Re: [amibroker] Info on forthcoming book -- Quantitative Trading Systems

2006-07-06 Thread Ara Kaloustian
Howard, Pretty comprehensive table of contents. Hope that does not mean that you'll have to just gloss over the subjects. Looking forward to the publication Ara - Original Message - From: "Howard Bandy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 6:51 PM Subject: [amibroker]

Re: [amibroker] Re: New IB plugin version 1.6.6 released

2006-07-06 Thread Tomasz Janeczko
Hello, ADM works fine for me too. Are you sure you are really using 1.6.6 (go to Tools->Plugins menu and send a screenshot to support) Best regards, Tomasz Janeczko amibroker.com - Original Message - From: "hulin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 3:03 AM Subject: [ami

Re: [amibroker] Ease of Charting

2006-07-06 Thread Graham
Just save you list of stcoks to a watchlist and you can use arrow button to scroll through them-- CheersGrahamAB-Write >< Professional AFL Writing ServiceYes, I write AFL code to your requirements http://e-wire.net.au/~eb_kavan/ab_write.htm On 07/07/06, RajeevM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: In t

Re: [amibroker] Ease of Charting

2006-07-06 Thread Ryan Daniel
I had the same question when considering AmiBroker. AmiBroker is freakishly fast when it comes to charting. You can set up one or more watchlists and you simply hit the down arrow key to view the next chart. I was impressed when I tried out TC2000 and was even more impressed with AmiBroker. Rya

Re: [amibroker] Re: New IB plugin version 1.6.6 released

2006-07-06 Thread Tomasz Janeczko
Plugin and IBc is API independent (you don't need to install API because it comunicates with sockets directly - in other words contains API parts inside ) Best regards, Tomasz Janeczko amibroker.com - Original Message - From: "Ara Kaloustian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, Jul

Re: [amibroker] Ease of Charting

2006-07-06 Thread RajeevM
In the same view.. can we have a similar style in auto analysis result window?need to click on every result in the window to see the chart..just using the "lower arrow" or space bar  to scroll down the list would help. -- RajeevOn 7/7/06, dave_88_1961 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Re: [amibroker] Re: New IB plugin version 1.6.6 released

2006-07-06 Thread emp62
the latest plugin works for me. I tested ADM and ADM-SMART-STK  both work fine for me here,   Ed       - Original Message - From: hulin To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 3:03 AM Subject: [amibroker] Re: New IB plugin version 1.6.6 released

[amibroker] Re: New IB plugin version 1.6.6 released

2006-07-06 Thread hulin
I downloaded the new version 1.6.6. Tried to backfill data for 5 days. EUR.USD-IDEALPRO-CASH NFLD-SMART-STK both work fine. But ADM-SMART-STK does not work. It's been trying forever. Any thoughts? --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "Tomasz Janeczko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://www.ami

Re: [amibroker] Re: IB stock symbols invalid

2006-07-06 Thread Franklin J. Haywood
I have been patiently waiting for an MB Trading plug for 2 years. It would be a good thing. - Original Message - From: "MarketMonk777" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 2:03 PM Subject: RE: [amibroker] Re: IB stock symbols invalid > With the continuing problems wit

[amibroker] TD- sequential

2006-07-06 Thread dagasve71
Does anyone have the code for TD-sequential i can use? Please note that this group is for discussion between users only. To get support from AmiBroker please send an e-mail directly to SUPPORT {at} amibroker.com For other support material please check also: http://www.amibroker.com/suppo

[amibroker] Ease of Charting

2006-07-06 Thread dave_88_1961
Hi, I am thinking of getting Amibroker. I like to look at charts from several list of stocks. I have used TC2000 and all it took was hitting the space bar to view the next chart and there was no delay. Is it as quick in Amibroker and can I set up lists in which to do this? Thanks, Dave

Re: [amibroker] Re: EOD data

2006-07-06 Thread Ryan Daniel
Thanks for following through on this. I set up a Yahoo database in addition to my EODDATA database. I'll keep an eye on it to see if it stays accurate. --- "brian.z123" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yahoo data 101 - Appendix 1 > > Ron, > > Thanks for your prompt reply. > > The purpose of my e

RE: [amibroker] Info on forthcoming book -- Quantitative Trading Systems

2006-07-06 Thread Clement Chin
Good to see a book using Amibroker as illustration. I will buy a copy. :>   I would like to see more advance issues of Amibroker to be discussed in the book. If we need a tutorial, we can check the pdf in AB website. We may want some down-to-earth AB codes which can be used as referen

Re: [amibroker] Does backtester have an initial breakeven stop capability?

2006-07-06 Thread allansn
Graham, I posted a similar question and was hoping that Amibroker would make life a bit less complex for the non-programmers of the world...If I understand you,if I set an initial maximum loss stop 6%,a profit target on 50%of my position up 20%,I can not SIMPLY "move my max loss stop" up to bre

RE: [amibroker] Info on forthcoming book -- Quantitative Trading Systems

2006-07-06 Thread dingo
Howard, Have you looked into working with IO (Intellegent Optimizer) by Fred Tonetti? d > -Original Message- > From: amibroker@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Howard Bandy > Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 9:51 PM > To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [ami

[amibroker] Info on forthcoming book -- Quantitative Trading Systems

2006-07-06 Thread Howard Bandy
Greetings -- The revised Table of Contents and the first sample chapter, Issue Selection, of the book I am writing about quantitative trading systems has been posted. www.quantitativetradingsystems.com Constructive comments will be appreciated. Thanks, Howard Yahoo

Re: [amibroker] Does backtester have an initial breakeven stop capability?

2006-07-06 Thread Graham
This is just some general information to help you get started This can be done with AFL and the method you do it be depends on how your basic exits are calculated. Generally for anything that references entry conditions for an exit requires a loop to define your values and trade signals, or at leas

Re: [amibroker] ANy help on this code made by Graham

2006-07-06 Thread Graham
The decimal values are restricted with the %f remove these lines Volume=(V)/1000 ; OpenInterest=(OI)/1000; and try this replacement for these lines qs = StrFormat("%.4f,%.4f,%.4f,%.4f,%.4f,%.4f\n", O[ i ],H[ i ],L[ i ],C[ i ],V[ i ]/1000,OI[i]/1000 ); -- Cheers Graham A

[amibroker] Re: EOD data

2006-07-06 Thread brian.z123
Yahoo Data 101 - Appendix 2 Hello, 1) The non-working servers were removed from the list in the latest version of AQ. All the other seem to work fine. The rotation is to reduce the chance of being blocked by the server if you place too many requests in a short time (so - you can speed-up t

[amibroker] Re: AFL for Dummies

2006-07-06 Thread brian.z123
Hello Alan, We meet again. At the website there is a very good feedback centre for members only. There is a series of suggestions over there about different ways of making Ami more accessable to non-programmers. I think all bases were covered. A request for 'AFL for dummies'was one of the sugge

[amibroker] Re: EOD data

2006-07-06 Thread brian.z123
Yahoo data 101 - Appendix 1 Ron, Thanks for your prompt reply. The purpose of my email was, out of fairness, to give your company the opportunity to present their position. I think your answer does that. It will be posted on the website in the appropriate place. Regards, Brian B. Ron Franz

[amibroker] Does backtester have an initial breakeven stop capability?

2006-07-06 Thread scourt2000
I've been looking at the various stops in the backtester and didn't find something that I do all the time in real-time trading: When I am up X number of ticks when trading the ER2, I move my stop to a breakeven + 1 tick. The backtester has a trailing stop, but this is different. I want to te

Re: [amibroker] Re: New IB plugin version 1.6.6 released

2006-07-06 Thread Ara Kaloustian
We can now use latest TWS API for both data and ibc ??? - Original Message - From: "Tomasz Janeczko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 12:31 PM Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: New IB plugin version 1.6.6 released > Yes it works with old symbology. > > Best regards, >

[amibroker] AFL for Dummies

2006-07-06 Thread matrix10014
Hi all, Very new to Ami,and so far so good...Its a great program with a great users group.I would like to know if I am the only one out there who would deeply appreciate an "AFL coding manual for Dummies"??.As far as I can tell,the only written explainations are on pg 284-307 of the users manua

[amibroker] ANy help on this code made by Graham

2006-07-06 Thread Hetal
Hello Friends, Happen to come across an afl from Mr Graham. tweaked it to make it compatibale for my work but something is still not working any help would be highly appreciated i use to bulk export full quotes file of scrips in any watchlist what i want was symbol name as filename.txt which i g

Re: [amibroker] Re: New IB plugin version 1.6.6 released

2006-07-06 Thread Tomasz Janeczko
Yes it works with old symbology. Best regards, Tomasz Janeczko amibroker.com - Original Message - From: "nurudinkaba" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 8:26 PM Subject: [amibroker] Re: New IB plugin version 1.6.6 released > do the forex quotes work with the new plug

[amibroker] Re: New IB plugin version 1.6.6 released

2006-07-06 Thread nurudinkaba
do the forex quotes work with the new plugin eg. EUR.USD-IDEALPRO- CASH ? I'm away from the office today...sso i can't check. Thanks, Nurudin --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, ronbo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks TJ. i'm working again too. and SMH both backfill and > update the

Re: [amibroker] New IB plugin version 1.6.6 released

2006-07-06 Thread ronbo
Thanks TJ. i'm working again too. and SMH both backfill and update the charts. ron Tomasz Janeczko wrote: > http://www.amibroker.com/devlog/2006/07/06/new-ib-plugin-166/ > > Best regards, > Tomasz Janeczko > amibroker.com > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---

Re: [amibroker] Re: IB stock symbols invalid

2006-07-06 Thread Ryan Daniel
That is wonderful. I was hoping that was the case. I just transferred funds to IB so looks like the worst case scenario would be that I would have to pay additional for eSignal. If I initiate an automated buy order through IB, do I have to have the long symbol name or will just the 4 digit sym

Re: [amibroker] New IB plugin version 1.6.6 released

2006-07-06 Thread emp62
thanks a lot. All is working perfectly again! regards, Ed - Original Message - From: "Tomasz Janeczko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 7:17 PM Subject: [amibroker] New IB plugin version 1.6.6 released > http://www.amibroker.com/devlog/2006/07/06/new-ib-plugin-1

[amibroker] New IB plugin version 1.6.6 released

2006-07-06 Thread Tomasz Janeczko
http://www.amibroker.com/devlog/2006/07/06/new-ib-plugin-166/ Best regards, Tomasz Janeczko amibroker.com Please note that this group is for discussion between users only. To get support from AmiBroker please send an e-mail directly to SUPPORT {at} amibroker.com For other support material ple

Re: [amibroker] Re: IB stock symbols invalid

2006-07-06 Thread Tomasz Janeczko
Hello, The problem should be solved by new version of the plugin that adjust to the changes at IB. http://www.amibroker.com/devlog/2006/07/06/new-ib-plugin-166/ Best regards, Tomasz Janeczko amibroker.com - Original Message - From: "Nurudin Kaba" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday

Re: [amibroker] Re: IB stock symbols invalid

2006-07-06 Thread Tomasz Janeczko
Hello, This is so ALREADY. Data feed and automatic trading interface are completely INDEPENDENT. You can use any data feed when you are using automatic trading with IB controller. Best regards, Tomasz Janeczko amibroker.com - Original Message - From: "Ryan Daniel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To

[amibroker] Trade.DateTime to DateNum

2006-07-06 Thread PKJR
here is the situation: in the backtester I need to compare DateNum (stored in memory) with trade.dateTime values to assign proper contracts.. what is the easy way to do it? what is the catch from going from trade.DateTimne to DateNum? Thank you Paul Yahoo! Groups Sponso

RE: [amibroker] Re: IB stock symbols invalid

2006-07-06 Thread Ryan Daniel
Or maybe give AmiBroker the ability to use any data feed with any auto-trading plug in so eSignal and IB could be used at the same time. In my opinion this seems like the right answer going forward. Separate the feed from the automated trading system so that if any one company becomes flakey, anoth

Re: [amibroker] Re: IB stock symbols invalid

2006-07-06 Thread Tomasz Janeczko
Hello, EUR.USD-IDEALPRO-CASH works for me - but I am lucky owner of those "old" accounts that did not change. From what I hear from people some IB accounts continue to work the old way and some stop working (are changed). Please complain to IB. Best regards, Tomasz Janeczko amibroker.com -

Re: [amibroker] Re: IB stock symbols invalid

2006-07-06 Thread emp62
at interactive brokers the head doesn't know what the tail is doing. I am thinking about switching to tradestation. Valuable time is lost and still there is no complete clarity what is going on.         - Original Message - From: MarketMonk777 To: amibroker@yahoogroups.co

Re: [amibroker] Reading Excel Data Files

2006-07-06 Thread ShortFox
Chip,   I'd suggest you save the excel files as CSV, and then have them read directly by AB.   Short.  On 7/5/06, dingo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: If you have the background you can use OLE to do what you want. Other thanthat there are several tools in this forum's files section: http://fi

RE: [amibroker] Re: IB stock symbols invalid

2006-07-06 Thread MarketMonk777
I suppose their TWS works just fine as has not been affected? -Original Message- From: amibroker@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of emp62 Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 11:08 PM To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: IB stock symbols invalid well o

[amibroker] Re: EOD data

2006-07-06 Thread brian.z123
A cameo re-appearance on the stage after-all. I now have to eat my words in point 2 from a prior post. Previously I thought the auto-update mode was very robust but it ain't so. I have found more than one easy way to mess up my data via Amiquote downloads. Refer to the relevant points from the

[amibroker] Re: Position sizing based on equity curve

2006-07-06 Thread Glenn
Hi Shane, The code below might be a little easier (hopefully) to read! ;) BTW the error is ONLY when you first run this code. I think the errors are caused when the symbol ~ClosedEquity doesn't exist. After the symbol is in your database it runs fine. Maybe the code needs to create the symbol