[amibroker] position sizing when trading futures

2010-03-09 Thread karldanefoster
I want to thank you guys for helping me with all my questions, I promise to do the same when I know something. My question today is how to calculate position size in futures in order to limit initial risk to $1,000 per position (based on the exit). What I have so far is: numcontracts = 1000 /

[amibroker] how to ref open position?

2010-03-03 Thread karldanefoster
I am sure this is a dumb question but I am new and cannot figure it out. I am trying to use Explore in Automatic Analysis to generate a list of possible trades for a given day. I would like to show any current open positions. How does one show the current position using AFL? Any advice you guys

[amibroker] Re: setting up historical futures data

2010-03-02 Thread karldanefoster
jects.html - or Import ASCII - > www.amibroker.com/guide/d_ascii.html > > I hope it helps, > > Paolo > > > --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "karldanefoster" wrote: > > > > Is there a short cut in importing point size and margin requirements for &g

[amibroker] setting up historical futures data

2010-01-28 Thread karldanefoster
Is there a short cut in importing point size and margin requirements for futures contracts? Maybe a specific vendor that works best and does not require me to go in and set up the contract specs? thanks