Syntax

Public function PercentRetracement(ByRef Data As Database, ByRef Source As Field, ByVal StartPeriod As Integer, ByVal EndPeriod As Integer) As Note

Overview

Percent Retracement measures the expectation level of price change after a large bull market move.

Interpretation

After prices make new highs, 30% and 50% retracement levels are often calculated using the Percent Retracement method.

Note

The TA PercentRetracement function is different from other TA functions. The function returns a Note object instead of a Recordset object.
The Note object will return a value of 1% to 100% by calling the getValue function of the returned Note object and an accompanying string value identifying the market direction (ADVANCING or DECLINING), which can be retrieved by calling the getNote function of the returned Note object.

Class: ChartPattern

Parameters

Sample

 Public Sub main()        'Variables        Dim _symbolInfo As VTLGeneral.CSymbol=ClientCode.GetSymbolByName("GOLD")        Dim DB As New VTLGeneral.Database()        Dim rsOHLCV As New VTLGeneral.RecordSet()        Dim RecordCount As Integer        Dim m_Recordset As VTLGeneral.RecordSet        Dim _historyData As object()        Dim output As String        Dim Record As Integer        Dim m_Date As VTLGeneral.Field        Dim m_Open As VTLGeneral.Field        Dim m_High As VTLGeneral.Field        Dim m_Low As VTLGeneral.Field        Dim m_Close As VTLGeneral.Field        Dim j As Integer = 0        Dim i As Integer = 0        Dim _recordCount As Integer =100                m_Recordset = DB.CreateRecord        m_Open = New VTLGeneral.Field        m_High = New VTLGeneral.Field        m_Low = New VTLGeneral.Field        m_Close = New VTLGeneral.Field         DB.RecordCount = _recordCount        RecordCount = _recordCount         'Initialize Recordsets        m_Open.initialize(_recordCount, "Open")        m_High.initialize(_recordCount, "High")        m_Low.initialize(_recordCount, "Low")        m_Close.initialize(_recordCount, "Close")        'load high, low ,open and data         _historyData = ClientCode.GetChartHistory(_symbolInfo.ID, VTLGeneral.ENUM_PERIOD.Day,VTLGeneral.ENUM_HISTORY_TYPE.HIS_HIGH, _recordCount)          For i  = 1 To _recordCount-1                m_High.setValue(i,_historyData(i))         Next         _historyData = ClientCode.GetChartHistory(_symbolInfo.ID, VTLGeneral.ENUM_PERIOD.Day,VTLGeneral.ENUM_HISTORY_TYPE.HIS_LOW, _recordCount)         For i  = 1 To _recordCount-1                m_Low.setValue(i,_historyData(i))        Next         _historyData = ClientCode.GetChartHistory(_symbolInfo.ID, VTLGeneral.ENUM_PERIOD.Day,VTLGeneral.ENUM_HISTORY_TYPE.HIS_OPEN, _recordCount)         For i  = 1 To _recordCount-1                m_Open.setValue(i,_historyData(i))        Next         _historyData = ClientCode.GetChartHistory(_symbolInfo.ID, VTLGeneral.ENUM_PERIOD.Day,VTLGeneral.ENUM_HISTORY_TYPE.HIS_CLOSE, _recordCount)         For i  = 1 To _recordCount-1                m_Close.setValue(i,_historyData(i))        Next          m_Recordset.addField(m_Open)        m_Recordset.addField(m_High)        m_Recordset.addField(m_Low)        m_Recordset.addField(m_Close)         'PercentRetracement indicator        Dim _indNote As New VTLGeneral.Note()        Dim chartPtr As New VTLGeneral.ChartPattern()        _indNote = chartPtr.PercentRetracement(DB,m_High,15,30)          GUI.MsgDialog(_indNote.getValue()) End Sub

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