condition to trigger for a number of seconds?

[stever78]

Hi,

Appreciate if anyone can help on this.

i have a automation that sends an alert to my watch list, with the stored value condition that
"the back price of a selection" - is less than or equal to - "the low traded price of a selection"

this works ok, however, if back prices offered are pulled, then obviously this triggers.

does anyone know if its possible to require the trigger to be true , so my condition to trigger, but for at least 10 seconds and if still true after this time then for the alert to go ahead.
this would possibly solve the problem i have above.

many thanks for anyone who can help with this.

cheers, steve

[Dallas]

Yes you could use signals to do it, here's a ready made rules file that does exactly what your after, except it looks at the P/L rather than prices so just needs a tweak to the conditions
viewtopic.php?f=56&t=11954

[stever78]

thanks v much dallas, ill take a look

[stever78]

Thanks Dallas,
i have now tweaked the file to how i need it. had a few issues, then it was working, but the results didnt seem correct.
however i found out that inherent in the "low traded price" stat is a price spike filter that doesnt take into account trades below a certain amount.
once i knew about that then i can see that it all works fine.
the automation counts to 10, and on 10 signals an alert to my watchlist.

one problem i have.
it cant seem to trigger a second alert to my watchlist on a different selection, if applicable.

i have seen a second selection qualify and i can see on the log "automation signal for (first excel - the 2nd horse selection) :loss 10 (which is the correct signal that qualified the first selection )

however i am getting no "alert: qualified" and no alert to my watchlist.

can you think why this is not working on a second selection.

thanks very much for your help on this.

cheers, steve

[stever78]

Hi, concerning my last post.

the rule DOES seem to trigger again for other markets that i have applied to in gaurdian.

it just seems the rule doesnt work for second items in the same market.

i have removed the stop signals but that has not solved the issue.

just trying to see through the rule to see logically why it doesnt apply to a 2nd item as it :
DOES rearm - rule is always armed
DOES work and rearm on other markets ( unless it has already triggered for a selection in that other market )

any thoughts appreciated its the weekend so not expecting reply soon.

thanks, steve

[stever78]

i do seem to have this working now.
it is triggering an alert on 2nd items in the same market.

basically i removed the STOP signal from all parts of the rule.

not sure what implications it has completely, ill need to think about it.

thanks, steve

[stever78]

Hi Dallas
thanks for your shortcut to the rule and help
this rule is working for me. it triggers my alert based on the signal "loss" counting to 10. an then alert appears on my watchlist.
Also is working for multiple selections. ( i.e it gives me more than one alert ).
the problem i have is IF my conditions (volume, back price, etc) are met AND IF they continue to be met i.e the signal "loss" doesn't clear, ((correctly as they are being met )) then obviously the signal will continue to trigger indefinitely. This has the effect of then not allowing any other selection to trigger. (prob because it can only trigger one at a time) until the signal clears, which sometimes doesn't clear if conditions are still being met

do you know how i can tackle this. ( to make it stop triggering basically )
If i put a signal set condition for the signal named "loss" is not set with a value. then nothing seems to work.

hope this makes sense and would very much appreciate your thoughts on this.

thanks, steve

[stever78]

its ok - ive sorted it now.
i had the stop rule in my alert rule rather than signal.

for me ( no programming exp at all), this certainly takes getting used to, but it comes together in the end !!

[Dallas]

its ok - ive sorted it now.
i had the stop rule in my alert rule rather than signal.

for me ( no programming exp at all), this certainly takes getting used to, but it comes together in the end !!