Number of consecutive bars after moving average crossover

Well you did great for being new to forums. I did update the title of the question, but just to make it easier to show up in searches for the rest of our viewers.

I borrowed the code for this solution from a custom watchlist column I created for another forum post. You can find that here:

https://www.hahn-tech.com/ans/display-number-of-days-since-cross-of-two-moving-averages/

Be sure to check that out, because it will make a great companion to this scan.

Here is the same code from post, after modifying it to work as a scan:

input priceOne = close;
input lengthOne = 2;
input typeOne = AverageType.SIMPLE;
input priceTwo = close;
input lengthTwo = 8;
input typeTwo = AverageType.SIMPLE;
def maOne = MovingAverage(typeOne, priceOne, lengthOne);
def maTwo = MovingAverage(typeTwo, priceTwo, lengthTwo);
def crossAbove = maOne[1] < maTwo[1] and maOne > maTwo;
def crossBelow = maOne[1] > maTwo[1] and maOne < maTwo;
rec countAbove = if crossAbove then 1 else if maOne > maTwo then countAbove[1] + 1 else 0;
rec countBelow = if crossBelow then 1 else if maOne < maTwo then countBelow[1] + 1 else 0;
# adjust input value to however many consecutive bars you want the scan to pick up
input numberOfBars = 10;
# use this signal to scan for X number of bars after cross above
plot scan = countAbove >= numberOfBars;
# use this signal to scan for X number of bars after cross below
#plot scan = countBelow >= numberOfBars;

Note that I included a user input just before the scan signals. You did not mention how many consecutive bars you wanted to use for your scan. But you can adjust that value to suit your preferences.

There are two plot signals included. One for crossing above and another for crossing below. If you have viewed any of my tutorial videos on custom scans you will know how to switch between those two signals.