Slope method returns value greater than 1

[codeowl]

Hi there,

In the documentation for the Slope method on this page:
http://ninjatrader.com/support/helpG...-us/?slope.htm

It says:
Method Return Value
This method returns a double value between 1 and -1 indicating the slope of a line.

However when debugging a strategy and I have printed the slope value using the following code:

Print(String.Format("GannHiLow: {0}   Middle Bollinger: {1}   Slope Fast: {2}   Slope Slow: {3}   Bar Index: {4}", _gannHiLoActivator.HiLo[1], _bollinger.Middle[1], Slope(_smaFast, 5, 0), Slope(_smaSlow, 20, 0), CurrentBar));

It produces the following output:
GannHiLow: 10754.15
Middle Bollinger: 10758.7142857143
Slope Fast: 2.24285714285725
Slope Slow: 1.13142857142857
Bar Index: 198

So you can see that the doco says the value retuend is between 1 and -1, yet I am getting values of 2.24285714285725 and 1.13142857142857, both of which are greater than 1.

So which is correct, the output of the Slope method or the documentation?

Regards,

Scott

[koganam]

Hi there,

In the documentation for the Slope method on this page:
http://ninjatrader.com/support/helpG...-us/?slope.htm

It says:
Method Return Value
This method returns a double value between 1 and -1 indicating the slope of a line.

However when debugging a strategy and I have printed the slope value using the following code:

Print(String.Format("GannHiLow: {0}   Middle Bollinger: {1}   Slope Fast: {2}   Slope Slow: {3}   Bar Index: {4}", _gannHiLoActivator.HiLo[1], _bollinger.Middle[1], Slope(_smaFast, 5, 0), Slope(_smaSlow, 20, 0), CurrentBar));

It produces the following output:
GannHiLow: 10754.15
Middle Bollinger: 10758.7142857143
Slope Fast: 2.24285714285725
Slope Slow: 1.13142857142857
Bar Index: 198

So you can see that the doco says the value retuend is between 1 and -1, yet I am getting values of 2.24285714285725 and 1.13142857142857, both of which are greater than 1.

So which is correct, the output of the Slope method or the documentation?

Regards,

Scott

If they are really using the formula that is in the documentation, then the documentation is incorrect, as that expression can clearly return an absolute value greater than 1. The definition that they are using is, more or less, standard for calculating a slope, and a slope is, most definitely, not confined to a value between 1 and -1.

[codeowl]

koganam, thanks for the response mate. That makes sense ;-)

Regards,

Scott