Without reading the original post (or most the followups)....

Can't you just use Bob's suggested formula in one column. Then use a couple of
other columns based on that single column:

In G2:
=if(f2="buy","buy","")
In H2:
=if(f2="sell,"sell","")

You could even hide column F if you find it distracting.


zmr325 wrote:

Good morning Bob,

I am sorry that the BUY and SELL are probably going to need to be in
separate columns. I can try to play with them to see if I can combine but I
don't think that that will be a good idea. I just got home from work,
nightshift 8pm to 6am so I don't think that I am going to work on it until
later this evening. I also got some stop info when I wrote the array but not
sure if it is reading correctly. Here is a thought. I think that I have to
have the buy stop off of the low price, this is because if in that period the
close may not hit the stop price but the low definately has to or doesn't.
Same for the sell stop using the high price for calculation, because the
close may not touch the stop price but the high definately will or not.
Thanks again for all of your help.

NOel

"Bob Phillips" wrote:

If the BUY and SELL are in different columns it is a more complex formula.
Could you use column F for both?

When you enter it, rather than just hitting Enter, hit Ctrl-Shift-Enter all
together. Excel will then surround the formula with {} in the formula bar.
Every time you edit the formula, the {} disappears so you will need to
re-commit.

I got results with your data. My STOP may be of-logic, but if you can at
leats get some STOP signals, you will be able to tell me how it is off.

Good luck.

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"zmr325" wrote in message
...
Here is a note Bob,

Do I have to change the array if the buy signal is in column F and the
sell
signal is in column g. Thanks for your help.
NOel

"zmr325" wrote:

HI Again Bob,

THanks for your help. I inputed all of that information and
unfortunately I
don't get any values or words in column h or i. Where i thought i was
suppose to have the word stop if the market went against me. I
appreciate
this and thank you for you time.

Noel


"Bob Phillips" wrote:

Now that's a better explanation!

Enter this array formula in say H2


=IF(F2<"","",IF(OR(AND(INDEX($F$1:$F$1000,J2)="BU Y",INDEX($E$1:$E$1000,J2)-

5E2),AND(INDEX($F$1:$F$1000,J2)="SELL",INDEX($E$1 :$E$1000,J2)+5<E2)),"STOP"
,""))

as an array formula, commit it with Ctrl-Shift-Enter, then copy down

Hope we have got it now!

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"zmr325" wrote in message
...
I need some assistance with this one: In my sheet below I have
certain
buy
and sell signals for this commodity. I used an =if(and()) statement
with
about 4 logical steps to come up with these buy and sell points.
You
can't
see the formula because I have taken it out. But my next step which
I
don't
understand is how to write a formula to get me out if the price goes
against
me. So lets take 7/19/2005 BUY signal for an example. I need to
find a
way
to have the formula read that when I get a BUY signal take the close
price
that period and minus say 5 from that. Now if the low from the next
period
or however many of periods it is until you get a sell signal goes
below
that
number it should read "STOP" and you exit the position. The same
would be
for the SELL signal but instead of minus you would add it to the
close
price
and see if the HIGH periods go through that number. My problem is
is
there
is a way to keep a running column with each new period changing to
let you
know if those parameters have been hit or not. I will be happy to
answer
any
questions if this is not clear. I thought about =if then
statements= but
not sure on how to write all of this. Thank you again.
NOel
Date-SPH Open High Low Close BUY SELL
7/1/2005 1,204.50 1,207.50 1,202.50 1,206.00
7/5/2005 1,202.00 1,216.50 1,202.00 1,215.10
7/6/2005 1,215.00 1,216.10 1,204.00 1,204.70
7/7/2005 1,191.70 1,208.80 1,191.70 1,208.80
7/8/2005 1,215.00 1,223.50 1,207.50 1,222.50
7/11/2005 1,225.00 1,230.50 1,224.00 1,229.60
7/12/2005 1,229.50 1,235.00 1,227.00 1,231.80
7/13/2005 1,230.40 1,234.50 1,230.30 1,234.30
7/14/2005 1,243.00 1,243.30 1,234.30 1,238.10
7/15/2005 1,234.50 1,239.50 1,234.00 1,237.60
7/18/2005 1,235.00 1,235.00 1,230.50 1,232.80
7/19/2005 1,237.00 1,240.00 1,234.00 1,239.60 BUY
7/20/2005 1,235.70 1,247.00 1,232.70 1,242.90
7/21/2005 1,244.00 1,244.00 1,234.50 1,236.40
7/22/2005 1,239.00 1,244.00 1,235.50 1,243.40
7/25/2005 1,243.20 1,247.50 1,236.50 1,240.50
7/26/2005 1,239.50 1,243.00 1,239.00 1,241.40
7/27/2005 1,239.90 1,246.50 1,238.80 1,246.30
7/28/2005 1,249.70 1,254.00 1,245.00 1,253.60
7/29/2005 1,253.50 1,254.00 1,243.40 1,243.40 SELL
8/1/2005 1,246.50 1,248.00 1,243.50 1,244.20
8/2/2005 1,248.00 1,253.50 1,248.00 1,251.80
8/3/2005 1,250.00 1,254.50 1,250.00 1,254.50
8/4/2005 1,250.00 1,250.00 1,243.50 1,244.60 SELL
8/5/2005 1,241.00 1,242.00 1,233.60 1,236.40
8/8/2005 1,238.50 1,241.00 1,231.50 1,233.90
8/9/2005 1,239.50 1,242.50 1,236.00 1,241.00 BUY
8/10/2005 1,246.80 1,250.50 1,235.50 1,240.50 SELL
8/11/2005 1,239.00 1,246.50 1,237.20 1,245.20
8/12/2005 1,242.00 1,243.50 1,235.00 1,237.70
8/15/2005 1,238.80 1,244.70 1,235.20 1,244.20 BUY
8/16/2005 1,239.30 1,240.20 1,227.00 1,228.10 SELL
8/17/2005 1,227.30 1,233.60 1,226.50 1,228.10
8/18/2005 1,225.00 1,231.50 1,225.00 1,227.60
8/19/2005 1,232.30 1,233.50 1,228.20 1,230.40
8/22/2005 1,230.80 1,237.00 1,225.00 1,230.70
8/23/2005 1,228.60 1,231.00 1,222.50 1,228.00
8/24/2005 1,223.30 1,232.00 1,216.00 1,216.40
8/25/2005 1,218.60 1,221.00 1,217.10 1,220.20
8/26/2005 1,219.30 1,219.30 1,212.00 1,212.40
8/29/2005 1,208.50 1,222.20 1,208.50 1,221.00 BUY
8/30/2005 1,216.60 1,216.60 1,208.50 1,215.00
8/31/2005 1,217.00 1,230.30 1,211.50 1,227.80
9/1/2005 1,228.20 1,234.50 1,223.80 1,227.90
9/2/2005 1,231.90 1,232.00 1,224.00 1,225.90
9/6/2005 1,230.00 1,241.00 1,230.00 1,240.50
9/7/2005 1,239.50 1,244.00 1,238.00 1,241.90
9/8/2005 1,239.50 1,242.70 1,236.00 1,238.20 SELL
9/9/2005 1,238.00 1,250.30 1,237.20 1,248.50 BUY
9/12/2005 1,249.00 1,250.90 1,245.50 1,246.60 SELL
9/13/2005 1,246.10 1,246.60 1,237.70 1,238.90
9/14/2005 1,238.80 1,242.00 1,232.20 1,234.60
9/15/2005 1,234.50 1,238.50 1,230.70 1,233.50
9/16/2005 1,233.50 1,244.70 1,232.80 1,242.30 BUY
9/19/2005 1,242.60 1,242.70 1,233.50 1,238.00 SELL
9/20/2005 1,237.80 1,242.80 1,225.60 1,227.60
9/21/2005 1,227.40 1,229.30 1,214.50 1,215.90
9/22/2005 1,215.90 1,222.70 1,211.00 1,219.80 BUY
9/23/2005 1,219.60 1,224.80 1,215.10 1,220.50
9/26/2005 1,224.20 1,229.00 1,217.00 1,221.50
9/27/2005 1,221.50 1,226.00 1,216.20 1,221.70
9/28/2005 1,221.60 1,226.70 1,217.70 1,222.80
9/29/2005 1,222.40 1,234.30 1,216.30 1,231.80
9/30/2005 1,231.60 1,235.80 1,230.00 1,234.30
10/3/2005 1,235.30 1,238.80 1,229.90 1,231.80 SELL
10/4/2005 1,231.50 1,235.50 1,216.60 1,216.80
10/5/2005 1,216.80 1,218.30 1,200.20 1,200.70
10/6/2005 1,200.80 1,206.90 1,186.00 1,196.90
10/7/2005 1,197.00 1,204.50 1,195.20 1,200.00 BUY
10/10/200 1,199.70 1,204.30 1,189.60 1,190.00
10/11/200 1,190.00 1,198.00 1,187.30 1,188.40
10/12/200 1,189.20 1,194.70 1,177.60 1,178.50
10/13/200 1,179.00 1,184.30 1,172.00 1,178.10
10/14/200 1,178.50 1,191.50 1,178.40 1,189.90 BUY
10/17/200 1,189.80 1,195.50 1,186.50 1,194.20
10/18/200 1,193.90 1,196.70 1,181.00 1,181.40 SELL
10/19/200 1,182.00 1,200.80 1,174.00 1,200.40
10/20/200 1,199.10 1,200.80 1,175.70 1,179.50
10/21/200 1,179.80 1,190.00 1,175.90 1,183.80
10/24/200 1,183.80 1,203.30 1,183.30 1,202.40
10/25/200 1,202.00 1,204.70 1,192.00 1,198.90 SELL
10/26/200 1,198.80 1,207.00 1,193.90 1,196.00
10/27/200 1,195.40 1,196.10 1,181.00 1,182.50
10/28/200 1,181.30 1,201.20 1,179.50 1,199.70 BUY
10/31/200 1,199.80 1,214.50 1,199.70 1,209.80
11/1/2005 1,203.90 1,210.50 1,203.00 1,206.30
11/2/2005 1,206.10 1,218.50 1,202.50 1,218.10
11/3/2005 1,218.00 1,227.70 1,216.00 1,223.70
11/4/2005 1,223.50 1,225.70 1,216.70 1,222.00 SELL
11/7/2005 1,222.40 1,227.00 1,219.50 1,222.80
11/8/2005 1,222.70 1,224.30 1,218.50 1,222.80
11/9/2005 1,222.50 1,229.50 1,218.80 1,223.70
11/10/200 1,223.50 1,235.30 1,217.50 1,233.70
11/11/200 1,233.70 1,238.60 1,232.50 1,238.00
11/14/200 1,238.10 1,240.10 1,234.10 1,237.20 SELL
11/15/200 1,237.20 1,240.80 1,228.60 1,232.50
11/16/200 1,232.30 1,235.00 1,229.50 1,234.70
11/17/200 1,234.40 1,246.00 1,233.80 1,245.20
11/18/200 1,245.00 1,252.20 1,242.50 1,250.20
11/21/200 1,250.20 1,258.30 1,248.60 1,257.00
11/22/200 1,256.80 1,263.90 1,253.10 1,262.10
11/23/200 1,261.50 1,272.70 1,261.00 1,268.60
11/25/200 1,268.30 1,270.60 1,265.90 1,270.10
11/28/200 1,269.70 1,273.10 1,258.80 1,260.90
11/29/200 1,260.80 1,267.80 1,259.00 1,259.30
11/30/200








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