[amibroker] Re: Amibroker on Apple MAC OS X ?

2008-05-30 Thread Bob Krishfield
I've run AmiBroker on my MacBook Pro for over a year. BootCamp is a little faster when you need it for big optimization runs, but it's not as convenient as Parallels and Fusion. I started with Parallels and like it, but ran into trouble when I upgraded Mac OSX to 10.5.2 and Parallels gave me

[amibroker] Re: Ticker List for Russell 2000

2008-05-30 Thread marketmonk777
Hi Bob, I don't understand your question. Save what as text? --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Did you try Save as Text? > - Original Message - > From: "marketmonk777" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 8:01 PM > Subject: [amibroker

[amibroker] Fibonacci Retracement

2008-05-30 Thread amon_gizeh
I found a problem in Amibroker 5.01. External retracements (like 161,8%) must to be after 100% level, but are after 0%. This problem not appear in Amibroker 5.0. Tomasz, can you fix it?

[amibroker] Walk-Forward Optimization Via OLE

2008-05-30 Thread yund
I'm trying to automate some walk-forward testing in jscript, but I don't see a way to call the walk-forward optimizer. I looked at the optimization types but it doesn't seem to be documented. I tried "AA.Optimize(3);" but didn't work. Can someone help or is this not possible? Thanks, -Dave

[amibroker] RIGHT EXPLORATION

2008-05-30 Thread Vinay Gakkhar.
I use the following for getting number of bars in the 'before'period: BackRef = 150; // Number of days to look back SinceLastSpike = BarsSince(V>(MA(V,BackRef)+StDev(V,BackRef)));// Number of bars since the last volume spike What change should I make to get number of bars in the 'after' period?

Re: [amibroker] New Yahoo US-Stocks Database

2008-05-30 Thread cstrader
Dear John Swindle, Has there been a recent update of your Yahoo US-Stocks database? Thanks! - Original Message - From: "jrswindle2001" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 5:57 PM Subject: [amibroker] New Yahoo US-Stocks Database > Greetings all, > > I have post

RE: [amibroker] Re: Visual studio and VB create object

2008-05-30 Thread dingo
Try creating multiple operating system accounts and run one instance in each. Look back in the msgs here a couple of days for a discussion on spliting up long optimization runs by doing something like that: "Quad-core test results" d > -Original Message- > From: amibroker@yahoogroups.co

[amibroker] Re: Visual studio and VB create object

2008-05-30 Thread nickhere
so how can i work around this i need to run multiple afl at the same time nick --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "dingo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The OLE design prevents running more than 1 instance using OLE. > > You are proving it with your efforts but you don't believe it? This has >

[amibroker] RIGHT EXPLORATION

2008-05-30 Thread Vinay Gakkhar.
I use the following for getting number of bars in the 'before'period: BackRef = 150; // Number of days to look back SinceLastSpike = BarsSince(V>(MA(V,BackRef)+StDev(V,BackRef)));// Number of bars since the last volume spike What change should I make to get number of bars in the 'after' period?

Re: [amibroker] Re: Ticker List for Russell 2000

2008-05-30 Thread bjagow
Did you try Save as Text? - Original Message - From: "marketmonk777" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 8:01 PM Subject: [amibroker] Re: Ticker List for Russell 2000 > Sorry, I was not clear. I am looking for the list in a text file so I > can easily import them into A

RE: [amibroker] Re: Visual studio and VB create object

2008-05-30 Thread dingo
The OLE design prevents running more than 1 instance using OLE. You are proving it with your efforts but you don't believe it? This has been discussed many times - do some searching. d > -Original Message- > From: amibroker@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of nick

[amibroker] Re: Visual studio and VB create object

2008-05-30 Thread nickhere
huh you can run many amibroker at a time --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "dingo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You can on have only one instance per user account in windows controlled by > COM/OLE. > > d > > > -Original Message- > > From: amibroker@yahoogroups.com > > [mailto:[EM

[amibroker] IB data delay in AB and no delay in IB plugin

2008-05-30 Thread alpod
I'm using the latest IB plugin and it's showing the Trade Size just fine when trade reported from IB. I use Realtime Quote window and Time&Sales to see it. If I use getRTData("TradeVolume") and display it then it shows only about every 5th trade volume. Please tell me what I do wrong. I know abou

RE: [amibroker] Visual studio and VB create object

2008-05-30 Thread dingo
You can on have only one instance per user account in windows controlled by COM/OLE. d > -Original Message- > From: amibroker@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of nickhere > Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 3:59 PM > To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [amibroker] Vis

[amibroker] Visual studio and VB create object

2008-05-30 Thread nickhere
i am trying to run multiple instance in vb i can do Private Sub Button2_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button2.Click Dim t = New Thread(AddressOf getami) t.Start() end sub Function getami() Dim AB = CreateObject("Brok

[amibroker] Re: Convert Metastock indicator with PREV function into AFL

2008-05-30 Thread loshude8888
Dear Tomasz, Thanks a lot! Lokesh --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "Tomasz Janeczko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > No. Ref is NOT the same as PREV. > > Prev is usually used for RECURSIVE formulation, therefore LOOP must be used or AMA/AMA2 > function > > Conversion to loop is pre

[amibroker] Highest Value btw 2 days

2008-05-30 Thread Prashanth
Hello, Using Function, I get close values of Last Thursday of month and First Friday of month. Now, I need to get the Highest value between those 2 days. I tried a lot of things, but nothing gives the output correctly. Any help much appreciated. AFL currently used function Lastthursday() {

[amibroker] Re: Debugging within For...Next Loops

2008-05-30 Thread sidhartha70
Thanks Herman. Sorted.

[amibroker] Re: Amibroker on Apple MAC OS X ?

2008-05-30 Thread enochbenjamin
--- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "Michael Lopuch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am considering purchasing a MacBook Pro OS X laptop with VMware > Fusion. Any issues running my AmiBroker and AmiQuote on it? > Thanks, > Mike L. > No problems. Works fine. I also use CrossOver as its requires l

Re: [amibroker] GraphZOrder of Gfx drawings?

2008-05-30 Thread Dennis Brown
So plot commands must also be buffered --since you can choose to have the Gfx plot first or after all the AFL plot commands. And since the AFL plot commands can plot in forward or reverse order, that plot buffer can be thought of as being a FIFO or LIFO buffer. With Gfx we seem to only ha

RE: [amibroker] GraphZOrder of Gfx drawings?

2008-05-30 Thread J. Biran
TJ replied to my question: How can I get some Gfx plots under and others on top of graphics? You can't. You can only overlay everything in front or in back. ... Gfx functions are executed completely independent of regular drawing. All Gfx commands are queued for later execution in something that is

[amibroker] GraphZOrder of Gfx drawings?

2008-05-30 Thread Dennis Brown
Hello, I just realized that the default plot Z order is opposite that of the Gfx drawing functions. This really messes up my draggable drawn button arrays I just finished coding after several days. Of course I want the first button drawn to be on top so that I can have modular button code

[amibroker] Re: Is it possible to import data into Excel from the AB database voa DDE

2008-05-30 Thread polomorabe
Joe and Paul. Many thanks for the replies. About using the the export from AB option, I had already known about that, but it is not flexible enough. The OLE interface is an interesting idea, but means dedicating a running instance of AB just for that. It seems that the option of using Yahoo to u

Re: [amibroker] Re: Filling holes in data

2008-05-30 Thread Louis Préfontaine
Hi, I had the exact same problem and I never found a way to deal with this. Louis 2008/5/30 sidhartha70 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I know some of you guys must have experienced similar problems... > > Anyone care to comment/throw me a bone...? > > > --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com , > "sidharth

Re: [amibroker] Is it possible to import data into Excel from the AB database voa DDE

2008-05-30 Thread Joe Landry
http://www.amibroker.com/library/detail.php?id=218&hilite=CreateObject Paul ...did you see the Excel example from 2002 by Witold D? JOE - Original Message - From: polomorabe To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 6:55 AM Subject: [amibroker] Is it possi

Re: [amibroker] Is it possible to import data into Excel from the AB database voa DDE

2008-05-30 Thread Joe Landry
- Original Message - From: polomorabe To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 6:55 AM Subject: [amibroker] Is it possible to import data into Excel from the AB database voa DDE Hello, I noticed in the User Guide that there is a DDE plugin that allows f

RE: [amibroker] Is it possible to import data into Excel from the AB database voa DDE

2008-05-30 Thread Paul Ho
You can export data as a csv file from within AB and excel easily exports it. There are a number of AFLs that you can download from the library, just search for export daily data /Paul. _ From: amibroker@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of polomorabe Sent: Friday, 30 M

[amibroker] Re: Futures

2008-05-30 Thread patsgreatdeals
Art, I see the image for the download but it appears there is no link to download the zip. Thanks, Patrick

[amibroker] Re: Futures

2008-05-30 Thread patsgreatdeals
Anthony, Thank you for the information. I appreciate it. Regards, Patrick --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "Anthony Faragasso" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > http://www.britefutures.com/home.asp > > I use this site everydaycheck it out...if it meets your requirements...I will

[amibroker] Debugging within For...Next Loops

2008-05-30 Thread sidhartha70
Hi All, Question. What's the best way to debug code within For...Next Loops. I tried the obvious... i.e. writing to the 'interpretation' window from within the loop... but this doesn't work. As evidenced by this very simple code example which doesn't produce any output from within the loop. "hel

[amibroker] Is it possible to import data into Excel from the AB database voa DDE

2008-05-30 Thread polomorabe
Hello, I noticed in the User Guide that there is a DDE plugin that allows for data to be imported into AB from a DDE-supported data source. I was wondering if it's possible to do it the other way round - to import EOD data via DDE into Excel from the AB database? My EOD data source is Telechart,

Re: [amibroker] Re: RC1 telling me my reg has expired

2008-05-30 Thread Joe Landry
Tomasz - Thanks for all you've done and Brian has summed it up wonderfully. Although I'd like to add that we're also grateful that, in addition to Brian's list, you've left your young family and traveled to the Amibroker conference for the last 3 years to tell us about your plans and to pick up

[amibroker] Re: RC1 telling me my reg has expired

2008-05-30 Thread sidhartha70
I will add my voice to this... I am relatively new to AmiBroker having spent a lot of time looking at OpenQuant, NinjaTrader etc... I think AmiBroker is nothing short of phenominal value. Tomasz and Marcin do a fabulous job of supporting a very good product. --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "T

Re: [amibroker] Re: RC1 telling me my reg has expired

2008-05-30 Thread Tomasz Janeczko (groups)
Hello, Thank you to everyone who expressed support to AB in this thread. Best regards, Tomasz Janeczko amibroker.com - Original Message - From: Louis Préfontaine To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 5:41 AM Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: RC1 telling me my re

[amibroker] RE: Exploration formula for higher than average volume.

2008-05-30 Thread petenglish
Hi guys, Does anyone know if there is a exploration formula for detecting higher than average volume. Maybe, for example over a period of 5 days a spike in volume can be viewed as a beginning of a trend move. Thanks in advance!

RE: [amibroker] Amibroker on Apple MAC OS X ?

2008-05-30 Thread MarkK
If you are getting fusion then you need the Windows operating system to run any windows program you want MarkK From: amibroker@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Lopuch Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 7:34 PM To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Subject: [amibroke

[amibroker] Re: Filling holes in data

2008-05-30 Thread sidhartha70
I know some of you guys must have experienced similar problems... Anyone care to comment/throw me a bone...? --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "sidhartha70" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi All, > > I've got some data from IQ Feed with holes in it. Just the odd day > missing here an there. > >

[amibroker] Re: Amibroker on Apple MAC OS X ?

2008-05-30 Thread sidhartha70
I run AmiBroker on both VM Fusion on my Mac Pro, and also under Boot Camp. I have to say that for pure speed VM Fusion (or Parallels) doesn't come close to Windows native performance under Boot Camp. This is an outright flying machine under Boot Camp. However, as the other poster said, VW Fusion &

Re: [amibroker] Amibroker on Apple MAC OS X ?

2008-05-30 Thread Mike Orlyk
Hi, I run AB on a the same setup you are considering buying but with Parallels 3.x. Works fine with no problems at all but don't expect the same performance you might get on, say, a dual core PC. But, unless you plan on doing some serious optimization or number crunching, the MB Pro will hand

Re: [amibroker] Amibroker on Apple MAC OS X ?

2008-05-30 Thread Mike Orlyk
Hi, I run AB on a the same setup you are considering buying but with Parallels 3.x. Works fine with no problems at all but don't expect the same performance you might get on, say, a dual core PC. But, unless you plan on doing some serious optimization or number crunching, the MB Pro will hand

Re: [amibroker] Amibroker on Apple MAC OS X ?

2008-05-30 Thread Mike Orlyk
Hi, I run AB on a the same setup you are considering buying but with Parallels 3.x. Works fine with no problems at all but don't expect the same performance you might get on, say, a dual core PC. But, unless you plan on doing some serious optimization or number crunching, the MB Pro will hand

[amibroker] Re: Yahoo RT Quotes

2008-05-30 Thread winecoolr
I noticed that the site http://www.marketwatch.com/ seemed to have also recently added free real time quotes. --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "wavemechanic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://ycorpblog.com/2008/05/28/real-time-stock-quotes-on-the-house >

[amibroker] Amibroker on Apple MAC OS X ?

2008-05-30 Thread Michael Lopuch
I am considering purchasing a MacBook Pro OS X laptop with VMware Fusion. Any issues running my AmiBroker and AmiQuote on it? Thanks, Mike L.

[amibroker] Re: Need Help: Stock Ranking System

2008-05-30 Thread subratabera1
Thankyou very much droskill for your quick response. I really appreciate your help. I am testing your code and its very near to what I want. I am trying to modify it a little bit and will post the modified code if succesful. Thank once again. --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "droskill" <[EMA

Re: [amibroker] Referencing the backtested portfolio equity in the buy formula

2008-05-30 Thread Graham
For a portfolio backtest the only place is in the positionsizing as that is only used during the portfolio backtest pass If it is a single symbol backtest then you can use Equity(). If you need to determine trade entries or exits based on portfolio equity value then you need to use the advanced bac

[amibroker] Referencing the backtested portfolio equity in the buy formula

2008-05-30 Thread zozuzoza
Is there any way to reference the portfolio equity Foreign("~~~EQUITY", "C") in the buy formula itself? I guess that the portfolio equity is available after running the backtest so it cannot be referenced in the buy formula itself. I've checked the AddToComposite stuff but it is not clear how