[amibroker] Re: Virus - JS/SillyDlScript.CS

2007-07-09 Thread gp_sydney
Try Google. Here's one hit: http://www.ca.com/us/securityadvisor/virusinfo/virus.aspx?id=43284 GP --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "Ara Kaloustian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My virus scan detected and removed the virus in the subject line, from my temporary internet files folder, but I ca

[amibroker] Virus - JS/SillyDlScript.CS

2007-07-09 Thread Ara Kaloustian
My virus scan detected and removed the virus in the subject line, from my temporary internet files folder, but I can not find any info on it. Has anyone else encountered it? Ara

[amibroker] Traders International

2007-07-09 Thread ss_aussie
Hello everyone, I was recently at an introductory event which presented the Traders International Mechanical Entry System (something like that anyway) they called it TIMES. Has anyone attempted to code this into Amibroker? I was quite interested to see if it backtests with similar results to

[amibroker] Amibroker or Dingo slide show

2007-07-09 Thread Ronald Davis
I just checked the feedback center, and I didn't see any requests to add a SLIDESHOW function to watch lists. I know nothing of programming, but maybe TJ could add a slideshow feature using some of the code that he has already created for the bar replay feature. This would allow me to quickly

Re: [amibroker] Addcolumn(close,"Close", format, ......);

2007-07-09 Thread ChrisB
This tells me that it reads the close from the *first* ticker in the database only: // Test Expl and FORMAT2.afl format = Iif( LastValue( Close) < 0.9040, 1.5, 1.2);/*Close value of first ticker (AUDCAD) in database*/ Filter =1; AddColumn(C,"Close",format, ColorBlack, ColorWhite,60); // Seems

RE: [amibroker] Addcolumn(close,"Close", format, ......);

2007-07-09 Thread dingo
That won't work. Too late in the day for me to help. Sorry. d > -Original Message- > From: amibroker@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of dingo > Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 11:16 PM > To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com > Subject: RE: [amibroker] Addcolumn(close,"Close",

RE: [amibroker] Addcolumn(close,"Close", format, ......);

2007-07-09 Thread dingo
Then just format the price into a string variable using the Iff statement and use addtextcolumn. d > -Original Message- > From: amibroker@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ChrisB > Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 11:05 PM > To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re:

Re: [amibroker] Addcolumn(close,"Close", format, ......);

2007-07-09 Thread ChrisB
Dingo thx for the reply. This gives an Error 5: incorrect argument type. I need to control the format variable on a per ticker basis. I will play around with this some more in the meantime. Regards ChrisB dingo wrote: > > > Put the formats in quotes: format = IIf( StrRight(Name(),3) == "JPY"

RE: [amibroker] Addcolumn(close,"Close", format, ......);

2007-07-09 Thread dingo
Put the formats in quotes: format = IIf( StrRight(Name(),3) == "JPY","3.2", "4.4"); I haven't tried it but it just might work. d > -Original Message- > From: amibroker@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ChrisB > Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 10:44 PM > To: amibroker

RE: [amibroker] Re: AD Line problem?

2007-07-09 Thread Richard Dale
We're about to release a history going back to 1950 that will include all listed and delisted stocks - the final touches are being added to it right now. It will be fully compatible with AmiBroker too. Best regards, Richard Dale. Norgate Investor Services - Premium quality Stock, Futures and F

RE: [AmiBroker] Re: I'm totally new

2007-07-09 Thread Don Lindberg
Dick, I am surprised at you ! That response was not in line with your usual attitude. While you answer may be true, remember we were all newbie's at one time. Don Lindberg _ From: amibroker@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of areehoi Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007

[amibroker] Re: Pseudo-random number generator

2007-07-09 Thread john_dxd_smith
Thank you, Tomasz. Your productivity always amazes me ! regards, dxd --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "Tomasz Janeczko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > With "Very soon" I mean - next version (this week). > > Best regards, > Tomasz Janeczko > amibroker.com > - Original Message - > From

Re: [amibroker] I'm totally new

2007-07-09 Thread Grant Noble
more AFL than you can shake a stick at here: http://www.amibroker.com/library/ filter by Systems/Basic if you don't want to get overwhelmed you could code a MA cross in a handful of lines (using Cross command) give yourself a few years to work out how to code something useful :) GRANT fiforre wrot

[amibroker] Re: Newbie Here

2007-07-09 Thread Amohedas
Thank you very much Jim! --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "asawindaeng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Just what I needed. The old list provided by the template at > http://www.amibroker.com/docs/ab305.html is way out of date. Thanks > for that. I'll be checking back monthly. > > > > Greetings,

[amibroker] Re: I'm totally new

2007-07-09 Thread areehoi
You sound like the guy who bought a car but didn't know how to drive. AmiBroker is software that performs Technical Analysis on stocks. Unless you are knowledgeable about Technical Analysis (or willing to learn) your are wasting your time. There are a multitude of books on this of books on this

Re: [amibroker] Re: Larry Williams A/D indicator

2007-07-09 Thread john adamski
Hi Barry, Thanks for your help and the explanation. I do not code much so it was a not easy for me to put it all together. I was wondering how to code the cumulative bit and not knowing there was a "cum" function. Stupid me. I greatly appreciate your help. John S - Original Message F

Re: [amibroker] Pseudo-random number generator

2007-07-09 Thread Tomasz Janeczko
With "Very soon" I mean - next version (this week). Best regards, Tomasz Janeczko amibroker.com - Original Message - From: "Tomasz Janeczko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 7:36 PM Subject: Re: [amibroker] Pseudo-random number generator > Hello, > > Mersene Twister

[amibroker] Ft Monitor After the Fourth Sale

2007-07-09 Thread richardlboroff
The "After the Fourth" July Sale >From now to July 15, the materials from the Second AmiBroker Houston Conference are available at 20% off. If you want information on system building, you need to study Howard Bandy's presentation. Bill Barack's workshop on AmiBroker 101 is vastly updated and

Re: [amibroker] Pseudo-random number generator

2007-07-09 Thread Tomasz Janeczko
Hello, Mersene Twister is already on to-do list - will appear very soon. As for random() it uses standard C run-time library rand() function which uses linear congruential method. Best regards, Tomasz Janeczko amibroker.com - Original Message - From: "john_dxd_smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

[amibroker] Pseudo-random number generator

2007-07-09 Thread john_dxd_smith
Hi, I'm just wondering what algorithm AmiBroker's random() uses. Is it a big deal to have the Mersenne Twister algorithm ? http://www.tradingblox.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3637 Mersenne Twister http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mersenne_twister&oldid=139850022 regards, dxd

[amibroker] Re: File update: AmiBroker Custom Backtester Interface.pdf

2007-07-09 Thread gp_sydney
I've just uploaded another update to this file to include a few more examples. Specifically, I've added a couple of small examples to the high-level interface section to demonstrate adding metrics to the Trade objects for display in the trade list, and I've also added another appendix with a more

[amibroker] Re: Larry Williams A/D indicator

2007-07-09 Thread Barry Scarborough
I din't have it but the coding of this indicator would not be hard. This is the formula for it: To calculate the Williams' Accumulation/Distribution indicator, determine: True Range High (TRH) = Yesterday's close or today's high whichever is greater True Range Low (TRL) = Yesterday's close or

[amibroker] Re: Newbie Here

2007-07-09 Thread asawindaeng
Just what I needed. The old list provided by the template at http://www.amibroker.com/docs/ab305.html is way out of date. Thanks for that. I'll be checking back monthly. > Greetings, > > I just uploaded a new Yahoo database at > > http://www.icc-az.com/update-ab.html or > http://www.icc-az.com

RE: [amibroker] Re: AD Line problem?

2007-07-09 Thread Larry M Powell
Richard, Do you delete a stock history after delisting, or mergers? Some data bases have meaningless historical data because of elimination of companies when they cease to exist, how does Premium Data handle this? Larry M Powell _ From: amibroker@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTE

[amibroker] Re: Nested Loops - Custom Backtester

2007-07-09 Thread vlanschot
Try running the 1st loop first, and assign any stats/aggregates via (Static)VarSet. Next run the same loop again, and I mean OUTSIDE the 1st loop, and then call these vars via (Static)VarGet. PS --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "gonzo99e99" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I had this problem as

Re: [amibroker] Newbie Here

2007-07-09 Thread Joe Landry
Here's a note from May. One way to pick up this kind of info is to search the Yahoo note traffic, here some of the key words to search on would have been Yahoo database. I searched on Jim Swindle, a member of the forum who publishes the list on his site, and may have set this up in the Files

RE: [amibroker] Re: AD Line problem?

2007-07-09 Thread Richard Dale
You should note that the data on the Unicorn site averages data from multiple sites which have different methodologies for producing advancing and declining volume. By different methodologies, I mean some sites have "all exchanges combined" aka consolidated volume and other sites have exchange-onl

[amibroker] Re: AD Line problem?

2007-07-09 Thread Barry Scarborough
While you may be able to calculate the AD with the data in AB it seems to me that you must have have every stock on the NYSE and NASDAQ in your database. There is an easier and probably more reliable way but it requires that you get data from an external source. http://unicorn.us.com/advdec/ ha

[amibroker] I'm totally new

2007-07-09 Thread fiforre
Hi all, i'm totally new to amibroker and pretty new to shares investing too. Though i'm some college level programing knowledge, and i'v read the guideline manual to AFL, i seem to have problems progressing. Pardon me if i sound primitive (i'm.) I believe someone would have done similar studie

[amibroker] Larry Williams A/D indicator

2007-07-09 Thread johnsyska
Hi All, I need your help. Has anybody coded or could share with me the Larry Williams' Accumulation and Distribution Indicator? I know that standard A/D for AB is very simmilar but I would like to experiment with the other one. Thank you in advance. John S

[amibroker] AFL question (I assume simple answer)

2007-07-09 Thread kujax3si
Hello fellow Amibrokers. I am fairly new to writing code in AFL, but am trying my best. I have 4 symbols that I am watching. Each of these symbols alerted me on different days. For explaining purposes, lets assume symbol 1 came on my watch list on May 1, symbol 2 on May 2, symbol 3 on May 3 and

[amibroker] Newbie Here

2007-07-09 Thread Amohedas
Hello everyone. I am attempting to get the latest ticker list available for US stocks so that I may download the free EOD data from Yahoo. I have attempted to use the following, but I don't know the process and it doesn't seem to be working. http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/amibroker/files/