RE: [amibroker] Traders Tax

2009-12-08 Thread dharmendra kalal
       HI WANT TO VISIT AFL BUT NOT POSSIBLE COZ I HAVE CRACK VERSION ..CAN ANYBODY HELP ME OUT ..    Dharmendra Kalal    --- On Tue, 8/12/09, Ed Fast wrote: From: Ed Fast Subject: RE: [amibroker] Traders Tax To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, 8 December, 200

[amibroker] REQUIRED ZIGZAG AFL

2009-12-08 Thread prasantaroy36
dear friends i want zigzag afl which connect top & bottom and working also in intraday any time frame. thanks

Re: [amibroker] Re: AmibrokerU Update

2009-12-08 Thread Rick Osborn
changed the AA range and ran a dummy scan. That did the trick Thanks From: Bruce To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, December 8, 2009 8:16:46 PM Subject: [amibroker] Re: AmibrokerU Update Rick - Not much info, so I can't be sure. A SWAG would be

[amibroker] Re: REQUIRED AFL

2009-12-08 Thread mytakeismine
Nice reply... you are a twisted technut! Thanks and to this group of Pros. --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "de_techneut" wrote: > > Userfriendly = Param("User Friendly Variable",1,1,50,1); > periods = Param( "Periods", 15, 1, 200, 1 ); > Ksmooth = Param( "%K avg", 3, 1, 200, 1 ); > Dsmooth = P

[amibroker] Re: REQUIRED AFL

2009-12-08 Thread prasantaroy36
Dear de_techneut Thanks for your reply but you have given the formula of slow stochastic , i want FULL STOCHASTIC afl. PL,help. Thanks --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "de_techneut" wrote: > > Userfriendly = Param("User Friendly Variable",1,1,50,1); > periods = Param( "Periods", 15, 1, 200, 1

[amibroker] Re: AmibrokerU Update

2009-12-08 Thread Bruce
Rick - Not much info, so I can't be sure. A SWAG would be to check the From/To range in the AA window. As I noted in the original article, I used the existing AA user interface as an easy way to control the range. If that is it, you can change the AA range and run a dummy scan to "set it".

[amibroker] Re: Trader Tax

2009-12-08 Thread paultsho
I have no chip on my shoulder. I share and admire many Amercian values. Just because I dont agree with your analysis of the situation doesnt mean I'm naive. I just happen to think that Asia and Australia would be far more resillient than the US to the effect of a US tax. --- In amibroker@yahoog

Re: [amibroker] Re: AmibrokerU Update

2009-12-08 Thread Rick Osborn
Bruce All the values in all the watchlists are 1000. What am I doing wrong? From: Bruce To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, December 8, 2009 2:28:20 PM Subject: [amibroker] Re: AmibrokerU Update Sure, I'll give a (hopefully) useful example. And, I'll

Re: [amibroker] Re: Trader Tax

2009-12-08 Thread Potato Soup
Bit of a chip on the shoulder of some non US traders here. You can help everyone by ensuring that your country voices opposition or you can waste your time complaining about Americans and the wording of my post. I frankly don't care which, but the naivete of those here who think this is a US pro

[amibroker] Re: Trader Tax

2009-12-08 Thread paultsho
Hello This is a response to an earlier post in which the poster asserted that Amibroker would be irrelevant and also the rest of the world is set to follow should the US enact this traders tax. My response might be a bit disjointed with the current discussion Firstly I think it is absurd to t

[amibroker] Re: REQUIRED AFL

2009-12-08 Thread de_techneut
Userfriendly = Param("User Friendly Variable",1,1,50,1); periods = Param( "Periods", 15, 1, 200, 1 ); Ksmooth = Param( "%K avg", 3, 1, 200, 1 ); Dsmooth = Param( "%D avg", 3, 1, 200, 1 ); Plot( StochD( Userfriendly*periods , Userfriendly*Ksmooth, Userfriendly*DSmooth ), _DEFAULT_NAME(), colorBlack

RE: [amibroker] Maintaining cursor position between time frames

2009-12-08 Thread Joris Schuller
Neil/Reinsley, I don't know whether this is what you are looking for or that you want something different. Let me know. I have some stuff with foreign symbols what might be closer to what you want. Below the afl from Brucer/Bisto. Apart from minor editing nothing was changed. The Zoomer. The Zoom

[amibroker] Re: ATR Histogram

2009-12-08 Thread rowdy358116
Great. Thanks for your help Alan. Regards Rowdy --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, Alan wrote: > > Or better yet: > > Create a custom indicator called ATR(Histogram): > > Copy the following into custom indicator: > > periods = Param( "Periods", 15, 1, 200, 1 ); > pstyle = ParamStyle("Style", st

Re: [amibroker] Re: Traders Tax

2009-12-08 Thread Edward Pottasch
hi Mike, I did not include dividends. Do they pay dividends these days? For the calculation I use the Dow Jones. The data I have on Oct 1 1928 the DowJ closed at 240.01. Roughly assuming that from then to now there are 81 years and also I assume that the average inflation is 3.3% per year. Tota

[amibroker] MaxOpenPositions and sigScaleIn/Out?

2009-12-08 Thread necroboy2
Hi, Does anyone know if the MaxOpenPositions option counts scaled in purchases as individual positions? For example if I hold 1 position in GOOG, and I then have 2 sigScaleIn signals, does Amibroker see the number of Open Positions as 1 or 3? SetOption("MaxOpenPositions", PosQty ); Buy =

[amibroker] Future Data in Backtesting

2009-12-08 Thread steveh_131
Hello, I'm fairly new to this group and to AmiBroker, so I apologize if this question doesn't make much sense to you guys. I've designed a system with a custom zig-zag line. The tops and bottoms of this zig-zag are are set up so that they can change with time based on various factors. The ch

[amibroker] Re: Traders Tax

2009-12-08 Thread Mike
Where are you getting the 1.5% figure? It does not sound right and is not at all consistent with the S&P 500 (more like 9%): http://politicalcalculations.blogspot.com/2006/05/mapping-sp-500-performance-since-1871.html Regardless, your figure is perhaps unrealistic (at least in the last couple of

Re: [amibroker] Re: Traders Tax

2009-12-08 Thread Edward Pottasch
let me add to that: did you know that over the past 100 years the stock market only returns about 1.5% per year? Let's assume this is the return you can expect in your pension fund. How many trades can the manager make before you are losing money when they tax you 0.25% per trade? - O

[amibroker] Howt to compile with Dev c++ (Amibroker developement kit)

2009-12-08 Thread AaJ
Hello ; I meet a problem to compile the file "sample.cpp" in the folder ADK ... What have I to do ? Compilateur: Default compiler Building Makefile: "C:\Program Files\AmiBroker\ADK\Sample\Makefile.win" Exécution de make... make.exe -f "C:\Program Files\AmiBroker\ADK\Sample\Makefile.win" all

Re: [amibroker] Re: Traders Tax

2009-12-08 Thread Edward Pottasch
if they think they will make easy money on this they are fools. Trading volumes increased because costs are low and access is easy. Taxing it 0.25% will kill it off completely. If they do it to win votes then wait for Joe Six Pack finding out that he is paying for this tax in his pension fund as

[amibroker] Re: Traders Tax

2009-12-08 Thread Mike
I suspect that investors would hardly notice the tax. Depending on the frequency at which they move in and out of stocks, it would likely end up being comparable to a mutual fund management fee. The ones most at risk, including myself, are high frequency traders. The tax would seem to be aimed

[amibroker] REQUIRED AFL

2009-12-08 Thread prasantaroy36
dear friends I want full stochastic afl with user friendly parametre settings. Pl, help, Thanks

[amibroker] Re: AmibrokerU Update

2009-12-08 Thread Bruce
Sure, I'll give a (hopefully) useful example. And, I'll try to do more of this, where possible, in the future. In order to facilitate this, though, it is best to use a Chart Template, Complete file and record a generic procedure for how to use it. Rather than introduce that now, I'll walk you th

Re: [amibroker] Re: Traders Tax

2009-12-08 Thread Potato Soup
#1 is cold comfort. The tax is anathema to our capitalist system. The very act of supporting it even superficially will have a slow residual damage in the markets and the way people think about them. These people are statists and very patient. If it takes another 15 years to pass it they will wo

Re: [amibroker] Traders Tax

2009-12-08 Thread Potato Soup
No odds are extremely low when one party dominates the executive and legislative branches. Just look at the healthcare bill and how close it is to becoming reality. You can't underestimate the populist sentiment that drives Washington. They count on you assuming it won't pass. Now is the time to

[amibroker] Re: Traders Tax

2009-12-08 Thread Mike
Green is afraid because the tax would likely wipe out a sizable chunk of his business! The tax would hurt accountants, brokers, internet providers, book sellers, magazine publishers, etc. Back in March, I used the same link that Steve provided in his earlier reply. In return I got the expected

[amibroker] Re: JavaScript Problem with Array

2009-12-08 Thread bistrader
Thanks. Had to do some googling to understand "?" as used. Cool. Thanks again. --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "Mike" wrote: > > Bert, > You were on the right track with the split function. The code below > shows how you could iteratively open the second file, write the single > selected elem

RE: [amibroker] Traders Tax

2009-12-08 Thread Nick de Peyster
The odds of this passing strike me as extremely low.  So far the government has been extremely supportive of the financial sector ... is there any evidence of a change in the winds?   I would think this trader tax might hurt momentum investors rather than traders (especially counter-trend trader

RE: [amibroker] Traders Tax

2009-12-08 Thread Jerry Gress
Hi all, What I liked is the ease of sending the e-mail to congress. What stuck me is Robert Green's "concerns" or "fear" of this thing passing!! I also did not think it was written very well to convince a politician to take heed. Just my thoughts. JG -Original Message- From: amibroker@ya

Re: [amibroker] Traders Tax

2009-12-08 Thread Steve Dugas
Thanks for posting Jerry. There is also this one, it has been around longer and has 63,000 signatures so far. I have signed both. Steve http://www.rallycongress.com:80/no2tradertax/1536/tell-congres-to-block-trader-tax/ - Original Message - From: "Jerry Gress" To: Sent: Tuesday,

RE: [amibroker] Traders Tax

2009-12-08 Thread Ed Fast
Jerry, Thanks for posting the link. I have sent my email to my senators and representative. Hope everybody in the US that is a member of this forum will do the same. Ed Fast -Original Message- From: amibroker@yahoogroups.com [mailto:amibro...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jerry Gress

Re: [amibroker] Traders Tax

2009-12-08 Thread Tomasz Janeczko
Hello, By the way: if "inventors" of this new tax ran any backtest and added 0.25% "commission" on each trade, they would clearly see that such tax kills profitability of many trading systems (making them unusable). Best regards, Tomasz Janeczko amibroker.com On 2009-12-08 17:19, Jerry Gress w

[amibroker] Traders Tax

2009-12-08 Thread Jerry Gress
Hello, Just received the below to fill out and automatically send to Washington written by Robert Green. Free on E-mail or $9 to have a service print and mail. JG PS. First from California to send, so it said? http://www.rallycongress.com/greentradertax-traders-association1/2644/save-t raders-j

Re: [amibroker] AmibrokerU Update

2009-12-08 Thread furinkazaan
Bruce, thanks for the afl. It comes at the most oppurtune time when I'm considering creation of many sectoral indices. However, rookie that I am, I am not able to figure out how to use the AFL. I would appreciate a step-by-step detail on how to use it, including where to copy the afl, where to stor

Re: [amibroker] ATR Histogram

2009-12-08 Thread Alan
Or better yet: Create a custom indicator called ATR(Histogram): Copy the following into custom indicator: periods = Param( "Periods", 15, 1, 200, 1 ); pstyle = ParamStyle("Style", styleLine = 2, maskDefault = maskHistogram); Plot( ATR(periods), "ATR HISTOGRAM", ParamColor( "Color", colorCycle )

Re: [amibroker] ATR Histogram

2009-12-08 Thread Alan
Create a custom indicator called ATR(Histogram) Copy the following into custom indicator: periods = Param( "Periods", 15, 1, 200, 1 ); Plot( ATR(periods), "ATR HISTOGRAM", ParamColor( "Color", colorCycle ), styleLine = 2 ); Regards, Alan rowdy358116 wrote: > > Hello All, > Is it possible to c

Re: [amibroker] Re: Copying Files to a Laptop

2009-12-08 Thread i cs
Thanks TJ, reefbreak, Jerry I installed AB into the Users directory. It's good enough for now. UAC still mucking me around, and it seems that nothing I can do can clean up that original area in "Program Files" - and that bugs me - it's clearly a UAC issue so I'll have to learn a bit more about

[amibroker] ATR Histogram

2009-12-08 Thread rowdy358116
Hello All, Is it possible to change the ATR Indicator to display as a Histogram? Thankyou Rowdy