| WORD | NAME | DESCRIPTION | |
| BarsSince() | Date | Returns the number of bars since the given date. Date is a number in this format YYYYMMDD. | |
| BBLower() | Bollinger Band | Lower Bollinger band value period: no. of bars used (typical is 20) deviations: no. of deviations (default is 2) | Full Description |
| BBUpper() | Bollinger Band | Upper Bollinger band value period: no. of bars used (typical is 20) deviations: no. of deviations (default is 2) | Full Description |
| BenchClose() BenchClose() | Benchmark Price | Historical Close price of the benchmark. Ex: BenchClose(0) gets the last close BenchClose(10) gets the close 10 bars ago. | |
| BenchHi() | Benchmark Price | Historical high price of the benchmark. To get the last high enter BenchHi(0) When running backtests, BenchHi(-1) can be used to peek into the next day's open price. | |
| BenchLow() | Benchmark Price | Historical low price of the benchmark. To get the last low enter BenchLow(0) When running backtests, BenchLow(-1) can be used to peek into the next day's open price. | |
| BenchOpen() | Benchmark Price | Historical open price of the benchmark. To get the last open enter: BenchOpen(0). When running backtests, BenchOpen(-1) can be used to peek into the next day's open price. | |
| BenchPct | Benchmark Return | Benchmark return since the position was opened. | |
| BenchPctFromPosHi | Benchmark Return From Hi | Benchmark percentage return from highest close of the position. Use this to prevent a stop-loss in case the market is also dropping. For example to enter a stoploss only if the market outperformed the position, enter: PctFromHi <= -20 And BenchPctFromPosHi > -20 | |
| BeneishMScore | Beneish M-Score | Beneish M-Score finds companies that are associated with increased probability of manipulations. Companies with M-score of -1.89 or lower are safest, while -1.49 or higher are riskiest. | Full Description |
| Beta1Y | Beta | Returns Beta using up to 1 year of weekly returns of the stock and the country's main benchmark. | Full Description |
| Beta1YInd | Beta, Industry | Beta1Y for the industry | Full Description |
| Beta3Y | Beta | Returns Beta using up to 3 years of weekly returns of the stock and the country's main benchmark. Requires a minimum of 70 weekly returns. | Full Description |
| Beta3YInd | Beta, Industry | Beta3Y for the industry | Full Description |
| Beta5Y | Beta | Returns Beta using up to 5 years of weekly returns of the stock and the country's main benchmark. Requires a minimum of 100 weekly returns. | Full Description |
| Beta5YInd | Beta, Industry | Beta5Y for the industry | Full Description |
| BetaFunc() | Beta | This function returns the stock's Beta with the country's main benchmark. See Full Description for parameters and examples. | Full Description |
| Between() | Between | Returns TRUE (1) if value is between min and max (inclusive), FALSE(0) otherwise | |
| BookVal() BookValQ BookValPQ BookValPYQ BookValTTM BookValPTM BookValA BookValPY BookValGr%PQ BookValGr%PYQ BookValGr%TTM BookValGr%PQTTM BookValGr%A BookValGr%3Y BookValGr%5Y BookValGr%10Y BookValRSD%ANN BookValRSD%TTM BookValRegEstANN BookValRegEstTTM BookValRegGr%ANN BookValRegGr%TTM BookValPSQ BookValPSA BookVal%AssetsQ BookVal%AssetsA BookVal3YAvg BookVal5YAvg | Book Value | Function parameters (see Full Description for more): offset: 0-20 (interim) 0-10 (annual) type: QTR,ANN,TTM NAHandling: FALLBACK,KEEPNA,ZERONA | Full Description |
| Bound() | Constrains to a max and/or a min | Constrains a value to a maximum or a minimum. When returnNA is set to TRUE the function returns NA if expression exceeds the minimum or maximum. | |
| BuyAmount | Buy amount for new position | Amount which will be used to buy a stock before any commissions or slippage. You can use this to set up a liquidity filter, for ex.: BuyAmount/Price < 0.05*AvgVol(20) With this rule a stock will not be bought if the number of shares being considered is greater than 5% of the 20 day average volume. | |
| BVPS() BVPSQ BVPSPQ BVPSPYQ BVPSTTM BVPSPTM BVPSA BVPSPY BVPSGr%PQ BVPSGr%PYQ BVPSGr%TTM BVPSGr%PQTTM BVPSGr%A BVPSGr%3Y BVPSGr%5Y BVPSGr%10Y BVPSRSD%ANN BVPSRSD%TTM BVPSRegEstANN BVPSRegEstTTM BVPSRegGr%ANN BVPSRegGr%TTM BVPS3YAvg BVPS5YAvg | Book Value Per Share | Function parameters (see Full Description for more): offset: 0-20 (interim) 0-10 (annual) type: QTR,ANN,TTM NAHandling: FALLBACK,KEEPNA,ZERONA |