OHLCPeriodsAgo (Function)

Disclaimer

The OHLCPeriodsAgo series function returns the Open, High, Low, and Close of a specified time segment, a specified number of periods ago.

Syntax

OHLCPeriodsAgo(PeriodType, PeriodsAgo, oPeriodOpen, oPeriodHigh, oPeriodLow, oPeriodClose)

Returns (Integer)

The oPeriodOpen, oPeriodHigh, oPeriodLow, and oPeriodCLose output parameters returns the Open, High, Low, and Close from a time segment.  The OHLCPeriodsAgo function itself returns 1 if the specified time segment was available, and -1 if not.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
PeriodType	Numeric	Sets the time period on which to base values (1=Day, 2=Week, 3=Month, 4=Year)
PeriodsAgo	Numeric	Sets the number of PeriodType periods ago
oPeriodOpen	Numeric	Outputs the open of the specified time segment
oPeriodHigh	Numeric	Outputs the high of the specified time segment
oPeriodLow	Numeric	Outputs the low of the specified time segment
oPeriodClose	Numeric	Outputs the close of the specified time segment

Remarks

See Multiple Output Function for more information on using output parameters to return values.

Example

Assigns to Value2 through Value5 the Open, High, Low, and Close of the last 20 weeks.  Value1 is assigned a value of 1.

vars: oPeriodOpen(0), oPeriodHigh(0), oPeriodLow(0), oPeriodClose(0);

Value1 = OHLCPeriodsAgo(2, 20, oPeriodOpen, oPeriodHigh, oPeriodLow, oPeriodClose);

Value2 = oPeriodOpen;

Value3 = oPeriodHigh;

Value4 = oPeriodLow;

Value5 = oPeriodClose;