[amibroker] Re: How to delete latest five bars

2007-12-24 Thread Barry Scarborough
What type of data base, intraday or eod? If it is intraday you may have data you don't see, i.e. after hours data. Also your database may have tickers that have not been updated for a while. Deleting the last 5 bars might not give the desired results so whatever program you use you must be spec

[amibroker] Re: Remove blank symbols

2007-12-24 Thread Barry Scarborough
But the question is why are the symbols blank? If the symbols are valid there should be data associated with them and you may want to find a data source to download data for them. If not valid then the Cleanup.js will solve the problem. Cleanup.js is a java script program shipped with AB that

[amibroker] Re: Free data feed

2007-12-24 Thread Barry Scarborough
Please expand your comment. Does your comment that it is not free have to do with having to pay exchange fees? If so most data feeds charge exchange fees on top of their monthly charge. Barry --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "J. Biran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Most is NOT free. CBOT

[amibroker] Re: Free data feed

2007-12-24 Thread Barry Scarborough
I just did an opentick search of the AB forum and there are some negative news about OT and its use with AB. Barry --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "Michael.S.G." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Apparantly this is a free data feed. > https://www.opentick.com/index.php?app=users&event=home >

[amibroker] TimeFrameSet to seconds or tick?

2007-12-24 Thread Barry Scarborough
Can TimeFrameSet be set to seconds or tick? For seconds it seems like you can set interval to 1. Can it be set to a fraction of a second? I tried to set the interval to 0.25 and the syntax checker took it. But is it supported? Thanks, Barry

[amibroker] ATC Sector group structure

2007-12-24 Thread matrix10014
Greetings, My computer blew up and I lost all of my AFL files,and I am not the worlds greatest programmer..Would someone be kind enough to post the code to properly build the Sector, Industry, Stock heirarchy using ATC.A user had previously helped me with a code that differed from the manual

[amibroker] You rang Sunday - processing DOW 30 components without AddToComposite

2007-12-24 Thread Barry Scarborough
To the person that called Sunday. I may have a way to do what you requested in AFL without an API/DLL and without using AddToComposite on multiple time frames, It is fast, dynamic. Send me a private email using the email off my website. I have a spam blocker that will send you an image which yo

[amibroker] Re: ATC Sector group structure

2007-12-24 Thread Barry Scarborough
First, are you sure you lost them? IF you deleted them you may be able to restore them from the Recycle Bin. But before you go looking there open AmiBroker, go to File/database settings and find where your database is stored, its path and name. Use MyComputer to open the folder using the path y

[amibroker] Re: Sector Setup

2007-12-24 Thread matrix10014
Are there any videos regarding the creation and maintainance of Sectors,industries and stocks pyramid structures..As a non programmer,alot of Amis power would be alot more accesable with some good instructional videos..Just a thought.. allan --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "Rick" <[EMAIL PRO

[amibroker] Re: AB tick bar analysis

2007-12-24 Thread Barry Scarborough
I think the reason is that IB does not provide a time stamp with the data it sends and AB has to use the computer clock. If that is the case the data never will be in sync. That is what I have noticed. My last bar close on one minute intraday charts is never the same as Scottrade or the EOD dat

[amibroker] Re: AB tick bar analysis

2007-12-24 Thread dbwyatt_1999
Thanks Barry, you do have a point that IB data does not have a timestamp which would make comparing different captures difficult. The Scottrade DJI tick data looks like it's 2 second snapshots. I'm not so much concerned about having exact timestamps, but the number of tick bars for a time peri

Re: [amibroker] Re: Free data feed

2007-12-24 Thread Michael.S.G.
Might be something to add to the UKB. (ie List of sources/adapters for Amibroker - The good bad & Ugly). MSG Barry Scarborough wrote: > > I just did an opentick search of the AB forum and there are some > negative news about OT and its use with AB. > > Barry > > --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com

RE: [amibroker] AB tick bar analysis

2007-12-24 Thread dbw451
Hi Herman, Thanks for the "direct" response. Those are excellent articles that you have written. I've read them before, but it's been a long time. I think what I'm seeing is different than the HFAT data issues that you explained so well. I'm comparing two tick charts using the exact same IB re

[amibroker] Bollinger

2007-12-24 Thread David Fitch
Bollinger monthly news letter, 12/20, mentioned Amibroker again , Howard Bandy book, and the Amibroker Conference. Here's the excerpt. "We continue to delve into Amibroker and are in the midst of reading Howard Bandy's "Quantitative Trading Systems". At first blush this is quite a good trading

[amibroker] Yearly charts

2007-12-24 Thread Abhijit
Hi, Can someone suggest how to view charts on yearly basis in Amibroker? Is there any AFL, or some setting that needs to be done? I am looking for a calendar year (1st January to 31st December). Cheers, Abhijit

[amibroker] How to create an index of stocks

2007-12-24 Thread YSL
As a newcomer, can I ask how do you create an index of stocks? eg I want to create an index of banks - C, MER, GS, JPM I assume once this is created, you can perform technical analysis and strategy analysis on this index?

[amibroker] how to watch streaming quotes of multiple symbols concurrently

2007-12-24 Thread roydebox
Hello, I wonder how to set up amibroker to monitor multiple streaming quotes on a single screen? Currently I have to switch among symbols periodically. That's tedious and inefficient. I still use v4.90. Please advise! Thanks a lot! Roy

[amibroker] Tab on the left missing - from singapore

2007-12-24 Thread just.financial.only
Hi I am new to the software... and have some technical issue on the left side I can create tabs. used to have a tab where all the scripts are there - eg moon phases etc. these were created by my trainer. suddenly - now it is gone - I do not know how to bring them back appreciate any help... ch

Re: [amibroker] OT Amibroker/Wine

2007-12-24 Thread Tomasz Janeczko
> === > Posts seem to be held up or something (hopefully not - censored). > I'll try this again as a "New" message rather than reply. > === So now we have conspiracy theory here? Some evil force apparently hold

Re: [amibroker] Yahoo and this forum

2007-12-24 Thread Tomasz Janeczko
Hello, For over three weeks nearly 90% of messages are delayed for a couple of hours, some of them delayed even one day. Simply Yahoo is having temporary problems with Yahoogroups, that's all. Best regards, Tomasz Janeczko amibroker.com - Original Message - From: Herman To: AmiB

Re: [amibroker] Re: Sector Setup

2007-12-24 Thread Tomasz Janeczko
Hello, There are many videos at http://www.amibroker.com/video/ As for "sector setup" it is data-vendor dependent, as each data vendor has it own structure. For most paid EOD vendors the structure is automatically created at the database creation time (see Tutorial section of the guide). Best re

Re: [amibroker] How to delete latest five bars

2007-12-24 Thread Tomasz Janeczko
Hello, 1. Select last bar, choose Edit->Delete Session 2. Repeat step 1 five times. Best regards, Tomasz Janeczko amibroker.com - Original Message - From: "khaleel_sk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, December 24, 2007 8:06 AM Subject: [amibroker] How to delete latest five bars

Re: [amibroker] Bollinger

2007-12-24 Thread Tomasz Janeczko
Thanks a lot for the info! Best regards, Tomasz Janeczko amibroker.com - Original Message - From: David Fitch To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, December 24, 2007 11:46 PM Subject: [amibroker] Bollinger Bollinger monthly news letter, 12/20, mentioned Amibroker aga

[amibroker] Can somehelp help with a LOOP here ?

2007-12-24 Thread ccie8340tx
Folks: Say I have AFL to write orders to csv file. Now I would include to a LOOP to write TEN orders in increment of 10 pips. so that orders are generated as follows 1.4610, 1.4620,1.4630 and so on upto 1.4710 Buystop_Startvalue=1.4610 Ten_pips=0.0010; I need a loop that would increment Stra

[amibroker] Re: Sector Setup

2007-12-24 Thread matrix10014
Hello Tomasz, I wasnt making myself very clear.I have Quotes Plus,and do have the Sectors and respective groups set up.However,I can not click on Captal Goods and bring up a chart,nor can I click on a sub sector like Housing and bring up a Graph... I vaguely remember having to use the ATC func

[amibroker] Re: Yearly charts

2007-12-24 Thread rashmo_70
--- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "Abhijit" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > Can someone suggest how to view charts on yearly basis in Amibroker? > > Is there any AFL, or some setting that needs to be done? > > I am looking for a calendar year (1st January to 31st December). > > Cheers, >

[amibroker] Re: Can somehelp help with a LOOP here ?

2007-12-24 Thread bilbo0211
--- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "ccie8340tx" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Folks: > > Say I have AFL to write orders to csv file. Now I would include to a LOOP to write TEN orders in increment of 10 pips. > so that orders are generated as follows 1.4610, 1.4620,1.4630 and so on upto 1.4710 >

[amibroker] Re: Remove blank symbols

2007-12-24 Thread umrperumal
Mr Barry, You said there is a java.js script (shipped with AB) for cleaning up blank symbols.But I see no such option under Tools menu. Under Tools, these are the options available : Datebase purify, Indicator Maintenance, Bar Replay, Preferences, Save Preferences, Plug ins, and Customize.

[amibroker] Re: Yearly charts

2007-12-24 Thread fimdot
timeframeset(12 * inmonthly); plot(c, "", ... Bill -- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "Abhijit" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > Can someone suggest how to view charts on yearly basis in Amibroker? > > Is there any AFL, or some setting that needs to be done? > > I am looking for a calend

[amibroker] Re: Yahoo and this forum

2007-12-24 Thread fimdot
Some messages are delayed and others never appear although. Posting via the website works. Yahoo is certainly having a problem but it is not affecting all groups. Other groups that I am familiar with are functioning normally. Bill --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "Tomasz Janeczko" <[E

[amibroker] Re: How to create an index of stocks

2007-12-24 Thread fimdot
Take a look at addtocomposites() Bill --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "YSL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As a newcomer, can I ask how do you create an index of stocks? eg I > want to create an index of banks - C, MER, GS, JPM > > I assume once this is created, you can perform technical an

[amibroker] OT Wine/AmiBroker/AFLWizard

2007-12-24 Thread Michael.S.G.
All Wine users, I have now got AFLWizard working under wine. AFLWizard requires shdoclc.dll override. Manually override with winecfg or wine regedit AB_Wine_Overrides_V0.9.49.reg command. Download AB_Wine_Overrides_V0.9.49.reg here: http://www.amibroker.org/3rdparty/Amibroker_on_Linux/WindowsS

[amibroker] Re: Sector Setup

2007-12-24 Thread jim_trades_stocks
While Amibroker is an excellent program, I can assure you that you will spend considerable time just trying to keep your database in order. Drilling down in AB is not an easy feat, there are other programs out there that can accomplish this task with a lot less pain. Merry Christmas! --- In a

[amibroker] test

2007-12-24 Thread paulradge
bullshit bullshit

[amibroker] Re: Remove blank symbols

2007-12-24 Thread Barry Scarborough
The java script program you are looking for is named cleanup.js. It is in c:\program files\amibroker\scripts on version 4.9. If it isn't there then it may not be shipped in 5.0. I may have found it on the AB site and added it to the scripts folder. I can't remember. I will include it below just

[amibroker] Re: Remove blank symbols

2007-12-24 Thread Barry Scarborough
A couple more things. The program in the Tools tab is called Cleanup database. Click on this and it will launch Cleanup.js. However, you don't have to have it in Tools you can add it to Tools by going to Tools/Customize/Tools and use the New operator. Change the name from New Item to Cleanup d

[amibroker] Can Backtest Applystops written in AFL be displayed in Reports Settings window?

2007-12-24 Thread ChrisB
Greetings All I am playing around with the Backtester settings in AB 5.0 to try and finally comes to grips with all the possibilities and nuances of the Backtester. A nice feature in backtest Report is the Settings link to see all the variables one has specified. Some of these seem to be cont