Re: [amibroker] Line Thickness

2006-12-03 Thread Shawky2005
Bruce Plot( StochD( 35 , 10 , 1 ), StochD - 3, colorBlack,styleNoLabel styleThick); Should read: Plot( StochD( 35 , 10 , 1 ), StochD - 3, colorBlack,styleNoLabel | styleThick); To get a thick line. You should 'OR' the style properties together. Regards Shawky ---Original Message---

Re: [amibroker] Forex ribbon after midnight

2006-12-03 Thread kris45mar
OK Have figure this out eventually. Just in case it helps anyone : code the start and end of sessions separately and then use OR: _SECTION_BEGIN(Europe Session); Europeswitch = ParamToggle(Europe Session,Off|On,1); EuropeStart = Param(Europe Start, 16, 13, 17,01); //Perth DST

RE: [amibroker] Selling price not set properly sometimes

2006-12-03 Thread Terry
Just set SellPrice = Open; You are trying to fix something that Amibroker already handles with SetTradeDelays. // Options SetTradeDelays(1, 1, 1, 1); BuyPrice = SellPrice = Open; Buy = SomeCondition; Sell = Ref(Buy, 0); -- Terry -Original Message- From: amibroker@yahoogroups.com

Re: [amibroker] Re: Random Walk - step 2 - : Predicitable ?

2006-12-03 Thread kris45mar
Good reads are: 1. Technical Analysis and the Active Trader, Gary Norden. ISBN 0071467912 2. Fooled by Randomness. NN Taleb. 2nd ed: ISBN 0812975219 Regards ChrisB cstrader [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Although I very much hate to say it, I am indeed skeptical

Re: [amibroker] Re: Quotes Plus reviews

2006-12-03 Thread Joe Landry
Gerald: My first take on using Yahoo data was- you get what you pay for , but now it seems more and more users are living with Yahoo as their only data source. I've used both Telnet(TC2000) and change to Quotes Plus about 3 years ago. My primary reason for switching was that I got mutual funds,

[amibroker] Re: Line Thickness

2006-12-03 Thread johsun
--- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, scourt2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tomasz is very interested in optimizing Amibroker to its fullest extent. I'm sure, by now, after seeing all of the CPU cycles being wasted out there on these inventive methods to make lines thicker, he's probably just

Re: [amibroker] Yahoo Data

2006-12-03 Thread wavemechanic
No problem here. - Original Message - From: b_cadvantag [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006 7:38 PM Subject: [amibroker] Yahoo Data Anyone else having trouble downloading yahoo data this weekend?? It is weird, but the amiquote just times

[amibroker] Re: Quotes Plus reviews

2006-12-03 Thread Gerald Monks
This is a goldmine! Thanks much Joe. I believe I'll go with a trial run of QP3. --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, Joe Landry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gerald, I forgot to add that fundamental data was another attraction and are also available via the QP3 plug in. There are 4 historical

[amibroker] Re: Selling price not set properly sometimes

2006-12-03 Thread intermilan04
Hi Terry, SellPrice = Open would not work, because I'm selling on the same day of purchase but appending tomorrow's opening price as my SellPrice. I had to design this way because if I simply buy today and sell tomorrow morning, AmiBroker cannot make tomorrow's purchase (since my equity is still

[amibroker] Re: IB forex volumes

2006-12-03 Thread loveyourenemynow
Hi Richard, Thank you for the information you provide. I have to admit I was citing a source I was not really confident about regarding the 1% forex exchange traded share, which was a 2004 tradingintl pdf guide to forex markets, not quite updated I suppose I would like to know what is a more

[amibroker] Re: Random Walk - step 2 - : Predicitable ?

2006-12-03 Thread loveyourenemynow
Hi Chuk, if markets would offer technical analysis opportunities on a consistent basis then a lot of traders would start to take advantage of it, and there would be no opportunity anymore, because prices would be absorb this action. Volatility cannot be traded (you can use option, but their

[amibroker] Re: Random Walk - step 2 - : Predicitable ?

2006-12-03 Thread brpnw1
Interesting post, and also thanks for the links, Mich. In response... the financial firms in the US generally (not all) claim that the expertise of their money managers will make their clients money... and when describing the trading strategies of these money managers, the strategies steer

Re: [amibroker] Line Thickness

2006-12-03 Thread Bruce Hawkins
Thanks, Shawky That did make it thicker. 2005 wrote: Bruce Plot( StochD( 35 , 10 , 1 ), StochD - 3, colorBlack,styleNoLabel,styleThick); Should read: Plot( StochD( 35 , 10 , 1 ), StochD - 3, colorBlack,styleNoLabel* |* styleThick); To get a thick line. You should 'OR' the style

[amibroker] Re: Random Walk - step 2 - : Predicitable ?

2006-12-03 Thread brpnw1
Hi Mich, Nearly all financial firms tell clients that they base their trading in fundamental analysis. However, many firms will use smaller firms to handle some TA for them, but clients will never hear about the TA that is used to help manage portfolios. Clients feel more comfortable if they

[amibroker] Non-Random Walk does not mean technical analysis is predictive

2006-12-03 Thread loveyourenemynow
Hi Alex, thank for the interesting link. Not random walk just means that models based on the random walk hypothesis (gaussian distribution of the stochastic component) are not accurate. It does not mean technical analysis is successfully predicting market evolution, but that other models (not

[amibroker] Ribbon Indicator

2006-12-03 Thread Ken Henderson
Hi Can anyone advise how I can change this line to a ribbon indicator? Many thanks in advance Ken Plot(rr,RISK RATIO, colorBrightGreen,styleLine|styleThick|styleArea);

RE: [amibroker] Re: Random Walk - step 2 - : Predicitable ?

2006-12-03 Thread Bob Jagow
I heard otherwise--science has yet to prove that TA exists, but it really doesn't matter. -Original Message- From: amibroker@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of brpnw1 Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 7:28 PM To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Subject: [amibroker] Re: Random