Free Course · 9 Lessons + Applied Tutorials
The language behind the Indicator Builder, Explorer, Expert Advisor and System Tester, taught from zero. Originally written for my commercial MetaStock training programs; free here in full.
Why learn it
You don't have to be a programmer. "MetaSpeak" breaks down into three simple components, parameters, operators and functions, and it was patterned on spreadsheet formulas: if you can build a reasonable spreadsheet you are halfway there. What it buys you is the difference between using other people's indicators and expressing your own trading ideas: custom indicators, whole-market scans, and system tests of the rules you actually trade.
Work through the lessons in order with MetaStock open beside you; each one builds on the last. No copy of MetaStock yet? The 30-day free trial covers the whole course with room to spare.
The lessons
Parameters, operators, functions: the three building blocks, and the price array identifiers everything rests on.
Combining price data with mathematical and logical operators into expressions MetaStock can evaluate.
The order MetaStock evaluates your expressions in, and how time frames change what a formula means.
The pre-programmed library: what exists so you never rebuild what MetaStock already ships.
Functions inside functions: where the language gets genuinely powerful.
Variables that make long formulas readable, maintainable and reusable.
Six months from now you will not remember why you wrote that condition. Comments are how you tell yourself.
The editor shortcuts: paste functions with correct syntax instead of typing from memory.
Practice problems with solutions: prove the course stuck before you write formulas that trade.
Volatility measurement, and the formula behind volatility-based stops.
Volume confirming price: the classic accumulation indicator in MetaStock syntax.
Related reading beyond the course: money management · trading capital · choosing a charting package
Get the free 30-day trial, open the Indicator Builder, and start Lesson 1. You'll write your first working formula tonight.
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