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Quick question - Custom symbol formula: is (1/{SYMBOL}) or {SYMBOL}^-1 better?

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[2023-04-28 11:50:37]
User34124 - Posts: 268
Just wondering what the best method is for inverting a symbol in a long string, for example

1/US30 * 1/SPX500 * XAUUSD * 1/NAS100

I have checked the documentation especially point 6 which leads to Working with Spreadsheets: Arithmetic Operators

But just require some more clarification as my outputs seem to differ, causing me to believe the " ^-1 " being negative could be problematic.
Date Time Of Last Edit: 2023-04-29 01:52:09
[2023-04-28 15:11:14]
John - SC Support - Posts: 30870
It should work. The Custom Calculated Symbols use the same calculations as the Spreadsheets do, and the Spreadsheets can handle a negative exponent.

What is the difference you see?
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[2023-04-29 01:51:48]
User34124 - Posts: 268
Ah, I think I had disk issues which caused the errors. Negative exponents tested and works fine.

Just to clarify, brackets are used just fine also right?

1/{US30}*{XAUUSD}/(1/{NAS100})

would work like

1/{US30}*{XAUUSD}*/{NAS100}^-1
[2023-05-01 15:13:55]
John - SC Support - Posts: 30870
Parentheses can be used with the custom symbols.
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