[amibroker] taking position based on risk of trade

dear all, i am not very good at afl writing, need some help from seniors. i have a system with stop & reverse type. this is basicaly atr stop & reverse system.now i want to try out with variable position sizing depending on risk involve in each trade. say at the time of entry the stop & reverse

[amibroker] What is this [1 Attachment]

Good Morning Marcin, Lower left corner of AB. This usually says "For Help, press F1". But noticed that today ( and maybe other times I didn't see) it says something different. "Initializing Covarence Matrix Adaption ES optimizer plug in". This comes up when certain Layout is switch to. What is

[amibroker] AB version 5.30

I recently installed ver 5.3... seems to work OK, but I can not get the full name of the symbols in the ticker tree ... yes the checkbox in preferences is checked. The full name does appear correctly in the ticker box. Anyone with same problem? Thanks Ara

Re: [amibroker] AB version 5.30

Hello, Symbol name and full name are displayed regardless of setting in the symbol list: http://www.amibroker.com/guide/w_select.html Best regards, Tomasz Janeczko amibroker.com On 2010-04-12 18:30, Ara Kaloustian wrote: I recently installed ver 5.3... seems to work OK, but I can not g

Re: [amibroker] AB version 5.30 [1 Attachment]

TJ, Sorry, I just don't have the FULL NAME displayed... image attached. Ara - Original Message - From: Tomasz Janeczko To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 10:10 AM Subject: Re: [amibroker] AB version 5.30 Hello, Symbol name and full name are d

Re: [amibroker] AB version 5.30

Use HEADER to resize down the first column - the Full name column is there. See the scroll bar - the window is wider than the pane. On 2010-04-12 19:23, Ara Kaloustian wrote: [Attachment(s) <#TopText> from Ara Kaloustian included below] TJ, Sorry, I just don't have the FULL NAME displayed... im

Re: [amibroker] AB version 5.30

thanks A - Original Message - From: Tomasz Janeczko To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 10:35 AM Subject: Re: [amibroker] AB version 5.30 Use HEADER to resize down the first column - the Full name column is there. See the scroll bar - the window

[amibroker] what is this number besides the plugin

hi what is the number that sits besides the plugin info on amibroker http://screencast.com/t/NTQxYTkxZGU i recently upgraded and so am finding many new features i never used. the learning curve is started all over again.

[amibroker] Re: what is this number besides the plugin

http://www.amibroker.com/guide/x_performance.html Mike --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "murthysuresh" wrote: > > hi > what is the number that sits besides the plugin info on amibroker > http://screencast.com/t/NTQxYTkxZGU > i recently upgraded and so am finding many new features i never used.

Re: [amibroker] what is this number besides the plugin

Hello, This is API version given plugin uses. It makes difference for data plugins as API 2 plugins are faster and support 64-bit timestamps (extended resolution to even microseconds) and aux1/aux2 fields. Old API 1 plugins only allow timestamps down to 5 seconds. Best regards, Tomasz Janeczko

[amibroker] OT: XP Task scheduler

I've been having problems using task scheduler When I add a task I get error message saying "The new task has been created, but may not run because the account information could not bbe set. The specific error is: 0x80070005: Access is denied. Try using the Task Page Browse buttin to lo

[amibroker] Can Zig function be used in a system?

I am new to Amibroker and I read from the AmibrokerUserGuide that the Zig function may looking into the future. Does this mean the Zig function can not be used for any trading system? And how do I know if the Zig function is skewing the backtesting result? Thanks, Tony

Re: [amibroker] Can Zig function be used in a system?

The way I have seen it explained is you would use zig to determine what "perfect" performance would be. Then compare it to your system that you are testing that does not use zig. The timeframes used in zig should be similar to those in your other system. - Original Message - Fr

[amibroker] Re: Additional buys conditions for trend system?

Thanks Mike, I agree with your comments regarding exits and money management - I have been testing these independantly of my buy signals and do get big differences. I have started reviewing all the charts of my successful and unsucessful trades looking for common themes such as volatility and h

[amibroker] Time based exits

Hi all, Any ideas on how I might go about writing a time based exit? Trying to test the following - Exit when - stock hasn't risen by x% within y days I have seen ApplyStop being used, but keen to use an alternative if possible. Cheers S

[amibroker] Re: Can Zig function be used in a system?

One additional use for Zig is to see if a security has large enough price swings to trade profitably. Some low volatility securities become unprofitable to trade if you factor in commissions and bid/ask slippage. ReefBreak --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "Chris DePuy" wrote: > > The way

Re: [amibroker] Re: Can Zig function be used in a system?

Thanks for the reply. I am backtesting a system that uses Zig function. The backtest result is good, but I suspect Zig function may artificially increase the profit. I want to use Explore to generate signal day by day and compare with the backtest result, is this a good method to find whether th

[amibroker] Plotting SAR

I need help from knowledgeable members of the forum to answer my following question.I use the following exploration to plot SAR for price acceleration.accel = Param("Acceleration", 0.02, 0, 1, 0.001); mx = Param("Max. acceleration", 0.2, 0, 1, 0.001); f_sar = SAR(accel,mx); colordots = IIf(f_sar