[amibroker] Re: Help *counting* candle patterns

2006-05-31 Thread Phsst
to report the summary one time.> Or even use the 'last issue' to trigger Filter. < function incStaticVar(varName, value) {   StaticVarSet(varName, StaticVarGet(varName) + value); } // for example: incStaticVar("GapsUp2Pct", LastValue(Cum(CondGap)));> If I'd done this more than once, I'd pro

Re: [amibroker] Re: Help *counting* candle patterns

2006-05-31 Thread Daniel LaLiberte
On Wednesday 31 May 2006 08:33 pm, Phsst wrote: > Thanks for your comments & critique. Glad to help...  > Here is the sample 'one-pass' code for calculating statistics or > ratios on an entire watchlist or other defined group of issues: (It > does give a 'running' report with each issue that

[amibroker] Re: Help *counting* candle patterns

2006-05-31 Thread Phsst
with the StaticVarSet and Get notation combined with testing Status("StockNum") == 0, which is obscure at best.> Dan, I got the above OK. And yes, after years of working with AB, my brain got tangled up on the arrays when I tried to combine them with scalers. Thank you for the 'eye opening'

Re: [amibroker] Re: Help *counting* candle patterns

2006-05-31 Thread Daniel LaLiberte
On Wednesday 31 May 2006 12:35 pm, Phsst wrote: > I very much like the StaticVariable idea, but I tried the following > code and AFL does not like my version of "somecalculation"... > > if( Status("StockNum") == 0 ) StaticVarSet("GapsUp2Pct", 0 ); > CondGap = O >= Ref(H, -1) * 1.02;   // Opening

[amibroker] Re: Help *counting* candle patterns

2006-05-31 Thread Phsst
> How about AddToComposite I use AddToComposite for more complex things, but for simple statistical  stuff, I'd prefer a simple single pass explore against a list where I can accumulate some counts and then calculate percentages or ratios or whatever against the entire list rather than si

Re: [amibroker] Re: Help *counting* candle patterns

2006-05-31 Thread Tomasz Janeczko
arSet("yourvariable",   somecalculation + StaticVarGet("yourvariable") );   Best regards,Tomasz Janeczkoamibroker.com - Original Message - From: Phsst To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 3:37 AM Subject: [amibroker] Re: Help *countin

[amibroker] Re: Help *counting* candle patterns

2006-05-30 Thread Phsst
>>For example obtain a count of the number of engulfing patterns found for that day over all stocks in my list:>> Spend a little time looking at this example of gathering stats for an entire watchlist in an Explore and you should be able to adapt it to your needs. (Quite some time ago I tried t

Re: [amibroker] Re: Help *counting* candle patterns

2006-05-30 Thread Duke Jones, CMT
Should be something like: IIf(Low < Ref(Low,-1) AND High > Ref(High,-1), AddToComposite( 1, "Name of Candle Pattern", "C"),0); Regards, Duke Jones, CMT voyager_3k wrote: > Did look at CUM(), but that did not give me what I wanted.  I think > AddToComposite(...) seems to be one possibilit

[amibroker] Re: Help *counting* candle patterns

2006-05-30 Thread voyager_3k
Did look at CUM(), but that did not give me what I wanted.  I think AddToComposite(...) seems to be one possibility. TY ... AP --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "wavemechanic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Take a look at Cum() >   - Original Message - >   From: voyager_3k >   To: ami