Friends.
I cannot simplify this much, and I think the loop is unavoidable. As a
recovering C programmer I want to avoid loops and in cases like this I
almost allways can by using an apply function. But I suspect in this case
there is nothing I can do.
It is a finance example where a price series is compared to a moving
average. If the price goes above the average, plus a bit, buy the
security. If we are holding the security and the price dips below the
moving average sell it.
P is the series of prices
m is the moving average series
S <- P>(m*1.005)
S[S]<-1
Now S is my signal it is 1 when P > m plus a margin of 0.005 x m
But now I need to control when S goes from 1 to 0. As far as I can tell
this is the only way...
for(i in 2:length(S)){
if(S[i]==0 && S[i-1] == 1){
## Was long, now short. SHould I be short? Is P>m still?
if(P[i] > m[i]){
## Stay long
S[i] <- 1
}
}
}
As I mentioned I am a recovering C programmer, so I have a buit in loop
reflex, but I am struggling to adapt. But this one has me beat! Can anyone
help?
cheers
W
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