[amibroker] % Return Exploration

2007-07-27 Thread russ_shor
Hi Can someone please help me with an exploration that brings up the %return for an index.eg X=52 Return = C- Ref(C,-x)/ Ref (,-X) Ideally i will then export the exploration into a spreadsheet. Thaks Russ

[amibroker] Re: RSI Calculation wrong?

2007-07-27 Thread gp_sydney
Thanks, Tomasz. Starting the Wilders averaging at bar one is what made the difference. With a slight change to my loop, I now get exactly the same as AB. Regards, GP --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "Tomasz Janeczko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > There are two reasons why formula p

[amibroker] Re: Feature idea

2007-07-27 Thread Homar Simpson
No, I was thinking more along the lines of a continuous stream of charts or possible and X by X matrix of charts on a single page. Output this to a pdf file. The resulting file would be a record of any or all charts selected, and would be easier to scan by eye than stepping through each symbol

Re: [amibroker] Final Word on QT Problem

2007-07-27 Thread Michael.S.G.
Glad to hear your problem is solved. MSG Ken Close wrote: > > First, my problem was solved and I wanted to briefly describe the > problem and the process (which may help others who are diagnostically > challenged like me). > > I keep QT open on my second monitor and saw two things, AB was

Re: [amibroker] QuoteTracker -- Beyond the Basics

2007-07-27 Thread Michael.S.G.
KEN, Have you tried turning OFF the "use optimized routine for data retrieval" in the QT Plugin settings? I have had exactly the same problem in the past, Turned off the above setting and it started working again. MSG Ken Close wrote: > > Graham: > > Data problem from yesterday was not c

[amibroker] Re: Valuation information in AB

2007-07-27 Thread cipherscribe
Sorry Tomasz, I must have typed incorrectly oops. --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "Tomasz Janeczko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Excellent. Thanks for the info. I searched in the help file for > > 'fundamental data' before posting, but it yielded nothing. > > Oh Really? > > Start

[amibroker] Re: Linked Daily and Weekly charts

2007-07-27 Thread matrix10014
Thanks T, I was going into Charts>Basic Charts>Price and Insert Linked and that wasnt doing it.. Allan --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "Tomasz Janeczko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > You need to use "Linked chart" option (File->New->Linked chart) > > Best regards, > Tomasz Jane

Re: [amibroker] Linked Daily and Weekly charts

2007-07-27 Thread Tomasz Janeczko
Hello, You need to use "Linked chart" option (File->New->Linked chart) Best regards, Tomasz Janeczko amibroker.com - Original Message - From: "matrix10014" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, July 27, 2007 9:36 PM Subject: [amibroker] Linked Daily and Weekly charts >I must have fall

Re: [amibroker] Final Word on QT Problem

2007-07-27 Thread Tomasz Janeczko
Ken, It is very nice of you that you have posted this follow up explaining the reason and the solution. It is quite rare and I thank you for that. And yes I may sound "not too nice" when I repeatedly ask to follow some steps from the docs, but the reason for that is that I don't see someone

[amibroker] Re: 15 Most Actives

2007-07-27 Thread groovatron11d4
Has anyone figured out how to do this? I've been trying to get a composite symbol of the 15 most active by assigning a value of +1 for any advances, -1 for declines, and 0 for no change and then taking the sum. Since it deals with a different set of symbols every day this has been a big challenge

[amibroker] re:Volume charts

2007-07-27 Thread Tim
Has anyone found a way of getting volume charts from QT? I am looking to get volume charts from delayed data. Both Amiquote and QT get the delayed data from Yahoo which is all I need since i don't daytrade. However, I would like to get volume charts without having to get the data from DTN, e-signal

[amibroker] Re: Scroll to cursor line

2007-07-27 Thread matrix10014
Looks to me that as long as you do not go past the first bar in the lowest time frame,the cursor doesnt jump.Otherwise,it is a jumpy little bugger Allan --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "Barry Scarborough" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is there a way to set AB up so that when I place a curso

[amibroker] Linked Daily and Weekly charts

2007-07-27 Thread matrix10014
I must have fallen asleep at the wheel,as I used to be able to have a daily and weekly chart on the same page and the cursor would be linked.Can someone please tell me how I can have two charts of the same symbol,one weekly and one daily with the cursor linked?? Thanks in advance, Allan

[amibroker] Final Word on QT Problem

2007-07-27 Thread Ken Close
First, my problem was solved and I wanted to briefly describe the problem and the process (which may help others who are diagnostically challenged like me). I keep QT open on my second monitor and saw two things, AB was not recording stock prices, and QT was regularly updating the panel near the

[amibroker] Scroll to cursor line

2007-07-27 Thread Barry Scarborough
Is there a way to set AB up so that when I place a cursor line on a chart, the vertical line that appears when we click on the sheet, and then switch to another time frame that the chart will be positioned so that the cursor line is at least on the new sheet and preferably at the same position

Re: [amibroker] Re: K-Ratio Implementation (revisited)

2007-07-27 Thread Tomasz Janeczko
> K-Ratio(Ami) = LinRegSlope / StdErr * sqrt(n) / sqrt(12) No it is NOT ! K-Ratio (AMI) is LinRegSlope * Sqrt( SumOfSquaredDeviationsOfBarNumber ) / (StdErr * n); not the one you wrote. >From the HELP FILE (again: read, read, read the help file). K-Ratio - Detects inconsistency in returns. S

[amibroker] Re: K-Ratio Implementation (revisited)

2007-07-27 Thread Ron Rowland
Thanks Thomas, but no, I don't believe that post does not answer my question. The post below explains the the difference between K-Ratio (1996) and K-Ratio(2003). However, it does not explain the Backtester results. K-Ratio(1996) = LinRegSlope / (StdErr * sqrt(n)) K-Ratio(2003) = LinRegSlope /

[amibroker] Amiquote no longer updates files

2007-07-27 Thread directaim
Amiquote 1.94 has been updating tickers fine till now. But, now the files are no longer updated. Now when I 'Start download' from any data source on any size list for all symbols 'Waiting...' changes to 'Initial wait...' but the checkbox remains checked the number of completed downloads and number

Re: [amibroker] QuoteTracker -- Beyond the Basics

2007-07-27 Thread Rakesh Sahgal
On 7/27/07, Tomasz Janeczko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > > As far as I can tell, It does NOTHING! (except confuse the user) > > > > From my point of view, Amibroker and Quicktime Plugin are BROKEN. > > > Your opinion is broken and you apparently don't read the docs. > > If you rea

RE: [amibroker] Followup - QuoteTracker -- Beyond the Basics

2007-07-27 Thread Ken Close
I mentioned having installed Morrowind as a possible reason AB has stopped collecting data from QT. I deleted/uninstalled Morrowind, rebooted, checked everything again --- still no data gathering by AB. QT (paid version) seems useless now unless I can get an idea how to get AB to begin capturin

Re: [amibroker] Re: RSI Calculation wrong?

2007-07-27 Thread Tomasz Janeczko
Hello, There are two reasons why formula provided below generates slightly different values at the beginning a) it outputs one bar later than built-in RSI because of the Ref( C, -1 ) used that generates response starting from bar 1 not zero. b) initial (start) value of built-in Wilders() functio

RE: [amibroker] QuoteTracker -- Beyond the Basics

2007-07-27 Thread Ken Close
Graham: Data problem from yesterday was not collected nor plotted. What is in the editor is plotted (day before yesterday). I do not understand your statement "Use only local database" set to NO" The help file (and the Database settings choices) show that "Local Data Storage" should be ENABLED

[amibroker] Re: RSI Calculation wrong?

2007-07-27 Thread gp_sydney
Graham, That plot exactly matches what I get when I manually calculate RSI, but doesn't exactly match what AB gives. It fairly quickly converges to be the same as AB, but is different at the start for some reason. Regards, GP --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, Graham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >

Re: [amibroker] RSI Calculation wrong?

2007-07-27 Thread Thomas Ludwig
You have to use Wilders Smoothing in order to get the same results as in AB which correspond to the calculation method used by Welles Wilder. > Good evening, > I'm using Amibroker to write a system and also the C++ language. The > problem is my RSI value doesn't match up to AmiBrokers. Here is

Re: [amibroker] K-Ratio Implementation (revisited)

2007-07-27 Thread Thomas Ludwig
TJ once explained that in a posting in this list: > Hello, > By the way it is NOT surprising that you are getting lower values >than before. > In his book Mr. Lars Kestner writes: > ' The K-ratio is a unitless measure of performance that can be >compared across markets and time periods. [ - - -

Re: [amibroker] QuoteTracker -- Beyond the Basics

2007-07-27 Thread Tomasz Janeczko
I forgot to add that FULL C++ SOURCE codes for QuoteTracker plugin are included in the AmiBroker Development Kit http://www.amibroker.com/bin/ADK.exe You or anyone else are free to get those sources and change what you don't like and compile your own better plugin. Best regards, Tomasz Janeczko

Re: [amibroker] QuoteTracker -- Beyond the Basics

2007-07-27 Thread Tomasz Janeczko
Hello, > As far as I can tell, It does NOTHING! (except confuse the user) > > From my point of view, Amibroker and Quicktime Plugin are BROKEN. Your opinion is broken and you apparently don't read the docs. If you read the docs you would see this: http://www.amibroker.com/qtracker.html "

Re: [amibroker] RSI Calculation wrong?

2007-07-27 Thread Tomasz Janeczko
YOUR calculations are wrong. If you code your system in C++ you should be capable enough to use Google to find your errors without wasting our time on. Google is your friend. Best regards, Tomasz Janeczko amibroker.com - Original Message - From: Chris J To: amibroker@yahoogroups.c

[amibroker] Re: Feature idea

2007-07-27 Thread Fred
By "Multiple ( or all ) charts" ... Are you referring to: - All tabs for a particular layout ? - The above for all symbols belonging to some WatchList ? - The above for every layout you have defined ? BatMan can do the heavy lifting for any of these. There are no printing facilities in BatMan b

Re: [amibroker] RSI Calculation wrong?

2007-07-27 Thread Graham
I believe this is same as AB in AFL (plots match), although my encyclopaedia uses EMA not Wilders PerRSI = 14; MUp=IIf(C>Ref(C,-1),C-Ref(C,-1),0); MDn=IIf(C< Professional AFL Writing Service Yes, I write AFL code to your requirements http://www.aflwriting.com On 27/07/07, Chris J <[EMAIL PROTECT