[amibroker] Re: question for Custom Backter specialists

2010-07-27 Thread Bruce
in the CBT pass an the alignment will be taken care of. -- Bruce --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, Edward Pottasch empotta...@... wrote: hi Mike, thanks for your reply. Yes I tried that. Also tried to define it as global. But I keep getting a value 0 when defined in or outside the CBT code

[amibroker] Re: question for Custom Backter specialists

2010-07-27 Thread Bruce
up some code and post. -- Bruce --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, Edward Pottasch empotta...@... wrote: hi Bruce, thanks for your reply. Funny that I just tried this. Writing the value into a static variable and calling it within the CBT. Gives me a result of 0 again. Can you conform

[amibroker] Running backtest in an indicator

2010-07-27 Thread Bruce
to REALLY want to do this. In my case, I needed the results of a watchlist portfolio backtest to chart on demand. If your use fits these constraints, then I'll post an article on how to do this on AmibrokerU. -- Bruce

[amibroker] Re: Detecting In-Smaple and Out-of-Sample Walk Forward

2010-07-26 Thread Bruce
figured out how to output the OOS trades to a file? If so, please share! :) --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, grahamj42 graham.johnson@ wrote: Hi Bruce I'm making use of these techniques to output a list of OOS trades to a file. By using a StaticVar for control, I've output a header row

[amibroker] Re: Detecting In-Smaple and Out-of-Sample Walk Forward

2010-07-26 Thread Bruce
!!! Ben, have you figured out how to output the OOS trades to a file? If so, please share! :) --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, grahamj42 graham.johnson@ wrote: Hi Bruce I'm making use of these techniques to output a list of OOS trades to a file. By using a StaticVar for control, I've

[amibroker] Re: sick of watching the screen..

2010-07-20 Thread Bruce
FWIW, I ran into some issues with AlertIf long ago and just coded around them. My primary use was in Explorations, so I just coded my own lookback since the build-in lookback parameter seemed problematic in my testing. I encourage you to pursue sending the info to support, because I think

[amibroker] AmibrokerU Series on Debugging Amibroker App's

2010-07-09 Thread Bruce
techniques, and also some programming considerations. I've posted the intro and the chapter #1 to the Free Library / Free Presentations area. I'll be posting #2 and #3 over the next week to the free area. The rest will probably go in a subscription area. Hope they prove useful. -- Bruce

[amibroker] Re: AmiBroker 5.30.1 64-bit edition (experimental)

2010-07-08 Thread Bruce
wished that all of the opt DLL's would have had fixed init OR random timer init as an option, so I added it. -- Bruce --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, Mike sfclimb...@... wrote: Did you perform your test using an exhaustive optimization on identical machines (or better yet, the same machine

[amibroker] Re: ActIveTick data feed

2010-06-26 Thread Bruce
the trial to see, but am behind in other things right now. If you gain any experience with them, please advise. -- Bruce --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, howardbandy howardba...@... wrote: Greetings -- Does anyone have experience using ActiveTick as a feed with AmiBroker? http

[amibroker] Re: impenetrable AFL

2010-06-15 Thread Bruce
Mike - Thanks for stating it a little differently and probably more simply. Perhaps this will resonate with him. P.S. I've sent you an e-mail about a different subject. --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, Mike sfclimb...@... wrote: Ton, As pointed out by Bruce in an earlier reply; 1

[amibroker] Re: impenetrable AFL

2010-06-14 Thread Bruce
are multiplied. Hope this helps. -- Bruce --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, Rob sidharth...@... wrote: It doesn't give you the same array... it gives you a scalar. (as Bruce mentioned it seems sometimes AFL can see an array has the same value all the way through and treats it as a scalar

[amibroker] Re: impenetrable AFL

2010-06-14 Thread Bruce
, 10, 1 ); Buy = Sell = Short = Cover = 0; In this case, the variable test is an array of all 5's. You can't use it in the Param() statement where it wants a scalar for the default value. Hope that this explains it fully. -- Bruce P.S. BTW, one example of why this distinction is important

[amibroker] Re: impenetrable AFL

2010-06-13 Thread Bruce
Rob, Progster - I think that you will find that LastValue() returns a scalar. It is nit-picking in this situation, but can be important in others. The auto-promotion of AFL scalar variables to arrays in certain situations can make this confusing. There are a couple of ways to show this.

[amibroker] Re: Switching Optimization Variable from backtest code

2010-05-21 Thread Bruce
Rise, Progster - I was here and was going to answer this when I saw Progster's response. His is perfectly fine, but I'll go ahead and show you what I was going to post since is demonstrates a code pattern called function wrapping which minimizes the coding for a large number of variables for lazy

[amibroker] Re: Enter a trade in low-level CBT when there is no signal

2010-04-25 Thread Bruce
Think this might be quick so I'll take it. Pass the price on that bar/day by using an indexer to get a scalar - bo.EnterTrade(i, BATS, True, LpairPrice[ i ], -20); BTW, you might want to get the invariant outside the loop. IOW, move the Foreign() call outside of the i loop. --- In

[amibroker] Re: AmibrokerU Update

2010-03-23 Thread Bruce
, when you start talking about 100,000+ bars, there are a couple of additional techniques that I've found are worthwhile. But, as you said, it is much better to get things working, then worry about it. -- Bruce --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, Rob sidharth...@... wrote: Bruce, Not sure

[amibroker] Re: AmibrokerU Update

2010-03-22 Thread Bruce
, Gordon Pelletier gordonpellet...@... wrote: Thanks for trying to help furinkazaan, but the webpage not longer exists Regards Gordon. On 18 March 2010 20:11, furinkazaan furinkaz...@... wrote: this is a free code project that Bruce posts in the free Library

[amibroker] Re: Any new release?

2010-03-22 Thread Bruce
. -- Bruce --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, Tomasz Janeczko gro...@... wrote: Hello, 5.30 release candidate version will be made available this week. Best regards, Tomasz Janeczko amibroker.com On 2010-03-22 14:22, dubi1974 wrote: Do you know, is there any release date planed

[amibroker] Re: AmibrokerU Update

2010-03-22 Thread Bruce
: When you say strong monthly bias are you referring to the End-of-month/beginning-of-month bias? I'm also curious what you mean by Friday bias if you feel like sharing. Thanks again! --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, Bruce brucer@ wrote: You're welcome and glad that you found it useful. I

[amibroker] Re: AmibrokerU Update

2010-03-18 Thread Bruce
basis. I've also gotten a few requests through AmiBrokerU about rotational techniques. So, I'll try to post some more about it. -- BruceR --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, droskill drosk...@... wrote: Bruce - just wanted to thank you for the PeriodSig function - fantastic and something I've

[amibroker] Re: AmibrokerU Update

2010-03-18 Thread Bruce
issues, let me know. -- BruceR --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, furinkazaan furinkaz...@... wrote: Bruce, I have problems getting this AFL to do the job. I confirm having done the following ListAvg.afl in include folder saved the atc afl into custom folder. Can see it in my charts tab

[amibroker] Setting the Name property

2010-03-18 Thread Bruce
Keith, Mike - Was catching up and saw your thread about setting the Name property of the Document from JScript. When this capability was put into 5.09, I got interested to see if it could be used from AFL since I had a special use for this. I believe that you'll find that you can set the

RE: [amibroker] One Minute Tick Data

2010-03-03 Thread Bruce Hawkins
Isn't that a contradiction in terms?1 minute/tick data From: amibroker@yahoogroups.com [mailto:amibro...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of rs_abq Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 6:15 AM To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Subject: [amibroker] One Minute Tick Data My trading platform has cut

[amibroker] Re: Simple Buy on Close, Sell on Open not as expected

2010-02-01 Thread Bruce
); SetOption( AllowSameBarExit, True ); SetTradeDelays( 0, 0, 0, 0 ); ApplyStop( stopTypeNBar, 1, 0, 0, False, 0 ); --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, Bruce bru...@... wrote: Keith - Works for me. Make sure that your trade delays are set to 0, or add SetTradeDelays( 0, 0, 0, 0

[amibroker] Re: Simple Buy on Close, Sell on Open not as expected

2010-01-31 Thread Bruce
Keith - Works for me. Make sure that your trade delays are set to 0, or add SetTradeDelays( 0, 0, 0, 0 ); -- Bruce --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, Keith McCombs kmcco...@... wrote: Bruce -- Sorry, that doesn't do it. All the sell prices are of the open for the SAME day as the buy

[amibroker] Re: Simple Buy on Close, Sell on Open not as expected

2010-01-30 Thread Bruce
Keith - Perhaps this way will work better for you - Buy = 1; Sell = Short = Cover = 0; BuyPrice = Close; SellPrice = Open; SetOption( AllowSameBarExit, True ); ApplyStop( stopTypeNBar, 1, 0, 0, False, 0 ); BTW, I don't know your motivation for doing this. But, I did something similar a

[amibroker] Re: SUM(???????????)

2010-01-27 Thread Bruce
Just checking in and might be able to point down a productive path. Guideline - when you get an answer that ends up empty, is null, etc., then wrap the calculation in a NZ() function to see if that is the problem. In your example, consider what happens if C = H = L. III = (2*C-H-L)/(H-L)*V;

[amibroker] Re: SUM(???????????)

2010-01-27 Thread Bruce
Typed to fast. Should have said C = H = L, and V = 0; --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, Bruce bru...@... wrote: Just checking in and might be able to point down a productive path. Guideline - when you get an answer that ends up empty, is null, etc., then wrap the calculation in a NZ

RE: [amibroker] Hide Y axis values

2010-01-14 Thread Bruce Hawkins
ToolsPreferencesColors change Axes: to same color as background but is still shows current price. Not sure how to get rid of that. From: amibroker@yahoogroups.com [mailto:amibro...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of lamplowman Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 1:07 AM To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com

[amibroker] IB and volume charts

2010-01-14 Thread Bruce Hawkins
really want to be able to use AB with data from IB if possible. Thanks Bruce

RE: [amibroker] IB and volume charts ***APOLOGY DUE***

2010-01-14 Thread Bruce Hawkins
much better. Thanks, Bruce From: amibroker@yahoogroups.com [mailto:amibro...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jerry Gress Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 4:03 PM To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [amibroker] IB and volume charts Hi Bruce, Here is what I do: 1

[amibroker] Decimal place tick size

2010-01-14 Thread Bruce Hawkins
Is it possible to set decimal place for each symbol 's price? GC (Gold) 1139.60 as opposed 1139.6 Also can the x-axis cursor value be set to tick size? (.10) Right now I get 1139.314 thank you, Bruce

[amibroker] Re: Problem with custom backtester

2010-01-09 Thread Bruce
Wolfie - I'm doing this quickly before heading off somewhere, but let me see if I can point in a direction that may help you (and hopefully one or two others). An answer to your specific issue might depend on some details that were omitted, but let me take a SWAG. One thing that trips some

[amibroker] Re: AmibrokerU Update

2009-12-31 Thread Bruce
, wlnum ), X, atcFlagDefaults + atcFlagEnableInIndicator ); -- BruceR --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, furinkazaan furinkaz...@... wrote: Bruce, I notice that the parameters use a WLNUMfor a watch list number. Since I intend to run this on many sectoral watchlists, I wonder if we can show

[amibroker] Re: ABTool / multidimensional arrays

2009-12-30 Thread Bruce
years of history and only a couple of years displayed at a time, I get very significant speedups (3x+). If your use has similarities, then there is something interesting that we can do. -- Bruce --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, Edward Pottasch empotta...@... wrote: Bruce, in the chart

[amibroker] Re: ABTool / multidimensional arrays

2009-12-30 Thread Bruce
empotta...@... wrote: hi Bruce, thanks for your feedback. The code I have sent to you I have adjusted considerably. That code was not working properly. I have now almost completed the problem, see chart. I will contact you on your personal Email for further discussion since I am coding

[amibroker] Re: ABTool / multidimensional arrays

2009-12-29 Thread Bruce
Ed - I got interested in this thread and your posted AFL over coffee this morning. Looked like an interesting puzzle. Please take the following constructively. You can pass the table from the procedure, but the bottom line is that you really do not need OSAKA. Standard arrays (not static)

[amibroker] Re: ABTool / multidimensional arrays

2009-12-29 Thread Bruce
: Bruce, tested with Varget and Varset and that works fine, see attached file. Curious how you would solve the scaling problem without loops still, regards, Ed - Original Message - From: Bruce To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 5:20 PM

[amibroker] Re: ABTool / multidimensional arrays

2009-12-29 Thread Bruce
to mention it. Anyway, sounds like your moving along now. -- Bruce --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, Edward Pottasch empotta...@... wrote: hi Bruce, I had a look and the AMA2 use is clever but one could also solve it using valuewhen, like, see below: like I said I need to use loops

[amibroker] Re: How to Draw a Chart Just Once?

2009-12-09 Thread Bruce
, but this is not enough to get started, I'll try to complete the article and post late today. -- Bruce P.S. Minor gripe - I wish that Tomasz would release 5.30 soon. It will have a number of useful, and even necessary, features from the Beta's, and it is easier and more acceptable to tell

[amibroker] Re: How to Draw a Chart Just Once?

2009-12-09 Thread Bruce
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[amibroker] Re: AmibrokerU Update

2009-12-08 Thread Bruce
for stock investing. Hope that helps. -- Bruce --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, furinkazaan furinkaz...@... wrote: Bruce, thanks for the afl. It comes at the most oppurtune time when I'm considering creation of many sectoral indices. However, rookie that I am, I am not able to figure out how

[amibroker] Re: AmibrokerU Update

2009-12-08 Thread Bruce
it. Or, you might want to look at the ListAvg AFL code for a comment that notes that a variable called bir can be set to 1 to use all bars by default. -- Bruce --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, Rick Osborn ri...@... wrote: Bruce All the values in all the watchlists are 1000. What am I doing

[amibroker] AmibrokerU Update

2009-11-17 Thread Bruce
Quick update - I've added a Free Code module and Free Code article to AmibrokerU called ListAvg. For those who need for an equal weighted average of a list of tickers, the Code module provides a function that implements the result in a single call. If you are interested in the background on the

[amibroker] Re: Constructing a return-based composite

2009-11-08 Thread Bruce
Nick - This is something that the FastTrack group has done for many years in a language called Trade. Trade is actually a matrix processing language where the rows are tickers and the columns are bars. Very powerful for bulk operations on watchlists, but somewhat primitive in other areas.

[amibroker] Re: Ami is exiting without an exit command

2009-11-03 Thread Bruce
Dennis, Tomasz - I'll confirm this also - again. Its something that several that I know have experienced for a long time, but I've never been able to relate it to type of parameter, number of parameters (Param, ParamStr, etc.), length of time AB has been up, AB busy or not busy, etc. I

[amibroker] Re: Interact with OPENED Excel worksheet, Possible?

2009-11-03 Thread Bruce
. Lastly, FWIW, I've found that there are a couple of other things that you may need after this. One is getting range data into and out of Excel quickly. But, those are stories for another day and something that I'll eventually cover on AmibrokerU. -- Bruce --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, abxlab

[amibroker] Re: Batman question...

2009-10-25 Thread Bruce
Droskill - There are just too many moving parts in a batch backtest to hone in on probable issues, but I will try to offer a suggestion. I'll also relate that I run 50+ batch explores and backtests nightly via Batman, and cross-check the results occasionally and have not seen problems.

[amibroker] Re: Dynamic Rotational System

2009-10-13 Thread Bruce
Diego - I saw this the other day and it is the type of broader topic that I want to cover on AmibrokerU.com soon with a demo app. I'll call it a Score Mask coding pattern. I'll briefly explain the approach now, though, and hope that it gets you pointed in a useful direction. PROBLEM - In a

[amibroker] Re: Is the Walk forward study useful?

2009-10-08 Thread Bruce
All - I've discussed the following with Howard and am posting mainly for others on the board. He might want to comment on the trade-offs. But, there is an easy way in practice to deal with one of the drawbacks that he mentioned when he said - What happens with open (or potentially open) trades

[amibroker] Re: Is the Walk forward study useful?

2009-10-08 Thread Bruce
amount tougher... --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, Mike sfclimb...@... wrote: Bruce, Unfortunately, what you are suggesting may negatively impact the solution for working around skewed summary metrics. Using state form will cause the latter portion a trade (that was artificially closed out

[amibroker] PercentRank tutorial and Optimization101 video

2009-10-08 Thread Bruce
All - I thought that I'd try to upload a few things to AmibrokerU.com that are related to some of the posts of the last week or two. In Free Articles - PercentRank There have been a couple of requests over the last month for the equivalent of the Excel PercentRank function. Getting a high

[amibroker] Re: Tips for reducing CPU load

2009-10-07 Thread Bruce
Bisto - I was catching up on reading the board and got tickled by your exchange with Tomasz. In talking about saving results in static variables, he said - IMHO, it is not worth the effort, unless you are doing something _extremely_ complex.. But, then you replied that you indicator took 27

[amibroker] Re: Help Limiting number of positions added per day

2009-10-02 Thread Bruce
in the future on AmibrokerU. -- BruceR --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, woodshedder_blogspot woodshedder_blogs...@... wrote: Thanks Bruce! By commenting out the bo.EnterTrade call, results match the results not using the combo low/med level code. If it is not too much trouble, I would like

[amibroker] Re: Help Limiting number of positions added per day

2009-09-30 Thread Bruce
Woodshedder, TA - Looked like an interesting puzzle and I took a look at it over a cup of coffee (actually it took 2 cups). Thought it might make a good example for AmibrokerU, but probably not. BTW, kudos to Woodsheeder for sticking with it as a new user. Anyway, my first reaction when I saw

[amibroker] Re: Add addtocompiste generated ticker to a watchlist

2009-09-30 Thread Bruce
Close. See changes and run the following as a SCAN on the CURRENT SYMBOL only - TickerList = CategoryGetSymbols( categoryGroup, 253); for( i=0; (Ticker=StrExtract( TickerList, i)) != ; i++) { if (StrLeft(ticker, 2)==~~) { CategoryAddSymbol(ticker, categoryWatchlist, 61); _TRACE(

[amibroker] Re: Add addtocompiste generated ticker to a watchlist

2009-09-30 Thread Bruce
for example, ~ABC. This may or may not be what you want. -- BruceR --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, ta tagro...@... wrote: Thanks Bruce. If I scan only on the current symbol, It would only add that on symbol (although the trace statement shows all symbols were added). The reason I had

[amibroker] Re: Add addtocompiste generated ticker to a watchlist

2009-09-30 Thread Bruce
- + ticker ); } } _TRACE( Watchlist after = + CategoryGetSymbols( categoryWatchlist, 61 ) ); Buy=0; If this works, then you can layer the JScript on it and debug further. -- BruceR --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, ta tagro...@... wrote: Bruce I tried the following code and it did not work

[amibroker] Re: Question about how Profit Table calculates montly returns

2009-09-30 Thread Bruce
This is an easy one, so I'll take it while I'm here. This has been discussed before relative to the AFL that the report is based on. There are slightly different definitions of monthly returns. 1. You are looking at it as open on 9/1 to close on 9/30. 2. That report looks at it as close on

[amibroker] Re: Question about how Profit Table calculates montly returns

2009-09-30 Thread Bruce
= mo != Ref( mo, -1 ); You should test the following, but I believe that it will work - YearChange = yr != Ref( yr, 1 ); MonChange = mo != Ref( mo, 1 ); -- BruceR --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, woodshedder_blogspot woodshedder_blogs...@... wrote: Thanks Bruce. I'll look at the profit

[amibroker] Re: Functionality I'm missing on Amibroker

2009-09-28 Thread Bruce
Tradinghumble - Allow me to offer a couple of comments - * First, glad you found the DateRange.afl on AmibrokerU.com useful. As Keith said, source AFL's are there to be added to, modified, etc. For example, you might want to add shorter display ranges for intra-day charts. * IMO, the

[amibroker] Re: Functionality I'm missing on Amibroker

2009-09-28 Thread Bruce
? And then it's called by adding an #include statement in the code? But in WHICH code am I supposed to add the #include statement? Thanks, Grant --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, Bruce brucer@ wrote: Tradinghumble - Allow me to offer a couple of comments - * First, glad you

[amibroker] AmibrokerU Digest

2009-09-24 Thread Bruce
All - I had said that I'd post an occasional digest of the initial contents on AmibrokerU.com and it will follow. Over the next few days, I plan to upload an example of the types of utility code and detailed explanations that we intend to eventually provide in a subscriber area. I thought

[amibroker] Re: Quick Question about Max System Drawdown; + Article Link

2009-09-23 Thread Bruce
got it done :-) But seriously, that is one issue that I'm trying to address - how to do a quick overview that can be found in a search or quickly referenced in a post. -- Bruce --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, Joris M.schuller jmschul...@... wrote: http://www.amibrokeru.com/FreeLibrary

[amibroker] Re: AmibrokerUniversity

2009-09-23 Thread Bruce
: [amibroker] AmibrokerUniversity Congratulations on starting up ABU! I wish you all great success with this service. Best regards, Dennis On Sep 22, 2009, at 4:31 PM, Bruce wrote: OK, all, it is time to go public with something that Howard Bandy, Bill

[amibroker] AmibrokerUniversity

2009-09-22 Thread Bruce
OK, all, it is time to go public with something that Howard Bandy, Bill Barack, and I have been working on for quite a while. We have taught seminars utilizing Amibroker for several years, and have seen a need for help at all levels (beginner to very experienced user) in learning and using

[amibroker] Re: BarsSince question

2009-09-20 Thread Bruce
Barry - I thought I'd take this one since I'm here. I'm not going to answer your BarsSince() question directly, but rather address your goal from your first paragraph since BarsSince appears to be kind of a detour. But, briefly, you have described a situation where there is a ripple effect.

[amibroker] [amibroker Mini Russell

2009-05-07 Thread Bruce Hawkins
Is this the correct symbol for the mini Russell 2000 TFM9-NYBOT-FUT using IB as data feed? thanks

[amibroker] Programmer

2009-05-01 Thread Bruce Hawkins
/a_aflcom.html The above link say it is possible to connect to outside programs, I just can't figure it out. Thanks, Bruce

RE: [amibroker] Re: I'm give up with Study ID code, Please help..

2009-05-01 Thread Bruce Hawkins
I found this in the Amibroker knowledge base ( Ihaven't tried it) http://www.amibroker.com/kb/index.php?s=trendline Half way down the page look for heading How to detect the study crossover for multiple symbols with use of SCAN Good luck, Bruce From: amibroker@yahoogroups.com

[amibroker] Assign hot keys to drawing tools

2009-04-28 Thread Bruce Hawkins
Is it possible to assign hot keys to drawing tools i.e. F2 = draw ray Thanks Bruce

[amibroker] Running a 2005 VB.net program from within AFL code

2009-03-15 Thread Bruce Hawkins
How can I run a 2005 VB.net program from within AFL code? A simple example would be appreciated. Thanks, Bruce

RE: [amibroker] Command button to create trend lines

2008-03-07 Thread Kendall Bruce Hawkins
for your time, Bruce No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.21.4/1313 - Release Date: 3/5/2008 9:50 AM No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database

[amibroker] Tick increment on charts

2008-03-07 Thread Kendall Bruce Hawkins
around lets say 680.00 if I go up the next higher increment would be 680.10, 680.20, 680.30 ….etc…. not 680.053, 680.117, 680.289 Also can I get the price axis show to 2 decimal places, again fro the ER2 it would be 680.00, 680.10, 680.20 …etc.. not 680.0, 680.1, 680.2. Thanks, Bruce

RE: [amibroker] Charts pulse with the data RT?

2008-03-05 Thread Kendall Bruce Hawkins
, Tomasz Janeczko amibroker.com - Original Message - From: HYPERLINK mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Kendall Bruce Hawkins To: HYPERLINK mailto:amibroker@yahoogroups.comamibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 9:49 PM Subject: RE: [amibroker] Charts pulse with the data RT

[amibroker] Command button to create trend lines

2008-03-05 Thread Kendall Bruce Hawkins
and associated with each one would be an entry trend line, a stop trend line and a target trend line. With one click on a button the 3 trend lines are placed on the chart, I would be able to drag them where appropriate and then arm them. Thanks for your time, Bruce No virus found

[amibroker] Invert code

2008-03-04 Thread Kendall Bruce Hawkins
How can I get this code to invert what is plotted so what I see on the screen is the opposite of the code? thanks _SECTION_BEGIN(MACD); r1 = Param( Fast avg, 12, 2, 200, 1 ); r2 = Param( Slow avg, 26, 2, 200, 1 ); r3 = Param( Signal avg, 9, 2, 200, 1 ); “Invert this line” Plot(

RE: [amibroker] Invert code

2008-03-04 Thread Kendall Bruce Hawkins
- Original Message - From: HYPERLINK mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Kendall Bruce Hawkins To: HYPERLINK mailto:amibroker@yahoogroups.comamibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 1:34 PM Subject: [amibroker] Invert code How can I get this code to invert what is plotted

RE: [amibroker] Syntax error

2008-03-03 Thread Kendall Bruce Hawkins
Keep getting a syntax error after “function FisherSto(array, period, factor) { “ I am using 5.0 _SECTION_BEGIN(Fisher Transform of Stochastics); // Fisher transform of stochastics // //It is an improvement on the Stochastics. Identifying turning points better with less wipsaws.

RE: [amibroker] Syntax error

2008-03-03 Thread Kendall Bruce Hawkins
Thanks, I got it to work. From: amibroker@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kendall Bruce Hawkins Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 8:20 AM To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [amibroker] Syntax error I am doing something wrong, I keep getting that error. See pic

RE: [amibroker] Trading off charts.

2008-03-01 Thread Kendall Bruce Hawkins
. Any comments? Thanks, Bruce No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.21.2/1304 - Release Date: 2/29/2008 8:18 AM

RE: [amibroker] Charts pulse with the data RT?

2008-02-29 Thread Kendall Bruce Hawkins
Why do my charts pulse? The bars and studies move slightly up and down, its like they shift position. Any idea’s? Thanks, Bruce I am using tick and 3 seconds refresh IB data feed. No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus

RE: [amibroker] Charts pulse with the data RT?

2008-02-29 Thread Kendall Bruce Hawkins
: HYPERLINK mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Kendall Bruce Hawkins To: HYPERLINK mailto:amibroker@yahoogroups.comamibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 9:49 PM Subject: RE: [amibroker] Charts pulse with the data RT? Why do my charts pulse? The bars and studies move slightly up

[amibroker] Re: Can orders be sent directly off of the chart?

2008-02-26 Thread Kendall Bruce Hawkins
Is it possible to send orders with Amibroker off of the chart? In other words I want to be able to draw lines on my chart and if price goes thru line an order is sent to IB. Can you point me in a direction on how to do that? Thanks, Bruce From: amibroker

[amibroker] Downloading the full name of a stock using Yahoo Historical EOD Format

2008-01-14 Thread Bruce
I download stock price data using the default Yahoo Historical EOD format in Yahoo.format. However, it doesn't include the Full Name of the stocks. I tried adding the word Fullname to the $FORMAT row and then downloading, but without success. Any ideas on how to have this information

[amibroker] Re: Downloading the full name of a stock using Yahoo Historical EOD Format

2008-01-14 Thread Bruce
It worked! Thanks! --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, Don Lindberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you also download Yahoo Basic Fundamentals you will pick up Full Name. Donald F Lindberg _ From: amibroker@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bruce Sent

Re: [amibroker] Re: Saving crosshair preference

2007-12-03 Thread Bruce Hawkins
Thank you very much Tomasz. garrybartsch wrote: --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com mailto:amibroker%40yahoogroups.com, Tomasz Janeczko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, will do it global (not per chart) and its status will be stored between sessions. I also look forward to this addition. Thank

Re: [amibroker] Re: Saving crosshair preference

2007-12-02 Thread Bruce Hawkins
Ensign software wavemechanic wrote: *That's interesting, rich. Which programs are you referring to? The only one that I am aware of that gets part of the way home is Tradestation and even then when the chart is reopened the tool is present but its position is not remembered.* ** *Bill*

Re: [amibroker] Re: Using Letter instead of shapes over the chart.

2007-01-07 Thread Bruce Hawkins
Remove the reference to price + C[ i ] if( Buy[i] ) PlotText( M, i, L[ i ]-dist[i], colorGreen ); if( Sell[i] ) PlotText( M, i, H[ i ]+dist[i], colorRed ); if( Buy[i] ) PlotText( M + C[ i ], i, L[ i ]-dist[i], colorGreen ); if( Sell[i] ) PlotText( M + C[ i ], i, H[ i ]+dist[i], colorRed );

Re: [amibroker] Using Letter instead of shapes over the chart.

2007-01-07 Thread Bruce Hawkins
You would use the PlotText function, I got this code from the PlotText example and slightly modified it: Plot(MA(C,20),MA20, colorRed ); Buy=Cross( C, MA(C,20 ) ); Sell= Cross( MA( C, 20 ), C ); dist = 1.5*ATR(10); for( i = 0; i BarCount; i++ ) { if( Buy[i] ) PlotText( M , i, L[ i

[amibroker] Code for price structure

2007-01-05 Thread Bruce Hawkins
. What about slope of price or MA comparing previous values to current with no current value below previous value in an uptrend. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Cheers, Bruce

Re: [amibroker] Migrating AB to a new computer.

2007-01-04 Thread Bruce Hawkins
It's like any other software, you install the core program first and then add your data files. Thats my guess. sebastiandanconia wrote: I did a search on this issue, but was confused by what seemed to be contradictions. (The protocol seems to be install AB first, then transfer files and

Re: [amibroker] Hull Moving Averages

2006-12-31 Thread Bruce Hawkins
Hi Ton, I am sorry if I misrepresented, I am not the author of the code I provided, I came across it somewhere. I am to new to AFL to comment on the differences. Cheers, Bruce Sieverding wrote: Bruce do you know what is causing the difference between YourHull and MyHull when changing

Re: [amibroker] Hull Moving Averages

2006-12-30 Thread Bruce Hawkins
Try this: *function* HullMaFunction( P, Periods, Delay ) { X = 2 * WMA(P,round(Periods/2)) - WMA(P,Periods); HullMA = WMA(X,round(sqrt(Periods))); HullMA = Ref(HullMA,-Delay); *return* HullMa; } PlotPriceField = ParamToggle(PriceField,HIDE|SHOW,1); P = ParamField(Price field,-1);

Re: [amibroker] Re: How to use Window tabs...

2006-12-30 Thread Bruce Hawkins
that are available in the (right click) *_intra day_* menu. The benefit would be more functionality and with less charts open lower resources. thanks, Bruce p.s. Truly appreciate all of your efforts on making such a great application Janeczko wrote: Hello, No. You can turn OFF

Re: [amibroker] Saving crosshairs

2006-12-26 Thread Bruce Hawkins
How do I get 4.89 Beta to save my preferences to save crosshairs on all charts.

[amibroker] Crosshairs not saving preference?

2006-12-22 Thread Bruce Hawkins
What am I missing? I select crosshairs on for each chart. I then click 'save preferences' and also 'save all' under file. I also save chart as default template. Shutdown AmiBroker the next time I start it up, no crosshairs? What should I do? thanks and Happy Holidays Bruce Please note

[amibroker] Volume for min chart to volume chart?

2006-12-19 Thread Bruce Hawkins
Is it possible to get the volume form a 3 min chart to plot in a pane on a 1995 volume based price chart? Could someone help with the code? thanks, Bruce

Re: [amibroker] PatternExplorer

2006-12-19 Thread Bruce Hawkins
Do you mean this? http://www.patternexplorer.com/ Larry M Powell wrote: I just received an invitation for Pattern Explorer for Amibroker. Has anyone else received this? Are they a valid group? Thanks, Larry

Re: [amibroker] Settings for Tick data and bar style charts

2006-12-19 Thread Bruce Hawkins
to remove any references to a line similar to this with: // Plot( C, Close, ParamColor(Color, colorBlack ), styleNoTitle | ParamStyle(Style) | GetPriceStyle() ); I hope this helps, Bruce Hallman wrote: I have been trying to set up to use tick data on 42 or 210 tick charts

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