Re: [amibroker] Yahoo Current Backfill , many N/A on active stocks

2008-05-06 Thread David Fitch
I have noticed last few weeks a growing number of tickers that don't download in yahoo current and need to be downloaded in yahoo historic. For example, out of 645 ETFs, 150 or so will not download in yahoo current after the market has been open one hour this morning. Some of these are low volum

Re: [amibroker] Yahoo Current Backfill , many N/A on active stocks

2008-05-06 Thread David Fitch
x27;t backfill in between. Louis 2008/5/6 David Fitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: I have noticed last few weeks a growing number of tickers that don't download in yahoo current and need to be downloaded in yahoo historic. For example, out of 645 ETFs, 150 or so will not download in

Re: [amibroker] Yahoo Current Backfill , many N/A on active stocks

2008-05-06 Thread David Fitch
is reseted) to be sure to have the data? That is a huge problem if it is the case! ( I mean: I am not at home every evening). Louis 2008/5/6 David Fitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Louis, If you look at yahoo web site, you'll find that SRLM.ob has no Historical prices aft

Re: [amibroker] Plotting historical portfolio backtest metrics in INDICATOR

2008-05-19 Thread David Fitch
The composites as TJ made them in the AFL are not to be found . For example, "~~~UI_HISTORICAL" is not in db after running the AFL on a watchlist of ETFs. Backtest runs fine or at least there are results. Suspect its an AA Setting that is causing the problem but not sure. Can someone point m

Re: [amibroker] The EASIEST way to use new optimizer engines

2008-06-27 Thread David Fitch
Thank you TJ! I asked for help from AB Support about 10 minutes ago. How to use latest optimizer. Tutorial ? It looked quite complex to me having never designed a dll and the Read Me steered me into several documents.that looked devastatingly complex to this pee brain. TJ's answer...just add it

Re: [amibroker] Re: Buyprice and sellprice...

2008-07-02 Thread David Fitch
Barry, In the gov't., we used to call this , Measure with micrometer, mark with chalk, and cut with an axe. Dave - Original Message - From: Barry Scarborough To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 8:40 AM Subject: [amibroker] Re: Buyprice and sellprice.

Re: [amibroker] setting trade delays on custom backtester

2008-07-03 Thread David Fitch
Rich Use, SetOption("HodMinBars", 20); Dave - Original Message - From: foxblade2000invest To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 3:54 AM Subject: [amibroker] setting trade delays on custom backtester Hello, I'm tinkering with a system that uses rot

Re: [amibroker] exposure % with rotationaltrading

2008-07-03 Thread David Fitch
Try something like this PosQty=Optimize("PositionQuantity",4,1,20,1);or whatever you want PositionSize= -100/PosQty; setOpition("MaxOpenPositions",PosQty); Dave - Original Message - From: foxblade2000invest To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 4:07 A

[amibroker] Export to Excel Walk Forward Results

2008-07-12 Thread David Fitch
I have two copies of AB open and run walk forward test on same DB. At end of both tests, I export the test results to excel by right clicking on the test page and export to excel. But when I try to export the second copy of the test, I get the first copy exported again. Suspect this is a Windows

Re: [amibroker] Export to Excel Walk Forward Results

2008-07-12 Thread David Fitch
I don't think you can run 2 vs the same database. Think about the ~~equity ticker that gets created, etc. d From: amibroker@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Fitch

Re: [amibroker] Re: About Automatic Analysis

2008-08-18 Thread David Fitch
For those never having changed userid's, I'd caution to ensure that present userid, default, is saved prior to adding a new one. If not saved prior to making a new one it can be PIA, trying to find stuff. Dave - Original Message - From: Fred Tonetti To: amibroker@yahoogroups.co

[amibroker] Explore Column Order

2009-12-07 Thread David Fitch
How does one change the default order columns in an AA/Explore? Its gotta be simple but I can't find it ! Thanks Dave

Re: [amibroker] Explore Column Order

2009-12-07 Thread David Fitch
:05, David Fitch wrote: How does one change the default order columns in an AA/Explore? Its gotta be simple but I can't find it ! Thanks Dave

Re: [amibroker] Explore Column Order

2009-12-07 Thread David Fitch
Found it... SetOption("ExtraColumnsLocation",col) - Original Message - From: David Fitch To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 10:27 AM Subject: Re: [amibroker] Explore Column Order Thanks Tomasz, And is it possible to progra

Re: [amibroker] Howard Bandy's trading system development speech at ATAA -- DVD

2010-01-28 Thread David Fitch
Thanks Howard, Looking forward to it. Dave - Original Message - From: howardbandy To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 6:40 PM Subject: [amibroker] Howard Bandy's trading system development speech at ATAA -- DVD Greetings all -- As many o

Re: [amibroker] Trade Arrows strangness

2010-03-21 Thread David Fitch
Sid, According to Marcin, TJ already knows about the issue. Dave - Original Message - From: Sidney Kaiser To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2010 1:15 PM Subject: [amibroker] Trade Arrows strangness Hi guys, I have a strange one.

[amibroker] What is this [1 Attachment]

2010-04-12 Thread David Fitch
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

Re: [amibroker] The Theory of Zig and How to make it Work

2008-10-30 Thread David Fitch
Ken, Try this http://www.prophet.net/analyze/popglossary.jsp?studyid=ZZ Dave - Original Message - From: Ken Close To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 2:25 PM Subject: [amibroker] The Theory of Zig and How to make it Work A friend asked me why

[amibroker] Howard Book Arrived

2008-11-05 Thread David Fitch
Howard, Your book arrived today. Election day plus one! Looking forward to a few hours/days of enlightenment and fun! Thanks Dave

Re: [amibroker] FullNames in an AmiQuote Database

2008-11-12 Thread David Fitch
Ken, Whatever you do, it will replace all FullNames, including those you may not want changed dave - Original Message - From: dingo To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 7:10 AM Subject: Re: [amibroker] FullNames in an AmiQuote Database run Am

Re: [amibroker] Re: Translating a system from Tradestation

2008-12-22 Thread David Fitch
Howard reminded me of the fix for this. Too remove extra buys and sell buy=ExRem(buy,sell); sell=ExRem(sell,buy); Dave - Original Message - From: droskill To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 12:15 PM Subject: [amibroker] Re: Translating a system f

Re: [amibroker] 3D Charting problem with multiple monitors

2008-12-29 Thread David Fitch
Herman, Had the same problem earlier. I have two video cards, nVidia and GeForce. Support said, "Your graphic card may be incapable of anti-aliased 3D graphics. Download old version without anti-aliasing:". Either ask Support for the file or I'll send it if you send me your email address. davidf

Re: [amibroker] AmiBroker 5.23.0 BETA released

2009-03-04 Thread David Fitch
In AA Optimization Mode the parameters being optimized will not stay in position set in Column Setup. For example, moving the parms to say the first columns and then running the same optimization (full optimization) results in the parms columns being repositioned to default position at end of wi

Re: [amibroker] AmiBroker 5.23.0 BETA released

2009-03-04 Thread David Fitch
lly in-memory order or export order, so exported data files or copy/paste format do not change." Best regards, Tomasz Janeczko amibroker.com - Original Message - From: David Fitch To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 4:50 PM

Re: [amibroker] Re:FT Monitor/AB Conference

2009-03-09 Thread David Fitch
Richard, I'd be there in a heart beat. But of course, you know that:) Dave - Original Message - From: richardlboroff To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 5:11 PM Subject: [amibroker] Re:FT Monitor/AB Conference Wow! You don't have a conference and you

[amibroker] Changing Default Parameters

2009-03-28 Thread David Fitch
Is there an easy way to change default parameters as one scrolls through tickers. That is the default parameters are ticker dependant. Thanks Dave

Re: [amibroker] Re: Changing Default Parameters

2009-04-01 Thread David Fitch
was some implementation of custom params. --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "David Fitch" wrote: > > Is there an easy way to change default parameters as one scrolls through tickers. That is the default parameters are ticker dependant. > Thanks > Dave >

Re: [amibroker] Re: Changing Default Parameters

2009-04-01 Thread David Fitch
Blair, Thanks for that. Quick search said its not there,kb. At least under his name. I seem to remember he is cleaning it up and planned to put it up to files but its not there yet. And I couldn't find the post about it either. Thanks Dave - Original Message - From: Blair To: ami

Re: [amibroker] Re: Changing Default Parameters

2009-04-01 Thread David Fitch
Dennis, I'm running a visual analysis system and use parm bars to look at equity curves. Each ticker has a default set of parms. If your Flexible Parameter system would help me, I'd be happy to give it a go. Thanks Dave - Original Message - From: Dennis Brown To: amibroker@yahoog

Re: [amibroker] How to Port-Backtest many WLs

2009-08-28 Thread David Fitch
Herman, Noticed something in your code that can cause problem. SetOption("UseCustomBacktestProc",True); If you happen to have left code in AA/Settings/Portfolio/Custom backtest procedure path with the box "Enable custom backtest procedure" unchecked, the above code will still use it. SetCusto

Re: [amibroker] Re: problem with position and GetBacktesterObject();

2009-09-16 Thread David Fitch
Bistrader Thanks for this. I've had trouble stepping through DateTime() in CBT and using _Trace to follow what's what. This simple code helps with understanding. Thanks! Dave - Original Message - From: bistrader To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 8:

[amibroker] CBT OpenLong Price [1 Attachment]

2009-09-18 Thread David Fitch
Bistrader provided some code the other day that has been helpful to understand CBT and Trace. Its been modified to look at closed trades as well as open positions. The below CBT AFL, places ExitPrice in the closed Trade list even though the trade is "Long Open". For Example, running , from

Re: [amibroker] AmibrokerUniversity

2009-09-22 Thread David Fitch
Bruce, We've talked before about this...very nice and long overdue IMO. I'm in Dave - Original Message - From: Bruce To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 1:31 PM Subject: [amibroker] AmibrokerUniversity OK, all, it is time to go public with som

Re: [amibroker] OT: VCPI - Article in Active Trader February 2005

2007-11-02 Thread David Fitch
Ara, VCPI was in July 2007, S&C, and TJ provided AB code to implement it. If you need it let me know. I remember playing with it at the time with little success. Volume never seems to follow the rules well enough to allow decent or consistent or objective use...at least for me in the medium ter

[amibroker] OT: VCPI - Article in Active Trader February 2005

2007-11-02 Thread David Fitch
od volume based indicator, ... > > Ara > - Original Message - > From: David Fitch > To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 8:56 AM > Subject: Re: [amibroker] OT: VCPI - Article in Active Trader February 2005 > > &

Re: [amibroker] OT: VCPI - Article in Active Trader February 2005

2007-11-03 Thread David Fitch
d up to the test of time like OBV. Me - I personally use Twiggs Money Flow Indicator and Wordens Time Segmented Volume and that's it. Hope this helps. Mike - Original Message From: David Fitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Frida

[amibroker] John Bollinger Endorsement

2007-11-17 Thread David Fitch
John Bollinger in his latest newsletter talks about his preliminary experience with AB 5.0 , and he likes it. "Its simply amazing how much analytical power AB provides for the price." He plans what he calls a proper review early next year. TJ, this is a great endorsement. Congratulations! Dave

Re: [amibroker] Re: Cursor linking

2007-11-26 Thread David Fitch
Just as a note. I cannot tell what part of cursor linking discussion you are talking about because you did not reply to a particular discussion thread but started a new one. Please just reply to the note you are interested in so all of us can see the entire thread and your point of view. Thanks

Re: [amibroker] What is the right way for backup.

2007-11-29 Thread David Fitch
Worked for me. After copying the entire mess, just did latest beta upgrade and it all worked same as past but a heckuva lot faster! AQ says its unregistered now. Need to reinstall I suspect. Otherwise, smooth sailing. Dave - Original Message - From: Tomasz Janeczko To: amibroker@

[amibroker] Floating New Charts

2007-12-03 Thread David Fitch
I'd like to be able to float charts other than Default Charts. As I understand it ( Could be a stretch !) , the only ones that can be floated are Default or Blank charts. Default chart is Default Layout. If I want to float another layout, I'd have to make it after floating Blank Chart. Is ther

Re: [amibroker] Sector change

2007-12-05 Thread David Fitch
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Re: [amibroker] Help Needed Thanks

2007-12-05 Thread David Fitch
I remember having a similar situation occur sometime ago but can't duplicate it now. However, the fix, albiet did not answer your question, was to load the formula from the charts tab under "equity/individual". Dave - Original Message - From: MikAB To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com

Re: [amibroker] Help Needed Thanks

2007-12-05 Thread David Fitch
BTW, I assume you know there are two syntax errrors in your code. Formula and GraphXSpace have spaces between letters - Original Message - From: MikAB To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 7:59 AM Subject: [amibroker] Help Needed Thanks Hello

Re: [amibroker] Re: Sector change

2007-12-05 Thread David Fitch
Good Luck Khaleel You'll find this board is most helpful. And you'll find we tend to refer folks to the help files , UKB, things like that. Or you can simply seacxh using key words through this board...although this doesn't always work as well as we'd like it to. But its a start. Dave - O

Re: [amibroker] Re: Sector change

2007-12-05 Thread David Fitch
Industries are a subset of sectors. Placing ticker in correct industry will place it in correct sector. Dave - Original Message - From: khaleel_sk To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 11:22 AM Subject: [amibroker] Re: Sector change Hello David

[amibroker] 2008 S&C Readers Choice Awards

2007-12-05 Thread David Fitch
Time to vote for favorite software, data porvider, and buncha other stuff with S&C. Subscribers are being sent emails with links to vote. If you don't or haven't received your invitation and want to vote, check with S&C. And don't forget to vote for AB...! Dave

Re: [amibroker] Dumb question - please help? Sizing AmiBroker

2007-12-10 Thread David Fitch
Pretty easy for me. Just click on one of minimize buttons in upper right corner, drag window to monitor I want it on and click on mazimize. It automatically sizes window to fit new monitor. Dave - Original Message - From: George Loyd To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday

Re: [amibroker] Dumb question - please help? Sizing AmiBroker

2007-12-10 Thread David Fitch
: [amibroker] Dumb question - please help? Sizing AmiBroker Sorry Dave - but this doesn't work for AmiBroker right now BUT does work for ALL other programs. I have some king of "bug" in AmiBroker. I tried re-installing but that didn't work. Anyone else? Regards, George

[amibroker] Ticker Long Name Changed

2007-12-13 Thread David Fitch
I can't figure out what I did but all the long names in my list of tickers has changed to what looks like defaults from Yahoo. This DB is local and imports yahoo EOD data with AQ. Last update performed before noticing the problem was yahoo current. Then computer shut down overnight and this AM,

[amibroker] Replace Long Names

2007-12-18 Thread David Fitch
Like to replace the long names of tickers I have stored locally with names from back up data base. I can delete tickers and replace with tickers from backup. But seems like hard way. How would I overright existing long names with backup names. Any ideas would be appreciated Thanks Dave

[amibroker] Yuki

2007-12-19 Thread David Fitch
Yuki, Welcome Back...from the dark side! Dave

[amibroker] Bollinger

2007-12-24 Thread David Fitch
Bollinger monthly news letter, 12/20, mentioned Amibroker again , Howard Bandy book, and the Amibroker Conference. Here's the excerpt. "We continue to delve into Amibroker and are in the midst of reading Howard Bandy's "Quantitative Trading Systems". At first blush this is quite a good trading

Re: [amibroker] Re: YEARLY STOCK PERFORMANCE

2008-01-01 Thread David Fitch
Duke, Thanks for the AB Christmas Card! Dave - Original Message - From: Duke Jones, CMT To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 7:16 PM Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: YEARLY STOCK PERFORMANCE Here is another version much like Dick's that calculates perc

Re: [amibroker] Support for Multiple Monitors

2008-01-07 Thread David Fitch
Make sure you are using latest version, 5.03 I believe. With two windows open in AB, two charts, click on Windows menu. Should be a able to click on "float" to get one of the charts to float. Dave - Original Message - From: davemabe2000 To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Mon

[amibroker] 5.06.0 Sticky Floating Charts

2008-03-12 Thread David Fitch
I'm dense. What does it mean in 5.06.0 Beta Read Me. Floating panes are now "sticky" that makes it easier to arrange workspace. Thanks Dave

Re: [amibroker] 5.06.0 Sticky Floating Charts

2008-03-12 Thread David Fitch
ky" feature means that it is easier to arrange because floating windows stick to each other if they are moved closer together than dozen of pixels. Best regards, Tomasz Janeczko amibroker.com - Original Message - From: David Fitch To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com

[amibroker] Custom Metric for Walk Forward Optimization

2008-03-20 Thread David Fitch
I am trying to make a custom metric for walk forward optimization testing. This custom metric includes parameters that need input from the walk forward periods. For example, if I were making a custom metric K Ratio, I would need the number of bars in the IS and OOS periods to figure Standard Err

Re: [amibroker] Re: Custom Metric for Walk Forward Optimization

2008-03-22 Thread David Fitch
he following line of your code makes no sense to me, and should probably just be removed, since you've already calculated your new value and all you need to do is set it as a custom metric: > NewKRatio = st.getvalue("NewKRatio"); Mike --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com,

Re: [amibroker] Re: AmiQuote not pushing new EOD data to AmiBroker

2008-04-22 Thread David Fitch
Quick check of today's AQ yahoo current downloads for ETF's show 137 with date of 4/21 out of 636 ETFs. But many are low volume tickers that may not trade very often,ie ACK. But others like DBA that do show trading today on yahoo finance web site, are still not current in AQ download. The same

Re: [amibroker] Re: AmiQuote not pushing new EOD data to AmiBroker

2008-04-22 Thread David Fitch
[amibroker] Re: AmiQuote not pushing new EOD data to AmiBroker Thanks, but I'm not having a problem with "out of date", as all the EOD data comes in via AQ just fine , it just doesn't push over into AB. --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "David Fitch" <

[amibroker] Fun Outer Space

2008-04-24 Thread David Fitch
Digno, This is for you. From one Dingo to another Dave This clever piece originated in Australia . Speakers on. Photos by NASA. http://dingo.care-mail.com/cards/flash/5409/galaxy.swf

Re: OT RE: [amibroker]OT Fun Outer Space

2008-04-24 Thread David Fitch
my wife and kid have always called my musings of things cosmic "your cosmic sh.." d From: amibroker@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Fitch Sent: Thursday, April 24, 200

[amibroker] Backtest Signals Different from PlotShapes

2006-09-21 Thread David Fitch
  I'm getting slightly different signals from AA Backtest than I am from this snippet of code that I ripped out of S&C article that TJ subsequently wrote code for. I'm not sure why. Can someone point me in right direction. Is this enough code to see what's happening? Thanks Dave   if(Statu

Re: [amibroker] Backtest Signals Different from PlotShapes

2006-09-21 Thread David Fitch
t if you have a signal on the last bar, it is lost after being shifted "out of bounds", so you may need to account for this in your code. See the Equity function in the users guide for more info   Steve - Original Message ----- From: David Fitch To:

Re: [amibroker] Re: Blazing Amibroker

2006-09-25 Thread David Fitch
Thank you..in advance TJ dave - Original Message - From: "Tomasz Janeczko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 11:09 AM Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: Blazing Amibroker > Hello, > > I have no plans to write EasyLanguage to AFL converter. > > But I already said tha

[amibroker] Templates

2006-10-09 Thread David Fitch
Templates. When saving or loading one has to look in the last folder opened which of course is usually not where the template file is located. There really isn't one repository for them so I made one under AB. But having to always move around from the last folder used is cumbersome. Is the

Re: [amibroker] Templates

2006-10-09 Thread David Fitch
To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 6:52 PM Subject: Re: [amibroker] Templates What is wrong with the process specified in Help (i.e., right click on chart and load/save template)? - Original Message ----- From: David Fitch

Re: [amibroker] Templates

2006-10-10 Thread David Fitch
file.  Suspect this is a Windows thing.   Bill   - Original Message - From: David Fitch To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 10:10 PM Subject: Re: [amibroker] Templates Try it. Right click, Load or Save takes y

Re: [amibroker] Templates

2006-10-10 Thread David Fitch
file.  Suspect this is a Windows thing.   Bill   - Original Message - From: David Fitch To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 10:10 PM Subject: Re: [amibroker] Templates Try it. Right click, Load or Save takes y

Re: [amibroker] Beautiful Charting

2006-10-15 Thread David Fitch
 Ya think??? Dave   - Original Message - From: Natasha ~~!!! To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2006 9:42 AM Subject: Re: [amibroker] Beautiful Charting  hello,   chalapp or whatever u this is amibroker board .   That is

[amibroker] Yahoo Historic Data Discrepancy

2006-11-02 Thread David Fitch
I am trying to load the etf, PTF, with past data from yahoo historic. The web site shows data back to 12-Oct-06.  However, when I download using AQ, the data goes back to 10/24/2000 and stops at 7/14/2006. Its clearly an old ticker that has been given new data. I have deleted the ticker an

Re: [amibroker] Re: Yahoo Historic Data Discrepancy

2006-11-03 Thread David Fitch
this occasionally and tries MSN Historical and gotdata Okay. Give it a try.Dick H.--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED]ps.com, "David Fitch" ...> wrote:>> I am trying to load the etf, PTF, with past data from yahoohistoric. The web site shows data back to 12-Oct-06. However, when Idow

[amibroker] Translation Table

2006-11-06 Thread David Fitch
I am trying to put together an Amiquote translation table for MS indexes.  The example translations tables under Amiquote folder are empty. I understand at one point TJ was good enough to fill some of these in but for some reason mine are empty. Before I go and reinvent the wheel can someo

[amibroker] Gerard Carey

2006-11-29 Thread David Fitch
Gerard Carey I replied to your pm...but it bounced back to me. Please try again with different email address. Thanks Dave Fitch

[amibroker] missing data and Amiqoute

2006-12-06 Thread David Fitch
Lesson learned. Importing data from yahoo historic using AQ can leave data gaps...if the wrong yahoo server is used. The servers are found in AQ/Tools/Settings. The default setting is ichart.yahoo.com(default). And this works fine but may on occasion time out. It's happened to me and I'd change

Re: [amibroker] Russell 1000 List.

2007-01-03 Thread David Fitch
Duke, What do the "G", "V" mean on backend of file? Are these the updates in midyear? Or do you also update for quarterlies? Thanks for posting. I go through the translation from pdf to excel, etc. Used to do quarterlies as well but it got to be PIB, so I quit. Don't know that it hurts my ana

[amibroker] Russell Tickers

2007-01-05 Thread David Fitch
Dale, Just wanted to say thanks for the iShares Russell holdings idea. I'd used the Russell site in the past and boy what a tedious mess getting the tickers into importable format. Using iShares web site cut down convolutions tremendously! Thanks Dave

Re: [amibroker] Re: Index Volume Issue - Yahoo Data

2007-01-13 Thread David Fitch
I have been using TJs suggestion to preclude large volume indexes from being cut off or at least looking that way. But the results for some composites as well as thinly traded stocks is less than satisfying. I notice in the help files that format factors can be imbedded in data files but I'm no

Re: [amibroker] Another Hard Bounce

2007-01-14 Thread David Fitch
FWIW, I have a yahoo email address. Their spam filter collects suspects but since I use Outlook express everything comes through to my computer, unless I first open yahoo email web site and delete collected spam. And I have had problems with hard bounces as well...perhaps 3-4 times. Dave --

Re: [amibroker] Re: Amiquote Import does not import a few symbols

2007-01-19 Thread David Fitch
I had problem with yahoo yesterday ( Current and historic worked at least until last downloads around 2:00 EST). About 6 hours after US Market close, Yahoo current failed on all tickers tried. Didn't try historic. But yahoo web site showed no historic prices for several tickers tried...I don't

Re: [amibroker] download dates in yahoo data still messed up

2007-01-23 Thread David Fitch
Anthony You can try the yahoo historic web page to see where the problem lies. In this case yahoo is not sending out historic data right now. Just wait awhile and it'll be fixed. http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=%5EDJI Dave - Original Message - From: Anthony Faragasso To: amibr

[amibroker] Backtesting Index...No Results

2007-02-01 Thread David Fitch
Can someone tell me why individual backtest yields no results for most indexes. These begin with a "^" in front, ^DJI. A few do work,ie ^FVX,^IRX,^TNX,^XAL. But most show no buys/sells. This is EOD data. Thanks Dave

Re: [amibroker] Backtesting Index...No Results

2007-02-01 Thread David Fitch
tions? Perhaps your conditions do not generate signals for most indices. Bill - Original Message ----- From: David Fitch To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 12:59 PM Subject: [amibroker] Backtesting Index...No Results Can someone tell me why

Re: [amibroker] Backtesting Index...No Results

2007-02-01 Thread David Fitch
Also, ^RUT has a few month period where Yahoo DID give volume, so I would simply make it 0 when testing indexes, otherwise it will "pay attention" to volume when/if it is there. -- Terry -Original Message- From: amibroker@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTE

Re: [amibroker] Backtesting Index...No Results

2007-02-01 Thread David Fitch
Backtester. Bill - Original Message ----- From: David Fitch To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 2:17 PM Subject: Re: [amibroker] Backtesting Index...No Results Bill, I tried something simple and time period from 10/31/02

Re: [amibroker] Backtesting Index...No Results

2007-02-01 Thread David Fitch
Message- From: amibroker@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Fitch Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 14:31 To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [amibroker] Backtesting Index...No Results Thanks Bill Noticed you had run the backtest on all quotat

[amibroker] Individual Equity Parms in Backtest

2007-02-05 Thread David Fitch
After running AA/Backtest and calling up Individual Equity curve( AA/Individual Equity), the params in the equity pane( right click on pane and click on parameters) are shown. However, if I run another backtest with a different AFL, leaving the individual equity pane open, the parms window does

Re: [amibroker] Yahoo Data is missing quotes from 2/2/07 on lot of stocks

2007-02-10 Thread David Fitch
Marty I just looked at your list of tickers, they appear good to me including volume. BTW, I am using AB 4.89 beta. Dave - Original Message - From: prog200 To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2007 7:59 AM Subject: [amibroker] Yahoo Data is missing quote

Re: [amibroker] Free Money: Yahoo Current download gives tomorrow's prices!

2007-02-13 Thread David Fitch
Could this be tickers that are international? For example indexes will do this if overseas. Don't think a Nasdaq ticker would, doesn't make sense but worth a look. Dave - Original Message --- From: giggollo99 To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 8:50 PM

[amibroker] Fred Tonetti

2007-02-20 Thread David Fitch
Fred I'm having trouble with your email address. Here's the error message, "Sorry, I wasn't able to establish an SMTP connection. (#4.4.1) I'm not going to try again; this message has been in the queue too long." Can you email me or give me correct email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks Dave

Re: [amibroker] DOW WAVES..... and the recent fall in the DJI

2007-03-10 Thread David Fitch
Gerard Is this your 3 parameter CCI? Thanks Dave - Original Message - From: Gerard Carey To: AB Yahoo group Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 9:17 PM Subject: [amibroker] DOW WAVES. and the recent fall in the DJI For those interested in the indicator, Mr Dow gives us here,

Re: [amibroker] Re: DOW WAVES..... and the recent fall in the DJI

2007-03-12 Thread David Fitch
nal preferences I spose. Regds'Gerard --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "David Fitch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks Gerard > > I've been busy learning Fred Tonetti's IO. Very powerful system for backtest. I've run CCI and it

Re: [amibroker] Re: New AB - Yahoo Database

2007-03-26 Thread David Fitch
Great service...Thanks for your continued support! Dave - Original Message - From: up2three4 To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2007 10:17 PM Subject: [amibroker] Re: New AB - Yahoo Database Thank you.. --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "jrswindle20

Re: [amibroker] chart spreads

2007-03-28 Thread David Fitch
I've gotten this at least 5 times... Please stop it! - Original Message - From: cassianoqs To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 2:09 PM Subject: [amibroker] chart spreads This code was published in Amibroker knowledge base: spread = Foreign( "ti

Re: [amibroker] Yield Curve

2007-04-14 Thread David Fitch
Here's an AFL from DAve Howarter 1/3/2006, that'll do what you want Dave - Original Message - From: flydbus320 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 10:22 AM Subject: [amibroker] Yield Curve Hi, I have been trying to display a graph of the difference bet

Re: [amibroker] Re: Yield Curve

2007-04-14 Thread David Fitch
Serge You have to receive email notification of new posts to get the attachments. Otherwise no attachments. You might try checking history under Dave Howarter 1/3/2006. As well as the files list. Last resort is send me your email address and I'll forward it that way. Dave - Original Messag

Re: [amibroker] Re: Yield Curve

2007-04-14 Thread David Fitch
ticle. The old version of the Yield Curve does not say a lot about the US economy anymore ... Regards, Ton Sieverding. - Original Message ----- From: David Fitch To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 8:40 PM Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: Yield Curve

Re: [amibroker] Re: Yield Curve

2007-04-14 Thread David Fitch
You need use "Foreign" afl. Before you go too much further, I'd suggest you work through the tutorials and other available material on the web site and if that's not enough try reading through the 800+ pages of help files. TJ's done a wonderful job. But in addition, a lot of very smart guys hav

[amibroker] AA Window Ticker list...Day Only?

2007-04-20 Thread David Fitch
I'm using EOD data only in AA/Explore. Something I just noticed( probably been around forever and I'm little slow). As I scroll though the ticker list, the chart reverts to day from either week or month. I cannot scroll through the list looking at say monthly data without continually switching

Re: [amibroker] mixing two systems

2007-05-05 Thread David Fitch
You might try Howard Bandy's Book, Quantitative Trading Systems. He covers this as well as many other subjects. And it includes AFL examples as well. Dave - Original Message - From: optiekoersen To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2007 6:30 AM Subject: [amib

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