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How to get S&P500's ATR when writing code to create strategy on a stock?

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hgchcw
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I am writing codes to create strategy on a stock. I hope to read the ATR indicator of S&P 500 to use the information of the big market in my strategy. Which commands should I use?

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Raymond

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Raymond,

if you are working with Multicharts this can be accomplished by adding an additional data stream to your chart and by referencing this data stream's values. For example "Close of Data2" would access the value for Close of data stream two for a bar.

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ABCTG,

Thanks for your quick reply. But I have tried to write "Close of SPY". It prompts error in tradestation.

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Raymond,

you reference the values by data stream numbers, not by symbol names. Therefore "Close of Data2" is the correct statement to get the close for a data 2 bar (regardless of the symbol name).

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ABCTG,

Thanks for your quick reply. But I have tried to write "Close of SPY". It prompts error in tradestation.

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Raymond


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Hi ABCTG,

Thanks, I can read Close of Data2. Since ATR(period) only calculate the ATR of the stock, are there any method to calculate the ATR of Data2 instead of Data1?

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Raymond

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Raymond,

you are welcome. When working with multiple data streams you need to tie variables to the specific data streams
and also make sure to call the function on the desired data stream.
You can find a good example for the ADX here: https://community.tradestation.com/discussions/Topic_Archive.aspx?Topic_ID=28896

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Hi ABCTG,

Thanks, I can read Close of Data2. Since ATR(period) only calculate the ATR of the stock, are there any method to calculate the ATR of Data2 instead of Data1?

Thanks,
Raymond


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