[amibroker] Re: Buy at Open. Need help using intraday data.

2007-09-27 Thread t_ohrt
Neat! I humbly bow before the Master...;) T.O. --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, Graham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > settradedelays(0,0,0,0); > buy = short = datenum()!=ref(datenum(),-1); > > -- > Cheers > Graham Kav > AFL Writing Service > http://www.aflwriting.com > > > > On 28/09/2007, t

[amibroker] Missing Transaction Date from Detailed Backtest Report

2007-09-27 Thread tipequity
When I run the following low level Backtest report (in detail mode) the transaction date is not printed. Does anybody know why? Recently someone else asked a similar question and Tomasz responded to it. For the life me I can not find that thread. Any help is much appreciated. SetCustomBacktestPr

Re: [amibroker] Re: Buy at Open. Need help using intraday data.

2007-09-27 Thread Graham
settradedelays(0,0,0,0); buy = short = datenum()!=ref(datenum(),-1); -- Cheers Graham Kav AFL Writing Service http://www.aflwriting.com On 28/09/2007, t_ohrt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If your first bar is at 09:04 > > IIf(TimeNum()<=090400,Buy,0); > > it works for me. > > T.O. > > --- In am

[amibroker] Re: Buy at Open. Need help using intraday data.

2007-09-27 Thread t_ohrt
If your first bar is at 09:04 IIf(TimeNum()<=090400,Buy,0); it works for me. T.O. --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "Amohedas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I am trying to create a system that either Buys or Shorts at the open > of each trading day. > > The data that I'm using is

RE: [amibroker] Replay tickdata for simulation

2007-09-27 Thread Jerry Gress
Martin, Under Tools > Bar Replay I have been using tick data (collected during the day) replaying 5 different charts with different time frames each chart. Really Cool. Jerry Gress Stockton, Ca. -Original Message- From: amibroker@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ma

[amibroker] Buy at Open. Need help using intraday data.

2007-09-27 Thread Amohedas
Hi, I am trying to create a system that either Buys or Shorts at the open of each trading day. The data that I'm using is intraday 1 minute futures data. The buy/sell conditions are not important, but I cannot figure out how to tell Amibroker to place the Buy/Short at the close of the 1st minut

[amibroker] Re: Industry Problems

2007-09-27 Thread burlap58
Don, Thanks for your help. I think I got it. I guess I'm going to have to stay with my old software for now. I don't have time to put in the study, trade,and do whatever makes up my life to use this software. I'm going to wait for the book that is supposed to be out this spring. Thanks, Lloyd --

[amibroker] Re: Industry Problems

2007-09-27 Thread burlap58
Don, Thanks for your help. I think I got it. I guess I'm going to have to stay with my old software for now. I don't have time to put in the study, trade,and do whatever makes up my life to use this software. I'm going to wait for the book that is supposed to be out this spring. Thanks, Lloyd --

RE: [AmiBroker] Industry Problems

2007-09-27 Thread Don Lindberg
Lloyd, Look in your file tree under Sectors. Under each of the Sectors are their member Industries, and under each of the Industries are the Member stocks. Any one of these can be used as a filter in whatever Exploration you want to build. As an aside, if all you are looking for is a piece

[amibroker] Re: Industry Problems

2007-09-27 Thread burlap58
--- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "jrswindle2001" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Jim, I have excel.By object model is that the reference to the category add symbol. That's a lot of my problem-knowing all the nomenclature. Currently the category add symbol is in the formula editor. I appreciate your re

[amibroker] Re: Bracket Orders in IB

2007-09-27 Thread trustdnb
Did you have actual question? I am have been using AB to create automated Buystop order, with a stop loss based on average true range. Not exactly a bracket order but close. There code for creating a bracket order is shown at www.amibroker.com/at --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "danielwarda

[amibroker] Re: Industry Problems

2007-09-27 Thread jrswindle2001
Lloyd, I am pretty sure you can do it with their object model but it would take some programming. Do you currently have it in Excel or in a database or something? Jim --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "burlap58" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I downloaded the 150 industries by number. If I sca

[amibroker] Problems with esignal forex not updating charts in real time

2007-09-27 Thread k.ghassemieh
Hi, I'm having problems with my esignal forex data feed. The charts are not updating. I can see the prices change in the real time window, but the charts don't update. Indexes and stocks update, but not forex. I've tried the composite as well as various single provider feeds, e.g. fxcm and gft

[amibroker] Industry Problems

2007-09-27 Thread burlap58
I downloaded the 150 industries by number. If I scan them I get the selected industries. Following that I need to scan the underlying symbols. Is making 150 watchlists one at a time the only way to do this? I've looked through the AFL Library and haven't seen anything I recognize as something that

[amibroker] Ft Monitor David Serbin

2007-09-27 Thread richardlboroff
David Serbin is going to talk on making signals next February at the Las Vegas AmiBroker Conference. He is also doing an article for the Monitor that will lead into the talk. More information when I have it will be on the website. Go to www.ftmonitor.com Be good Richard Boroff

[amibroker] Re: Bracket Orders in IB

2007-09-27 Thread danielwardadams
I replied to this earlier but I think I was signed in under the wrong ID so I'm not sure where it went (?). I probably could use IB's bracket orders directly but I'd rather have percentage based values rather than the hard-coded defaults that can be set up in IB's Order Configurations. I'd rather

[amibroker] Basic ? = How to abort a script during execution..in the code

2007-09-27 Thread redliontrader
Hello, I have a very basic question. I want to test to see if a file exits, if not I want to exit the execution of the script. I don't want to wrap the whole script in a conditional {} since I want to use this during error checking on other conditions in the script. thanks

Re: [amibroker] Bracket Orders in IB

2007-09-27 Thread Ara Kaloustian
IF YOU WANT JUST MANUAL ENTRY, WHY NOT USE THE IB SOFTWARE (DOME) DIRECTLY? - Original Message - From: "danielwardadams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 6:24 AM Subject: [amibroker] Bracket Orders in IB > I've seen periodic discussion of it in the archives b

[amibroker] Bracket Orders in IB

2007-09-27 Thread danielwardadams
I've seen periodic discussion of it in the archives but is anybody using AB to set up bracket orders in IB? I was thinking of using the "Bracket Order" front-end software that interfaces with the IB API but it doesn't offer all the flexibility I want and it seems it would be simple to do something

[amibroker] Re: Replay tickdata for simulation

2007-09-27 Thread discuslorraine
Hello Martin, I can provide a partial answer only. Yes, AB can replay historical at the speed you wish, it works well and most likely it would be no problem to import the data into AB (I have done that with large amount of intraday data). As far as I know, using the replay feature, you can test y

Re: [amibroker] Re: Off Topic - Purported Humor and a question

2007-09-27 Thread Joe Landry
Thanks Tomascz, Sydney, Richard, Al I have a tool called MWSnap that does this (thanks to Dingo) but it's very extensive and requires one to save a file and then upload the file to the mail program, in my case Outlook Express. I'll adopt TJ's approach since sometimes I want to show someone whic