[amibroker] Re: Custom Composite Index Problem

2008-10-09 Thread Mike
Hi, You may find the following document useful for some ideas (thanks to Herman): http://www.amibroker.org/3rdparty/IntroToAtc.pdf Additionally, be sure to study page 17 to ensure that your immediate Foreign usage of ~MyIndex within a single exploration is behaving as you expect. Mike

[amibroker] Re: Custom Composite Index Problem

2008-10-09 Thread toddk63
Thanks Mike. I had read that doc. And I did notice I had to run Explore a couple of times to get things to converge properly. My basic problem is I cannot use yesterdays Index times the Multiplier to get todays Index. Something like: Index = Ref(Index,1) * Multiplier This doesn't work and

[amibroker] Re: Custom Composite Index Problem

2008-10-09 Thread Mike
Todd, Index = Ref(Index,1) * Multiplier A few observations: 1. You should use Ref(..., -1) if you want the previous bar's value. 2. Uninitialized variable errors come from trying to use a variable that has not yet been assigned a value. In your example, if this is the first time you are

[amibroker] Re: Custom Composite Index Problem

2008-10-09 Thread toddk63
Ref(C,-1)...Oh yeah. Forgot. I meant what I knew to say. Thanks! These are exactly the hints I need. I'll give it another shot. Todd K. --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, Mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Todd, Index = Ref(Index,1) * Multiplier A few observations: 1. You should use