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QuickTip 71 | Drawing a vertical line when there is a moving average crossover

_Quicktip71 is a TradeStation EasyLanguage quicktip from markplex.com that demonstrates how to draw a vertical line every time a slow moving average crosses over a fast moving average. The quick-tip positions the line using a BNPoint. In the BNPoint creation, the bar number is adjusted by adding MaxBarsBack and sutracting 1. The color of the line is set to orange and showdate set to true.

The default persist property for vertical lines is false. This means that the line disappears every tick and is re-drawn only of the slow moving average is still above the slow moving average for the bar where the cross first took place.

Compatibility

This Quick-tip was deloped in TradeStation version 10.0. It does not apply to MultiCharts as it uses TradeStation drawing objects.
Quick-tip 71 applied to a chart
Quick-tip 71 applied to a chart
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