1", FunctionParameter.COLOR);    with(fpArray[x++]){        setName("Line Color Fast Buff");        setDefault(Color.red);    }        fpArray[x] = new FunctionParameter("LineColor2", FunctionParameter.COLOR);    with(fpArray[x++]){        setName("Line Color Slow Buff");        setDefault(Color.blue);    }        fpArray[x] = new FunctionParameter("ViewValue", FunctionParameter.BOOLEAN);    with(fpArray[x++]){        setName("Display Cursor Labels");        setDefault(true);    }            fpArray[x] = new FunctionParameter("SlowAvg", FunctionParameter.NUMBER);	with(fpArray[x++]){        setName("Slow Avg Length");        setLowerLimit(1);		        setDefault(20);    }    fpArray[x] = new FunctionParameter("FastAvg", FunctionParameter.NUMBER);	with(fpArray[x++]){        setName("Fast Avg Length");        setLowerLimit(1);		        setDefault(5);    }    fpArray[x] = new FunctionParameter("Thickness", FunctionParameter.NUMBER);	with(fpArray[x++]){        setName("Lines Thickness");        setLowerLimit(1);		        setDefault(2);    }}var xBuffFastAvg = null;var xBuffSlowAvg = null;function main(FastAvg, SlowAvg, Thickness, LineColor1, LineColor2, ViewValue) {var nBuff1Res = 0;var nBuff2Res = 0;    if ( bInit == false ) {         setDefaultBarFgColor(LineColor1, 0);        setDefaultBarFgColor(LineColor2, 1);                setDefaultBarThickness(Thickness, 0);        setDefaultBarThickness(Thickness, 1);                setShowCursorLabel(ViewValue);           xBuffFastAvg = efsInternal("Buff_Calc", FastAvg);        xBuffSlowAvg = efsInternal("Buff_Calc", SlowAvg);        bInit = true;     }     if (getCurrentBarCount() < Math.max(SlowAvg, FastAvg)) return;        nBuff1Res = xBuffFastAvg.getValue(0);    nBuff2Res = xBuffSlowAvg.getValue(0);         if (nBuff1Res == null || nBuff2Res == null) return;    return new Array(nBuff1Res, nBuff2Res); }function Buff_Calc(nLength) {var nVolSum = 0;var nRes = 0;    for (var i = 0; i <= nLength -1; i++) {        nVolSum += volume(-i);    }        if (nVolSum != 0) {        for (var i = 0; i < nLength; i++){            nRes += (close(-i) * volume(-i)) / nVolSum;        }    }    if (nRes == null) nRes = 1;    return nRes;}