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Stuart Hatlen
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moving_av1 = data[context.tsla].mavg(5)  
    moving_av2 = data[context.tsla].mavg(15)  
    current_price = data[context.tsla].price  
    cash = context.portfolio.cash  
    if moving_av2 > current_price:  
        #trading price is below the 15 day ma, looking for rebound  
        if moving_av1 > moving_av2:  
            #still pulling back, bearish crossover coming  
            pass  
        elif moving_av1 < moving_av2:  
            #buy, bearing crossover compelete, looking for entry on lowest MACDhist  
            if (((moving_av2)-(moving_av1))/(moving_av2) > .005  
                #MACD difference is greater than .5%, buy  
                #share calculation  
                **if current_price*10 > cash  
                    print'not enough funds'  
                elif current_price*10 < cash  
                    order(context.tsla, +10)**  
            elif (((moving_av2)-(moving_av1))/(moving_av2) < .005  
                #not good enough  
                pass  
    elif moving_av2 < current_price:  
        #trading price is above 15 day ma, looking for resistance  
        if moving_av1 > moving_av2:  
            #sell, bullish cross compelete, MACDhist gaining, resistance getting close  
            if (((moving_av2)-(moving_av1))/(moving_av2) > -.005  
                #MACD difference is greater than .5%, sell  
                #share calculation  
                *order(context.tsla, -10)*  
            elif (((moving_av2)-(moving_av1))/(moving_av2) < -.005  
                #not good enough  
                pass  
        elif moving_av1 < moving_av2:  
            #bullish cross coming, moving up  
            pass

Im getting an error syntax where the bold is at. not sure why!
Will it error out at the italics also then or no?

Also, if statements are linear, how would I look this function so that the orders happen every time the conditions are met and not just the first time? I've tried while and for statements but it errors out every time.

Thank you, anyone!

2 responses
Stuart Hatlen

so bold is the 

if current_price*10 > cash  
                    print'not enough funds'  
                elif current_price*10 < cash  
                    order(context.tsla, +10)

and the italics are
order(context.tsla, -10)

thank you!

Seong Lee

Hi Stuart,

Thanks for posting! In Python, almost any statement (if, else, while, for, def) end with a ':'. So in this case you would need to have ':' at the end of your if statement.

if current_price*10 > cash:  
    print 'not enough funds'  
elif current_price*10 < cash:  
    order(context.tsla, +10)

Try it out and let me know if that works.

Seong

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