[amibroker] Re: www.aflwriting.com

2009-03-09 Thread Andy
... also that you have to be careful about > making allegations for obvious reasons. > > I don't think I would be calling anyone a shamster in public but on the other > hand presentation of facts and inviting an explanation is another matter. > > > > > > > --- In

[amibroker] Re: www.aflwriting.com

2009-03-09 Thread Andy
't already, you might try contacting him with your complaint to > see if you can reach an understanding. For example; what more, beyond the > existing script functionality, were you looking for? etc. > > Mike > > --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "Andy" wrote: &g

[amibroker] www.aflwriting.com

2009-03-08 Thread Andy
This website is a sham. I've got taken. I asked for a system to trade ETF's and I got back my own script that I posted a month ago on this Yahoo Group. What a waste of time...

[amibroker] Re: Sell and Buy on different days

2009-02-04 Thread Andy
Thank you for all your inputs. I'm just getting back from a stomach virus so I took some time off. Yes, I already knew that a purchase of a stock prediction would be sketchy since I wouldn't know which one would get hit first in the OCA order. The random function does help in this situation jus

[amibroker] Re: Sell and Buy on different days

2009-01-29 Thread Andy
problem is that a selling of a stock can occur on the same day as a buy of *another* stock. Of course the problem is that the sell trade can occur after the buy trade. --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "Andy" wrote: > > How do I fix the below code so it doesn't buy a

[amibroker] Sell and Buy on different days

2009-01-27 Thread Andy
How do I fix the below code so it doesn't buy a different stock on a sell day? // Backtester Options SetOption("MaxOpenPositions", 1 ); SetOption("AllowSameBarExit", False); // Optimization numbers BuyPeriod = Optimize("BuyPeriod",16,10,20,

[amibroker] Sell and Buy on different days

2009-01-27 Thread Andy
I'm trying to fix my code so a buy of another stock doesn't occur on a sell day. -- // Backtester Options SetOption("MaxOpenPositions", 1 ); SetOption("AllowSameBarExit", False); // Optimization numbers BuyPeriod = Optimize("BuyPeriod",16,

[amibroker] Re: Finding next day signals

2009-01-17 Thread Andy
Well, I got the check in for the next day price target by referencing everything from the previous day. The only problem is my formula is not really profitable. // Only one open position at a time SetOption("MaxOpenPositions", 1 ); // Optimization numbers BuyATRPeriod = 5;//Optimize("BuyATR

[amibroker] Re: Finding next day signals

2009-01-16 Thread Andy
it isn't AB will > substitute a legitimate price ( within actual range ). > > Steve > > - Original Message - > From: "Andy" > To: > Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 7:32 PM > Subject: [amibroker] Re: Finding next day signals > > >

[amibroker] Re: Finding next day signals

2009-01-16 Thread Andy
ktester to eliminate those trades that wouldn't go through of course. Any help would be greatly appreciated.. Three --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "Andy" wrote: > > Okay, I think I'm getting closer thankful to the Yahoo Search engine > that now works. > >

[amibroker] Re: Finding next day signals

2009-01-16 Thread Andy
Okay, I think I'm getting closer thankful to the Yahoo Search engine that now works. I'm now using the SetTradeDelays function so that the backtester will trade the following day. I have the revised code below thinking that this will backtest using today's signals to either buy or sell tomorro

[amibroker] Finding next day signals

2009-01-15 Thread Andy
I just need to find out how to program to *report* next day target signals with the below code. Then the next day, I would buy or sell depending on if the stock price gets hit with that level or not. // Simple ATR Script by Andrew Senft BuyOffSet = 5; //Optimize("BuyOffSet",5,1,20,1); BuyATRPe

[amibroker] Display next day's target Buy or Sell

2009-01-13 Thread Andy
Where in AmiBroker software does it display the next day's Buy or Sell targets? I take it that the script that I'm using just uses EOD data to compute a Buy or Sell signal for the next trading session when backtesting. I see the variables "BuyPrice" and "SellPrice" but like to report it for the

[amibroker] New to AmiBroker

2009-01-11 Thread Andy
Anyone know where to get scripts for this product? I rather not re-invent the wheel... Thank you, Three

[amibroker] New to Amibroker

2009-01-11 Thread Andy
Hello all, I just downloaded the highly reviewed software, AmiBroker and trying to figure out how I'm going to use this vehicle. I may try to trade ETF's swing style (long and short) or perhaps find a dip in price script. Any help would be appreciated as I'm very interested in scripts, backtes

Re: [amibroker] Re: Simple question about BarCount

2007-09-07 Thread Andy Warner
Ok, thanks again. What you are saying is very clear. However, in my case I am writing my own indicators that, for statistical reasons, may need to look back into the price history an arbitrary amount of time. The amount of time is a percentage of the available data in the database. I am not usi

Re: [amibroker] Can AB stop defaulting to "All" symbols?

2007-03-13 Thread Andy Davidson
Keith, Thanks for the reply. Issue reported in bugs section #909. Feel free to add comments if you think I haven't explained properly what you are seeing. Andy Keith McCombs wrote: > > Andy -- > Most anything you do to bring up a new symbol will change your focus > in the sym

[amibroker] Can AB stop defaulting to "All" symbols?

2007-03-12 Thread Andy Davidson
way to stop this happening or is it time for a suggestion in the Feedback Centre? TIA Andy

Re: [amibroker] OT: XP

2007-02-05 Thread Andy Davidson
originally installed with a different key to the one that is on your CD. Andy Ara Kaloustian wrote: > > Does anyone know how to retreive the serial number of an installed XP > from a computer? > > I seem to have misplaced mine ... > > TIA > > Ara >

Re: [amibroker] DateTime..what is the AB numerical format?

2007-01-24 Thread Andy Davidson
for anything implied that was unintended and thanks for taking the time to explain the logic behind the design. Regards, Andy Tomasz Janeczko wrote: Hello, >route seems cumbersome and unnecessary... It amuses me to no end when such posts appear from time to time. Every now and then s

[amibroker] DateTime..what is the AB numerical format?

2007-01-24 Thread Andy Davidson
ible? Grateful for any enlightenment. Andy

Re: [amibroker] Equivolume Charts

2007-01-08 Thread Andy Davidson
Herman, Lester... Thanks for the pointers. Andy Herman wrote: Using loops you can create any type of chart you want but of course you must have data with a smaller time-frame (or do it real-time) to go with it. The way I do it is to pre-process data running a loop, the processed data

Re: [amibroker] Quotes Plus ignore me..anybody else?

2006-12-15 Thread Andy Davidson
..and they fixed it within 24 hours. Pretty good support I'd say. Andy spa969 wrote: I have been trying to start free trial with Quotes Plus for 7 days now. They sent me a login id and password but it doesn't work. I have sent emails and called them but they won't do anything t

[amibroker] Re: ExRemSpan doesn't work in Explorer?

2006-12-06 Thread Andy Watts
I had lost my mindjust now found it again. Below is the working codeproblem solved. Buy = Random() > 0.5 ; Buy = ExRemSpan( Buy , 50 ) ; AddColumn( Buy , "buy" , 1 ) ; --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "Andy Watts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > &

[amibroker] ExRemSpan doesn't work in Explorer?

2006-12-06 Thread Andy Watts
y , "buy" , 1 ) ; // Check if this actually works by adding a column to the explorer Many Thanks Andy

[amibroker] Re: Help with one line of code.

2006-12-05 Thread Andy Watts
s a more recent buy signal that we're trying to count 10 days fromthe most recent buy signal that "barsSince(Buy) >= 10" would use if it worked as expected. Any help greatly appreciated. Andy --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "psytek2" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrot

[amibroker] Odd BarsSince behavior

2006-12-05 Thread Andy Watts
) ; //EXPLORER SETTINGS */ Filter = Buy OR Sell; AddColumn( Buy, "Buy", 1 ); AddColumn( Sell, "Sell", 1 ); AddColumn( BarsSince( Buy ), "BarsSinceBuy", 1 ) ; //show me barsince Many thanks Andy

Re: [amibroker] Re: Hurst Channels

2006-10-25 Thread Andy Davidson
ste of time, it isn't but the exact configuration and length of it appears to be somewhat unimportant as it seems just having some form of smoothed data that doesn't lag is sufficent to drive the rest of the process. When Cleeton's book catches up with you, you'll know where I'm c

Re: [amibroker] Re: Hurst Channels

2006-10-23 Thread Andy Davidson
d for this approach more or less as well which seems to produce some interesting results without requiring Gaussian Elimiation to solve multiple simultaneous equations. --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED]ps.com, Andy Davidson ...> wrote: > > Hi Fred, > > It's good to be able to

Re: [amibroker] Re: Hurst Channels

2006-10-23 Thread Andy Davidson
(measured in a few days upwards to weeks & months). Certainly, in the plot you sent, most of the smoothed price behaviour can be explained by the interaction of the two longest measured cycles (dark blue and cyan). Anyway, I look forward to ploughing through all the good stuff you've alre

Re: [amibroker] Re: Hurst Channels

2006-10-23 Thread Andy Davidson
Steve, Sorry for the long delay...just got my office back again. I posted the auto-fit version as requested. See what you think and feel welcome to give any feedback you care. Regards, Andy Steve Dugas wrote: Hi Andy - I would be interested in seeing the auto-fit version whenever you

[amibroker] Re: Considering amibroker

2006-10-16 Thread Andy Askey
ng the lines, I will worry about saving and retrieving the state data necessary to bring back saved charts. If you have any more suggestions or code samples you think may help I appreciate your help. Thanx. Andy --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "Michael.S.G." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

[amibroker] Considering amibroker

2006-10-15 Thread Andy Askey
e settings so that the next time I pull up this chart the lines will be there (or will be calculated and drawn quickly). Please let me know if this is expecting too much from AFL. Thanx. Andy Askey Please note that this group is for discussion between users only. To get support from AmiBro

Re: [amibroker] Ehlers Dominant Cycle

2006-10-06 Thread Andy Davidson
Rakesh, Thanks for the post...I would be more than happy to help but right now am in the midst of moving house (the long post this morning was my excuse for a tea-break from packing!). Give me a buzz in a week or so if I haven't replied by then. Cheers, Andy Rakesh Sahgal wrote: Hi

Re: [amibroker] Ehlers Dominant Cycle

2006-10-06 Thread Andy Davidson
That's a no-brainer then. Thanks. Tomasz Janeczko wrote: > It is up to you, but built-in functions are several orders of magnitude faster > because they execute native CPU code. > > Best regards, > Tomasz Janeczko > amibroker.com > - Original Message - >

Re: [amibroker] Ehlers Dominant Cycle

2006-10-05 Thread Andy Davidson
for the benefit of efficiency) simplify the code accordingly? Tomasz Janeczko wrote: > FYI: Median is built-in function > > Best regards,http://www.amibroker.com/f?median > Tomasz Janeczko > amibroker.com > > ----- Original Message - > *From:* Andy Davidson <m

Re: [amibroker] Re: Layouts

2006-07-26 Thread Andy Davidson
No worries Dave. Spoke to Marcin at support and it seems all is working as intended. Doesn't seem logical to me so have posted a suggestion in the Feedback Centre. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andy, I wish I could help you but this is one area of Amibroker that I have not fiddled wit

[amibroker] Layouts

2006-07-25 Thread Andy Davidson
point of saving the layouts. I'm sure I'm doing something wrong...Can anyone help please? TIA Andy ___ Now you can scan emails quickly with a reading pane. Get the new Yahoo! Mail. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/

[amibroker] CSI Data and Futures contracts (revisited)

2006-07-20 Thread Andy Davidson
Does anyone know if there has been any progress from CSI regarding the thread copied below? I'm writing to CSI direct to enquire, but would appreciate any comments from AB users who use CSI data. Cheers Andy Terry wrote: Belated answer to a question about using CSIDat

Re: [amibroker] DateTime() and DateTimeToStr question

2006-07-04 Thread Andy Davidson
Ara, Terry Thanks very much for the suggestions... Andy Ara Kaloustian wrote: > Andy > > You are on the right track... but need some additional arithmetic. > > The datetime() function returns a format that is rather hard to work with. > > Try using DateNumber() and T

[amibroker] DateTime() and DateTimeToStr question

2006-07-04 Thread Andy Davidson
I'm trying to use the DateTime() function in the Title of an indicator to show what the *predicted future date/time* of an event might be. Before anyone groans(!) I'm not a complete novice and aware that my data cannot predict the future... :-) However, I have an indicator which plots, amongst o

Re: [amibroker] Parameter settings across symbols

2006-05-30 Thread Andy Davidson
uot;ES") myParam = 55; > ... > else myParam = 50; //Default for any symbol not listed > -- > Terry > -Original Message- > From: amibroker@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Andy Davidson > Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 03:28 > To: Amibroker Y

[amibroker] Parameter settings across symbols

2006-05-30 Thread Andy Davidson
Is there a way to make my custom indicator parameters specific to each symbol in a database? For example, I might want to use a setting of 51 for GC, a setting of 37 for CL, 55 for ES and so on... At the moment the settings don't change when I bring up a new symbol. TIA Send instant message

Re: [amibroker] Re: How do you get the bars since the nth occurance of a condition

2006-05-11 Thread Andy Davidson
Steve/Jerry, >>"maybe you...need correct values for entire array" In that case, how about: BarsPassed = BarIndex() - Valuewhen( YourCondition, BarIndex(),n )   ?? Andy Steve Dugas wrote: > Thanks!  ...trying to get my name in the Credits...   8 - ) > > BTW, it

Re: [amibroker] Re: Possible to retrieve axis scale values?

2006-05-09 Thread Andy Davidson
've now defined the range of bars that you see > // Next > > HHVRange=Lastvalue(HHV(Varx,Range); > LLVRange=LastValue(LLV(Varx, Range); > > //Or you could create a loop in order to specifically define HHV > (Varx, Range)[LastBar], etc. > > > PS > --- In amibro

[amibroker] Possible to retrieve axis scale values?

2006-05-09 Thread Andy Davidson
a problem when they are anomalously high or low in relation to the current values. Manual scaling of the "styleownscale" plot type has similar problems. What I've got serves the purpose in the event that I'm not missing something...if I am though, I'd be

RE: [amibroker] Adaptive indicators / variable periods

2006-04-01 Thread Andy
. the previous bar’s value will not change even if the factor does. That makes a big difference – a light bulb has just been switched on somewhere in the south of England!! J   Thanks again Andy     From: amibroker@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Corey Saxe Sent

RE: [amibroker] Re: Adaptive indicators / variable periods

2006-03-31 Thread Andy
Thanks for the reply. Regards, Andy     From: amibroker@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thomas Ludwig Sent: 30 March 2006 20:43 To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: Adaptive indicators / variable periods   Andy, another possibility is

RE: [amibroker] Adaptive indicators / variable periods

2006-03-31 Thread Andy
reference to EMA coding, I guess you mean that:   EMA(array,period) is equivalent to AMA(array, 2/(period+1))  ???   Regards Andy   From: amibroker@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Corey Saxe Sent: 30 March 2006 19:40 To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re

RE: [amibroker] Re: Adaptive indicators / variable periods

2006-03-29 Thread Andy
);   return 100 * pa / ( pa + na ); } Best regards, Tomasz Janeczko amibroker.com - Original Message - From: Andy To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 11:06 PM Subject: RE: [amibroker] Re: Adaptive indicators / variable periods

RE: [amibroker] Custom Formula Calls?

2006-03-29 Thread Andy
Graham, I was actually looking for the #include function. As I thought, I was missing something completely obvious. Thanks for the reply though. Andy -Original Message- From: amibroker@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Graham Sent: 29 March 2006 23:11 To: amibroker

RE: [amibroker] Re: Adaptive indicators / variable periods

2006-03-29 Thread Andy
t; >> A couple of the standard indicators have adaptive versions - RSIA() > and CCIA() come to mind. I think you may have to write the others for > yourself. >> >> Steve >>   - Original Message - >>   From: Andy >>   To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com >&g

[amibroker] Adaptive indicators / variable periods

2006-03-29 Thread Andy
point me in the right direction.   Andy Please note that this group is for discussion between users only. To get support from AmiBroker please send an e-mail directly to SUPPORT {at} amibroker.com For other support material please check also: http://www.amibroker.com/support.html

RE: [amibroker] Custom Formula Calls

2006-03-29 Thread Andy
include files.   herman -Original Message- From: amibroker@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Andy Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 1:27 PM To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Subject: [amibroker] Custom Formula Calls Am having a conceptual problem here and hope

[amibroker] Custom Formula Calls

2006-03-29 Thread Andy
…   Cheers Andy Please note that this group is for discussion between users only. To get support from AmiBroker please send an e-mail directly to SUPPORT {at} amibroker.com For other support material please check also: http://www.amibroker.com/support.html YAHOO! GROUPS