Hi everybody,

I need some help in the following matter. I need to improve the system (attached). The system checks the MACD histo every 1 h and after 2 hours, if it stays below or above zero level, it gives you an alert (signal). The problem is that it gives you a signal every 2 hours but I need to have just one signal after 2 hours. In the other words I don't need to receive the signals after 4 hours, 6 hours, 8 hours etc. Unfortunately, I don't know how to eliminate the ensuing signals (4 hours, 6 hours, 8 hours etc.).

Please, help me to resolve the problem. Thank you in advance.

Hi,

Not sure if I well understood as the description is a bit vague.. but I did 2 examples showing how to work on 2 hours and a periodic alert every 2 hours then a second example with only one one alert after 2 hours from the moment the strategy is started.
Feel free to implement it in your example...

Thank you for the prompt answer. Unfortunately, no one of the examples provided is I am asking about. The firs example, "showing how to work on 2 hours and a periodic alert every 2 hours" expresses the same idea as was provided in my first post, i.e. (DailyCheck1.vfs [30.31 KiB]). The second example "with only one alert after 2 hours from the moment the strategy is started" is much closer to my request but does not match it.
I'll try to explain my idea as clear as possible. So, I need to have only one alert after 2 hours but not from the moment the strategy is started. I need to have one alert after 2 hours from the moment the MACD histo is below (above) zero level and I need to have it each time when the MACD histo crosses a zero level and stays there at least 2 hours. So, I need to have as many alerts as many times MACD histo will be able to cross a zero level and to stay there at least 2 hours. More over, I needed to eliminate the ensuing alerts after 4 hours, 6 hours, 8 hours etc., and to leave just one alert after 2 hours.
In the other words your first example, "showing how to work on 2 hours and a periodic alert every 2 hours" has to be changed and the periodicity, which provided alerts every 2 hours, after first 2 hours had to be removed.
I do hope this explanation is quite clear if not please let me know.
For the best result I attached the strategy wherein I was going to implement the idea mentioned above.
Thank you in advance.

Let me rephrase:

If the Histo is below zeor FOR 2 hours in a row you need an alert and same for the other side. is this correct ?

Yes. Absolutely. It's correct. More over, this condition is already implemented in the previous example (see DailyCheck1.vfs [30.31 KiB]). The most important thing I need is to eliminate the ensuing alerts after 4 hours, 6 hours, 8 hours etc., when the MACD Histo is below/above a zero line and to have just one alert after 2 hours in place.

Thank you a lot for your help. It works!