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  scanzscanz → markd

  Hi Markd you seem like an expert in scanning here. Could you possibly look at my post in scanning forum about price above ema for consecutive days? Thanks!

  October 16
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    markd

    Hi scanzscanz, I did see your post. lmkwin's method is probably the simplest. It just needs proper syntax - brackets around each statement, and parentheses and parameters for the ema function. So the first couple of lines would look like this:
    
    and [close > EMA(4, close)] // test day 1 current day
    and [1 days ago close > 1 days ago EMA(4, close)] // test day 2
    
    etc.

    October 16
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    markd

    P.S.
    
    The first line of your scan would specify the stocks you want to look at - the "universe" the scan engine will search. For instance:
    
    [group is sp500]
    and [ close >... ]
    etc.
    
    Note the first line of the scan never begins with "and" but every other line always begin with "and" except the last line if it is a "rank by" statement.
    
    If you haven't already, you should review the videos and tutorials on scan writing, and look at the pre-defined scans to get a sense for the rules of syntax.

    October 16
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    markd

    This link might help you get started:
    
    https://scan.stockcharts.com/discussion/2382/scan-skeleton

    October 16