[amibroker] Re: my trades

2008-06-01 Thread kmunnecke
falls hier einer ist der deutsch kann und so nett wäre es ins englische zu übersetzen da ich glaube das wir hier doch aneinander vorbei reden. es ist nicht so das ich eine signalüberschneidung habe. ich habe immer einzelne trades, also buy sell und nach einiger zeit ein neues buy signal. das proble

RE: [amibroker] Re: Amiquote to update the 2nd running Broker.exe in case of 2 Amibroker window

2008-06-01 Thread Fred Tonetti
Simpler with significantly less overhead would be to use different user accounts _ From: amibroker@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of zozuzoza Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 1:11 AM To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Subject: [amibroker] Re: Amiquote to update the 2nd runni

[amibroker] Re: my trades

2008-06-01 Thread kmunnecke
i have only one open trade at time. a sampel, i draw 3 lines in AAPL at first, 14.4 - 15.4.2008 149.30$ then a long line 3.12 - 20.12.2007 184,84$ 3) 9.5 - 12.5.2008 184.71 all "Study UP" my programm SetTradeDelays( 0, 0, 0, 0 ); // buydelay, selldelay,shortdelay, coverdelay Risiko = -0.2

Re: [amibroker] Re: my trades

2008-06-01 Thread Klaus
i have only one open trade at time. a sampel, i draw 3 lines in AAPL at first, 14.4 - 15.4.2008 149.30$ then a long line 3.12 - 20.12.2007 184,84$ 3) 9.5 - 12.5.2008 184.71 all "Study UP" my programm SetTradeDelays( 0, 0, 0, 0 ); // buydelay, selldelay,shortdelay, coverdelay Risiko = -0.25 ;

[amibroker] Re: Amiquote to update the 2nd running Broker.exe in case of 2 Amibroker window

2008-06-01 Thread zozuzoza
The solution is to create a virtual mashine, an operating system within the operating system, e.g. an XP within an XP with Microsoft Virtual PC 2007. --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "Tomasz Janeczko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > In Windows Operating System CreateObject() functio

Re: [amibroker] Debugging Help

2008-06-01 Thread Ronald Davis
Steve>>But I think you can learn more by plotting and seeing the entire array...Good luck! I agree with Steve. My method is to "THROW IT AGAINST THE WALL AND SEE WHAT STICKS". I just hit apply, and this great unforgiving Amibroker Software takes me right to the coding mistake. Hope this help

[amibroker] Open Interest (suppress or offset last day reading "0")

2008-06-01 Thread markwilson1304
Greetings, Can someone tell me how to plot Open Interest where the final day (because of the one day delay in reporting OI numbers) is either suppressed or offset one day so that the current day's data, showing a drop-off to zero, doesn't distort the OI? Can I offset OI by one day, or cause the f

Re: [amibroker] PlotShapes problem.

2008-06-01 Thread ChrisB
Jan Check out the Plotshapes in the Help file, then try this. MA1 = EMA(C,10); MA2 = EMA(C, 30); Plot(C,"", 16,64); Plot(MA1,"", 17, 1); Plot(MA2,"", 18,1); XUP = Cross(MA1,MA2); XDN = Cross(MA2,MA1); PlotShapes( IIf(XUP,shapeUpArrow,Null),colorGreen, 0, L, -20); // plots green arrow in defau

Desktop Search --- RE: [amibroker] afl files / Windows XP

2008-06-01 Thread Ken Close
I recently installed Copernic Desktop Search and I could not be more pleased. You can tell it which files (and even which folders) to index, and then you may search for any terms across any files. I looked at the folder that holds all of the indexed terms databases, and it had 1 G of data in it--f

RE: [amibroker] afl files / Windows XP

2008-06-01 Thread J. Biran
1.Access means open file by double clicking on its name? a.what application is associated with .afl? (i.e. notepad.exe)? b.I do not believe Windows indexes the content of afl files, not even Microsoft Desktop search 2.If you use UltraEdit to edit afl files, you can search from wi

[amibroker] Can anyone please help me?

2008-06-01 Thread Vinay Gakkhar.
Can anyone please help me? At present I calculate the number of days in the past period since the last volume spike using the following formula: BackRef = 150; // Number of days to look back DaysSinceLastVolumeSpike = BarsSince(V>(MA(V,BackRef)+StDev(V,BackRef))); Now I want to find the number

[amibroker] afl files / Windows XP

2008-06-01 Thread Ara Kaloustian
Having a problem with handling afl files. Code works OK ...problem is: 1. When I access afl files by using windows explorer, files are slow to apear in window .. appears as though they are not indexed. 2. When I do a search for specific text with an afl file, files is not found ... (even thoug

Re: [amibroker] Debugging Help

2008-06-01 Thread Steve Dugas
Hi - I generally haven't used DebugView much at all, I find it easier to debug "the old-fashioned way", i.e. start close to the beginning and insert Plot statements after arrays are created, followed by a /* to comment out the remaining code. If early arrays look as expected, then cut out the P

[amibroker] Re: OT: ATP News

2008-06-01 Thread brian_z111
Hello All, The AmiBrokerTradersProject will not be going ahead. The temporary site has been closed down and the temporary email addresses, that were setup for the project, will be closed this week. Thanks to all who expressed an interest. I am sorry to disappoint you. Regards, brian_z

RE: [amibroker] PlotShapes problem.

2008-06-01 Thread J. Biran
3.Your arrows are probably plotted on a layer that is not enabled for weekly/monthly time frames. check out help on layers. Joseph Biran From: amibroker@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jan Malmberg Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2

[amibroker] PlotShapes problem.

2008-06-01 Thread Jan Malmberg
Hello, I now have a few new problems with PlotShapes, but managed to get ahead well with the help I received previously. 1. If I use my indicator from, say, 2000, the arrows from the indicator unfortunately disappear when I scroll and zoom in to present times. As a matter of fact, using a

[amibroker] Debugging Help

2008-06-01 Thread sidhartha70
Hi Guys, I'm debugging two routines with the help of DebugView. The two routines 'should' produce the same output. But they don't. One uses for...next looping structures, the other uses just pure AFL array manipulation functions. I'm kind of new to this type of debugging process (i.e. with AFL &

[amibroker] Re: Alert Preference Setup for Email Alerts

2008-06-01 Thread gajananl
Thanks TJ. Thats good news. Gmail/SSL support wud help a lot. One more note: I found out that most likely my ISP. (AT&T) is blocking port 25 for SMTP. So I am also not able to connect to any unsecured SMTP server. I think Outlook uses port 587 to connect. I tried FREE SMTP SERVER as you had r

[amibroker] Importing and Appending a Field onto existing symbols

2008-06-01 Thread Ken Close
By using FastTrack data, I have never really had a need to learn to use the Import Wizard, but now having worked with the ASCII Importer and the Wizard for awhile, I can not find a way to do what I need to do. I have an Excel spreadsheet which has a "Score" value in a column for a list of symbols

[amibroker] Re: my trades

2008-06-01 Thread Mike
You can only have one open trade at a time for each stock. If you want to have more than one trade open at the same time, you have two choices: 1) Set Buy to SigScaleIn http://www.amibroker.com/guide/h_pyramid.html 2) Write custom backtest and use SetBacktestMode (backtestRegularRawMulti); http:

Re: [amibroker] Re: ParamDate help needed.

2008-06-01 Thread Steve Dugas
Hi Peter, glad you found it useful. Except for running optimizations, I am pretty much doing everything in charts these days ( using the old Equity() function ), I like it a lot. From what I read here, I gather that perhaps a few others are doing the same. Happy trading! Steve - Original M

[amibroker] Re: Remembering a recent stock event using AFL

2008-06-01 Thread droskill
MIke - appreciate the help - that's some great sample code for me to work with. Thanks so much! Damian --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "Mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > You can try something along the lines of capturing the event in an > array. Capturing the price that was in eff

Re: [amibroker] Re: SKIP>INDEXES and MUTUAL FUNDS

2008-06-01 Thread wavemechanic
Forgot about that. Surprised there is not an IsFund() function but easy enough to code. Bill - Original Message - From: Mike To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2008 12:58 AM Subject: [amibroker] Re: SKIP>INDEXES and MUTUAL FUNDS Indexes are easily recog

Re: [amibroker] Alert Preference Setup for Email Alerts

2008-06-01 Thread Tomasz Janeczko (groups)
Hello, You need to use the server that works in unencrypted mode (SMTP) GMail is using SSL that's why it does not work. However support for SMTP over SSL will be included pretty soon. Best regards, Tomasz Janeczko amibroker.com - Original Message - From: "gajananl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> T

Re: [amibroker] AD Line Not Accurate

2008-06-01 Thread Tomasz Janeczko (groups)
Hello, ADLine is CALCULATED from symbols present in your DATABASE only, since data sources like Yahoo don't give historical values of advances/declines. For ADLine to work you would use calculate composites feature and set up your markets correctly. See http://www.amibroker.com/guide/w_recalc.h

Re: [amibroker] Re: Walk-Forward Optimization Via OLE

2008-06-01 Thread Tomasz Janeczko (groups)
AA as a whole is due to some important changes in the future. Also Walk-Forward feature will be extended. As for running walk forward from - well why not ... I can add it. Best regards, Tomasz Janeczko amibroker.com - Original Message - From: "yund" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday,

Re: [amibroker] AmiQuote 2.0 - error - Local file can't be opened...

2008-06-01 Thread Tomasz Janeczko (groups)
Hello, "Local file can't be opened..." Usually this means that your download directory as set in the settings does not exist. Please go to AmiQuote, Tools->Settings and check if "Download Destination" folder EXISTS. "The operation timed out", usually means that you did not allow in your fi

Re: [amibroker] my trades

2008-06-01 Thread Tomasz Janeczko (groups)
Hello, Read the User's Guide: http://www.amibroker.com/guide/h_portfolio.html part about backtest modes and differences between regular and raw modes. Best regards, Tomasz Janeczko amibroker.com - Original Message - From: Klaus To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, May

Re: [amibroker] EOD for NYSE and NASDAQ

2008-06-01 Thread wavemechanic
See Users Guide - Original Message - From: Tipss_Bse_Nse To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 8:48 PM Subject: [amibroker] EOD for NYSE and NASDAQ dear all please guide me and provide the link for EOD to nyse and nasdaq [specifically as per the ns

[amibroker] Re: AmiQuote 2.0 - error - Local file can't be opened...

2008-06-01 Thread gmorlosky
Seems that somehow some of the folders/files got changed to read only. Changed all files to full access and problem solved. --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "gmorlosky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What causes a "Local file can't be opened..." when downloading data ? > I download Yahoo EOD an

[amibroker] Re: ParamDate help needed.

2008-06-01 Thread peterjldyke
Hi Steve, Thanks for this code. It has solved a problem I have been working on for some time. I have now been able, by using the Parameter box, to set Start and Finish Dates. Coding the Equity stats into the Chart Title provides me with a simple form of backtest in an Indicator. Peter --- I

[amibroker] Re: my trades

2008-06-01 Thread kmunnecke
I think a picture says more than one thousand words i have 15 trades. http://img233.imageshack.us/my.php?image=21arc2.gif now i look the trades in AB. i draw a line at my buy date. http://img61.imageshack.us/my.php?image=studyjq6.gif http://img61.imageshack.us/my.php?image=study1gj5.gif

[amibroker] Re: Running the back test from Optimization report

2008-06-01 Thread reinsley
>Cant copy to Excel, and most certainly cant write down 300 thousand >"profitable" combinations (...) Hello, I can't dream of a system that give 300 thousand "profitable" combinations... I'am very impressed. To be serious, here is a way to fill Excel sheet with the best 65536 profitable combinati

[amibroker] Testing Thunderbird

2008-06-01 Thread Doji
Klaus wrote: > > Thank you, > but I think this is not my problem. > I buy one worth (Shares) 3 times. > at first my stop if the low yesterday, > now i look a stop 1 ATR. > the buy time is the same. > > 3 buys in one shares, > then i look different stops > > i dont look to the different lines,

[amibroker] Re: my trades

2008-06-01 Thread kmunnecke
Thank you, but I think this is not my problem. I buy one worth (Shares) 3 times. at first my stop if the low yesterday, now i look a stop 1 ATR. the buy time is the same. 3 buys in one shares, then i look different stops i dont look to the different lines, the buy time is reality. i looks fo

Re: [amibroker] Re: my trades

2008-06-01 Thread Klaus
Thank you, but I think this is not my problem. I buy one worth (Shares) 3 times. at first my stop if the low yesterday, now i look a stop 1 ATR. the buy time is the same. 3 buys in one shares, then i look different stops i dont look to the different lines, the buy time is reality. i looks for t

[amibroker] Re: my trades

2008-06-01 Thread Mike
Use Study ID "01", "02", "03", etc. Use Optimization to see results from different lines. Mike Risiko = -0.25 ; //risiko auf das depot RisikoimWert = Ref (H,-1) - Ref (L,-1) ; // risiko im wert PositionSize = ( Risiko / RisikoimWert) * BuyPrice; StudyID = Optimize("Study ID", 1, 1, 3, 1); Buy

[amibroker] Re: Zig %

2008-06-01 Thread Mike
Ok, then assuming that a and y are both scalers, just do something along the lines of zig(Close, x); Or, is your problem that x is ending up being an array? Mike --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, Doji Star <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Actually, x is my percentage of zig. > > > - Origin

[amibroker] Re: my trades

2008-06-01 Thread kmunnecke
I draw a line "Study UP" do backtest and AB buy correctly I draw a second line "Study UP" do backtest and AB buy just the first line? i Delete the first line, AB buy the second line? AB works always with the line i draw first? but I would like to work with multiple lines, there are my trades

Re: [amibroker] Re: Zig %

2008-06-01 Thread Doji Star
Thank you. Looks like it is going to be manual input. - Original Message From: Graham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 1, 2008 1:12:54 PM Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: Zig % The Zig function will not take an array as percetnage, it must be single fix

Re: [amibroker] Re: Zig %

2008-06-01 Thread Graham
The Zig function will not take an array as percetnage, it must be single fixed number It also requires the first input to be the base array that the zig is calculated on, eg Zig(C,5); -- Cheers Graham Kav AFL Writing Service http://www.aflwriting.com 2008/6/1 Doji Star <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >

Re: [amibroker] Re: Zig %

2008-06-01 Thread Doji Star
Actually, x is my percentage of zig. - Original Message From: Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 1, 2008 12:41:36 PM Subject: [amibroker] Re: Zig % What exactly doesn't work about it? Is your problem simply the fact that you're missing an argumen

[amibroker] Re: my trades

2008-06-01 Thread Mike
I do not understand your question. Try again using very simple language. Make it easier for the translator. Ich verstehe nicht Ihre Frage. Versuchen noch einmal unter Verwendung der sehr einfachen Sprache. Bilden Sie es einfacher für den Übersetzer. --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "Klaus" <

[amibroker] Re: Zig %

2008-06-01 Thread Mike
What exactly doesn't work about it? Is your problem simply the fact that you're missing an argument to the zig() function (e.g. zig(x, 5) for 5% zig zag swings of x)? Mike --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, Doji Star <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi guys, > I have x = a - 2y. > I want to zig(x