[amibroker] Simple Problem with "flip" function and/or "Plotshapes"

2009-01-26 Thread brianw468
The following simple program illustrates an intriguing problem I encountered when trying to develop a complicated trading system. //Test Program fast = MA(C,15); slow = MA(C,50); Buy = Cross(fast,slow); Sell = Cross(slow,fast); Buy = Flip(Buy,Sell);

[amibroker] Re: How to install the file Broker4705.tlb ?

2009-01-26 Thread jtoth100
*.tlb files are type libraries of a COM "server". AmiBroker is a COM server, but as fas as I know there is no separate type library provided with it. You need tlb files if you use early binding in compliled languages like C, VB, etc. Use late binding (like script languages do), and you will be

Re: [amibroker] Adding AFL to toolbar button

2009-01-26 Thread Dennis Brown
Gordon, Is there some reason that a ParamTrigger() button would not work for you? That is the easiest interface. Chart buttons are not quite as reliable if you have a slow AFL execution. I believe Herman has attached code to chart buttons that is closer to what you want than what I have

Re: [amibroker] Adding AFL to toolbar button

2009-01-26 Thread Anthony Faragasso
Gordon, If you have some AFL that you would like to attach to a new button...please post or email me and I will try it Anthony - Original Message - From: Gordon Rose To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 11:27 PM Subject: Re: [amibroker] Adding A

Re: [amibroker] Adding AFL to toolbar button

2009-01-26 Thread Gordon Rose
Hi Anthony, Herman, and Dennis, Thank you for your excellent responses. Anthony, I'm curious -- how did you accomplish what you attached in the jpg? I wasn't aware of that capability. Also, does the AFL code behind your button have the ability to access data for the current symbol? If not, I m

Re: [amibroker] Adding AFL to toolbar button

2009-01-26 Thread Dennis Brown
Gordon, I do not know of a way to attach AFL to the existing toolbar UI buttons. I requested being able to do what you ask a long time ago, but it has not happened yet. However, there are many ways to solve the same problem. It might be easer to answer your question if you describe what

[amibroker] Re: Trade Series Matrix Using C++

2009-01-26 Thread brian_z111
> I have been experiencing repeated thougnts about 64 bit >programming, > using tricky methods to store trade data, with minimal memory use, > and 3,4, or more, dimensional matrices Does anyone know where I can find something about minimizing memory use with data handling and/or programming mu

[amibroker] Re: finding pairs

2009-01-26 Thread john_dxd_smith
Mike, Instead of addcolumn(), you can write to a file with fputs(). regards, dxd --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "Mike" wrote: > > there have been a few other posts in the pasts about finding > correlations for pairs and in the code put up people have created a > nice grid type of output. >

[amibroker] Re: Trade Series Matrix Using C++

2009-01-26 Thread brian_z111
IMO backtesters that combine money management, scaling in and signal ranking in one step are not using the best, or most efficient method. On the contrary, this approach can muddy the waters and create confusion for the user, especially new comers. It is well known that if piano students do not

Re: [amibroker] OT: PC security / Virus protection

2009-01-26 Thread Yuki Taga
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Re: [amibroker] OT: PC security / Virus protection

2009-01-26 Thread Steve Dugas
Thanks to everyone for your answers. Last year I decided to upgrade to the newest version of both NIS and SystemWorks for the first time in 3 or 4 years ( as Howard noted, it has been getting some great reviews ). Symantec has now added an enhanced password manager ( called Identity Safe ) to NI

Re: [amibroker] Re: OT: PC security / Virus protection

2009-01-26 Thread Ara Kaloustian
Thanks for all the responses. I was surprised to get that many responses. It's obviously a critical issue. Appreciate your inputs Ara - Original Message - From: Howard B To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 6:24 PM Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: OT: PC

[amibroker] How to install the file Broker4705.tlb ?

2009-01-26 Thread aajurg
Hello !! I did'nt know what .tlb file is . So if somebody how and where to install the file on a computer ? My purpose is to use this file with the langage VBA excel ... Is it possible ?

[amibroker] Adding AFL to toolbar button

2009-01-26 Thread Gordon Rose
Hi, Is anyone aware of a way to attach AFL to a toolbar button in AB? I'd prefer a new toolbar button, and am willing to use win32 coding if there's a way to do it. Barring being able to do this, I seem to recall a post about using OLE automation to execute blocks of script on demand -- I be

[amibroker] Re: Examples of Say() Command?

2009-01-26 Thread Pete
Very nice, and simple too. Thomasz, thanks for the tip, and thanks even more for such a wonderful stock analysis software package. Amibroker rocks! Pete :-) --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "Tomasz Janeczko" wrote: > > if( LastValue( Cross( MACD(), 0 ) ) Say( "MACD crossed above zero"); > >

[amibroker] Buy/ Sell Indicating AFL

2009-01-26 Thread ketaki.phadke
Dear All I am a very new learner in Amibroker, I required help in building AFL Library. If anybody having following AFL then Please provide and I will be thankful for the same. (1) AFL/Indicator that gives buy/sell indicator for the given group based on closing values of the stocks (2) AFL/I

Re: [amibroker] Examples of Say() Command?

2009-01-26 Thread Tomasz Janeczko
if( LastValue( Cross( MACD(), 0 ) ) Say( "MACD crossed above zero"); Best regards, Tomasz Janeczko amibroker.com - Original Message - From: "Pete" To: Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 3:07 PM Subject: [amibroker] Examples of Say() Command? >I searched this forum and the online AFL Refer

[amibroker] Re: Examples of Say() Command?

2009-01-26 Thread sidhartha70
Here's an example I used to use for highlighting extreme moves in the TICK indices... function SayNotTooOften( text, Minperiod ) { elapsed=GetPerformanceCounter()/1000; Lastelapsed = Nz( StaticVarGet("lastsaytime") ); if( elapsed - Lastelapsed > Minperiod ) { StaticVarSet("l

[amibroker] Examples of Say() Command?

2009-01-26 Thread Pete
I searched this forum and the online AFL Reference but did not find any examples of using this command within a trading system. I have been using the AlerIf() function to play a windows sound when one of my signals register on the chart. Very symple, one line of code, works great. But I would like

Re: [amibroker] OT: PC security / Virus protection

2009-01-26 Thread Thomas Ludwig
Ara, 3 suggestions: 1. If you're looking for a new AV program, Avira Premium is rated best in the latest tests, and it's also rather fast. (Kaspersky AV, recommended by Joseph, used to be one of the best but has been falling behind lately.) 2. You should seriously think about switching from IE to