[amibroker] can anyone help me

2008-06-09 Thread arokiaraj robert
Dear Sir, I am very new to TA, recently i started to use amibroker, i need the program to find the days high and days low automatically, if possible shall i get indication with sound is very useful. I m very thanksful to all. Thanks and regards, Robert Antony [EMAIL PROTECTED] Connect wit

RE: [amibroker] Re: Trading International Portfolios

2008-06-09 Thread Shaun Wilson
brian_z I'm not sure about any tips but I can say I have been using IB for a couple of months for US and ASX share. ( EOD Trading) The platform is good with access to a huge range of trading instruments ... brokerage is also very competitive. The account application forms are quite

[amibroker] AB compatibility with FT conversion

2008-06-09 Thread rch6464
Tomaz... Brian Stocks of FastTools posted a detailed explanation of the FT database conversion that's coming in July. He stated... "The current FTF15.DAT database will be replaced by four databases, (Funds for Retail investors, Funds for Advisers, Indexes, and ETF's)." It sounds like this coul

[amibroker] Can Amibroker do Top-Down Trading?

2008-06-09 Thread cadvantag
Looking to sort stocks from the strength at the top Sector, then Industry, then strongest stocks. Can this be done using Amibroker? Thanks for any help. Brian

[amibroker] old data download

2008-06-09 Thread solacefanatic
i downloaded data from yahoo finance using amiquote- i used both potions current data & EOD,stocks,funds,us7 international options but i got data upto/of 19/2/2008. please help solace fanatic

Re: [amibroker] Re: Please help with start of week code.

2008-06-09 Thread Amirtrade
Hello ChrisB, I have few Qs. I am trading in Dhaka Stock Exchange in Bangladesh. So, can I change the "London", "Time" & "Pips" to "Dhaka", Dhaka's Time" & "Bangladesh currency"? Also please advice how to remove the multi buy/sell signals and keep just one. Thanks Amirul - Original M

Re: [amibroker] Stopping repeat buy/sell orders

2008-06-09 Thread Amirtrade
Hello Graham, I am totally new in the world of Techincal Analysis. The AFL that you have showed below, where do I put it in the AFL given by ChrisB? Please advice. Thanks Amirul - Original Message - From: Graham To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2008 5:0

[amibroker] Re: Deleting zero volume quotes

2008-06-09 Thread bvpraveenmails
Hello Prashanth, Thanks for the help. Your solution does help to solve the problem. But a catch with this approach is when circuit breaks occur in the market for the first 1hr or 2hrs. That time we have o=h=l=c and volume = 0. I don't want to delete these quotes. So if we can specify the time co

[amibroker] Re: Deleting zero volume quotes

2008-06-09 Thread bvpraveenmails
Hello Prashanth, Thanks for the help. Your solution does help to solve the problem. But a catch with this approach is when circuit breaks occur in the market for the first 1hr or 2hrs. That time we have o=h=l=c and volume = 0. I don't want to delete these quotes. So if we can specify the time c

Re: [amibroker] Re: Please help with start of week code.

2008-06-09 Thread ChrisB
Amirul a. I don't do stocks so I can't comment on Dhaka Stock Exchange. b. if it suits your purpose you can change the "London" to "Dhaka" or any other time you want. c. Pips is for currencies. d. See post later in this thread about getting the backtester to work properly. (My last few posts hav

Re: [amibroker] AB compatibility with FT conversion

2008-06-09 Thread Tomasz Janeczko
Hello, AmiBroker does NOT use FTF15.DAT file directly (or any .DAT file from FT database). It accesses FT database via FASTTRACK.DLL (part of FT API) (located in Windows directory) only. As long as changes are compatible with FASTTRACK.DLL AmiBroker should be able to access new databases without

Re: [amibroker] Can Amibroker do Top-Down Trading?

2008-06-09 Thread Tomasz Janeczko
Sure, that's what PositionScore is about. http://www.amibroker.com/guide/h_portfolio.html If you want "multiple" targets simply apply weights. Assuming "individual scores" range from 0..100 appropriate code would look like this: PositionScore = SectorScore * 1 + 100 * IndustryScore + Stock

Re: [amibroker] Summing in Explorations

2008-06-09 Thread Grant Noble
Request at Feedback Centre: SetSumColumns() ? http://www.amibroker.com/feedback/view_bug.php?bug_id=706 droskill wrote: > Is it possible to sum a calculation in an Exploration? I want to have > the ability to say Position Size = Equity/Screen # Results. > > Is this possible? > > Thanks! > > >

Re: [amibroker] Summing in Explorations

2008-06-09 Thread Tomasz Janeczko
Hello, You can use AddToComposite to perfom summing in explorations or scans http://www.amibroker.com/f?addtocomposite Best regards, Tomasz Janeczko amibroker.com - Original Message - From: "Grant Noble" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 2:11 PM Subject: Re: [amibroker

[amibroker] Alert on live chart

2008-06-09 Thread sidhartha70
Hi All, Pretty simple question. I want to set up some alerts on a live chart... when the current price hits a specified level it executes a Say() statement Clearly I need to embed the code in the formula for the chart... Not sure exactly how I'd go about setting this one up... How would I a

[amibroker] PlotShapes() on a foreign plot

2008-06-09 Thread sidhartha70
Hi All, Is it possible to PlotShapes() on a PlotForeign() chart...? If so, how... doesn't seem to be working for me right now. Thanks

Re: [amibroker] PlotShapes() on a foreign plot

2008-06-09 Thread Tomasz Janeczko
Hello, No, PlotShapes uses regular grid. It is possible to position shapes on regular grid based on min/max range of foreign however if you rescale Y min/max foreign range according to actual y min/max obtained by Status function: http://www.amibroker.com/f?status Best regards, Tomasz Janeczko am

[amibroker] List of Custom Programmers

2008-06-09 Thread lou
Recently I needed help with programming and was fortunate to obtain the services of Dingo. He is not cheap but he did supply a smooth professional program and communication was outstanding. That could easily have turned out very differently so I would suggest a list be maintained of those will

Re: [amibroker] List of Custom Programmers

2008-06-09 Thread lou
As a postscript, I know that AmiBroker does custom programming at $80 per hour but they seemed to be very busy and not really interested in my little project. It is not my intention to suggest infringing on their interests but rather to help with what they would rather not do. lou

[amibroker] CODING SPIKES

2008-06-09 Thread Vinay Gakkhar.
Dear Mike, Thanks for your continuing to help. I tested this new one. Found that it works very well but has one practical problem. For example: if volume on day-after first spike is near to the volume of the first spike, it shows the day after as the day of the second spike. Similarly if volum

[amibroker] Price Graph

2008-06-09 Thread McGuyVr70
On a price graph is it possible to set the graph price increments to .20 with code. I know how to change the graph with mouse click and drags but I want to always make the graph in .20 increments. Thanks Dan

Re: [amibroker] List of Custom Programmers

2008-06-09 Thread professor
I agree. It would be nice to have a list of programmers. Graham does programing and I have used him to write a program for me twice. He is very good. However, he doesn't write programs for auto trading and so I have been trying to get mine auto trading program working. I am not a programmer and

[amibroker] Creating "period" arrays for built-in averages

2008-06-09 Thread Steve Dugas
Hi - I see that most of AB's built-in moving averages will take an array for the Periods arg. I imagine a typical use of this might be to calculate some array based on momentum, volatility, whatever, then convert that to an array representing suitable periods that these functions can use? There

[amibroker] Tracking down performance degredation in AB

2008-06-09 Thread sidhartha70
HI All, Been using AB for a couple of months now... I seem to have noticed a performance degredation on the AB's use the past couple of days. I can't see that I've added antyhing in particular that would cause this. Any ideas towards tracking down performance degredation in AB...? Thanks

[amibroker] Re: Tracking down performance degredation in AB

2008-06-09 Thread sidhartha70
Actually, I think I just tracked it down... seems obvious now. I recently changed the 'Intraday" refresh interval in Preferences from 3 secs to zero... However, I only have about 4 symbols feeding live from IQ Feed... and I'm running a beast of a PC... and the fasted internet connection available

[amibroker] Re: Creating "period" arrays for built-in averages

2008-06-09 Thread sidhartha70
Steve, There are so many techniques you could use to create a variable array for use in MA calculations... I think it all depends on 'how' you want to use the MA. Clearly the technique needs to make some intuitive sense. Are you trend following and want to avoid whipshaws in volatile markets?

Re: [amibroker] Re: Creating "period" arrays for built-in averages

2008-06-09 Thread Steve Dugas
Hi - I am not trend following in the popular sense but I am trying to smooth another array that contributes to my signals in order to make it less volatile. Right now I am just experimenting with some different averages to determine which might work best, including some of the popular AMA's like

[amibroker] Re: Can Amibroker do Top-Down Trading?

2008-06-09 Thread matrix10014
Tomasz, I know you are the master,but are you sure Amibroker can do this?? I think there may be a bit of confusion as to what it is he was asking.I have asked of this capability and was told it was an extremely difficult task for a mere programming mortal. He initially requested the ability to

[amibroker] Re: Creating "period" arrays for built-in averages

2008-06-09 Thread sidhartha70
Well Steve, again it all depends on how you are trading... that kind of defines what makes sense as a 'period' if you like. The first thing that popped into my mind when I read your post was using something like John Ehler's digital signal processing techniques to define somekind of 'dominant mark

Re: [amibroker] Re: Tracking down performance degredation in AB

2008-06-09 Thread Tomasz Janeczko
Which version are you using? You should upgrade to 5.10 for best results. Best regards, Tomasz Janeczko amibroker.com - Original Message - From: "sidhartha70" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 9:29 PM Subject: [amibroker] Re: Tracking down performance degredation in AB

Re: [amibroker] Re: Can Amibroker do Top-Down Trading?

2008-06-09 Thread Tomasz Janeczko
Hello, Yes I am sure and I have provided recipe. Please re-read what I wrote previously. Stock is linked to sector and industry via categories http://www.amibroker.com/guide/h_categories.html Incorporating strength of sector and or industry is a matter of using Foreign() on industry symbol (if y

[amibroker] Re: Tracking down performance degredation in AB

2008-06-09 Thread sidhartha70
Already using 5.10 Tomasz. --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "Tomasz Janeczko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Which version are you using? > You should upgrade to 5.10 for best results. > > Best regards, > Tomasz Janeczko > amibroker.com > - Original Message - > From: "sidhartha70" <[EMA

RE: [amibroker] List of Custom Programmers

2008-06-09 Thread Ed Fast
I think a list of capable programmers that subscribe to confidentiality guidelines would be a real plus. I realize that I am never going to be an accomplished C++ programmer. I recognize that people that have professional skills deserve professional pay. A list of these people would

Re: [amibroker] Re: Can Amibroker do Top-Down Trading?

2008-06-09 Thread cstrader
Well, yes you can link to the appropriate industry and sector from each stock. But what data are you expecting to retrieve by industry and sector? For instance, perhaps, the mean change of the stocks in the industry or sector over the past day? - Original Message - From: "matrix10014

[amibroker] Re: afl help needed

2008-06-09 Thread hsr35_india
--- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "hsr35_india" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear members, > Can anybody provide template (afl formula) for amibroker which have > the following properties: > Candle stick chart, semilog scale, black background colour, rising > candles green and falling candles red

[amibroker] Re: afl help needed

2008-06-09 Thread Mike
The vast majority of your request can be accomplished simply by configuring your preferences, then drag and drop the the indicators that you want. http://www.amibroker.com/guide/w_preferences.html http://www.amibroker.com/guide/h_dragdrop.html Mike --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "hsr35_indi

[amibroker] IB implied volatility

2008-06-09 Thread namanh_ca
Hi all, Does anyone know how to import, either using AB or XL, IB's implied volatility data ? Thanks N.A.

Re: [amibroker] Re: Tracking down performance degredation in AB

2008-06-09 Thread Tomasz Janeczko
Hello, Chart refresh of ZERO means to refresh as often as CPU allows so it inherently leads to higher load. That is not degradation however but rather speed up as chart are refreshed more often. However if on single core you are getting more than 70% CPU load average it may mean that your formula