Re: [amibroker] OT: installing OS again

2010-09-08 Thread Keith McCombs
Imaging softwares that allow what you suggest ? Anthony - Original Message - *From:* Keith McCombs mailto:kmcco...@engineer.com *To:* amibroker@yahoogroups.com mailto:amibroker@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Tuesday, September 07, 2010 11:52 PM *Subject:* Re: [amibroker] OT

Re: [amibroker] User's Guide 5.30 in PDF format?

2010-09-07 Thread Keith McCombs
Great! Thank you very much. -- Keith On 9/4/2010 08:32, Tomasz Janeczko wrote: Hello, Available now. Best regards, Tomasz Janeczko amibroker.com On 2010-05-28 07:26, Keith McCombs wrote: When should we expect to see the AB 5.30 User's Guide available in PDF format? I'm looking forward

Re: [amibroker] OT: installing OS again

2010-09-07 Thread Keith McCombs
Before you attempt to do anything else, make a complete image of your hard drive. Make sure that your disk imaging software will allow you to recover individual folders and files as well as the entire image. Then see if you can run your OS installation software in 'Repair' mode. If you can,

Re: [amibroker] Req Can we have afl showing gravity bars with color? please help

2010-09-05 Thread Keith McCombs
RV -- Please stop shouting. Thank you. -- Keith On 9/5/2010 12:14, ram vel wrote: [Attachment(s) #TopText from ram vel included below] hi ford gravitycolor bars can be coded in Amibroker,very well and easily. I attach a simple code in tradestation,with hope someone will convert into Afl

Re: [amibroker] AFl required

2010-09-04 Thread Keith McCombs
Silon -- You must be precise in how you define Recent and Top. For example: recent = 14; // this is maximum of 14 bars, including this one. You pick the number. top = HHV(Close, recent); // you might prefer High or Avg instead of Close top = ref(top, -1); // we don't want to include today's

[amibroker] Open Suggestion for AB User's PDF Guide

2010-09-03 Thread Keith McCombs
The first place I go for help with AmiBroker is the AmiBroker 5.20 User's Guide in PDF format. I prefer the .pdf file because I find it easier to search than the help file. And I've been able to add my own and others comments and merged maintenance notes using Adobe Acrobat. Also, much of

Re: [amibroker] Re: Open Interest Field

2010-09-01 Thread Keith McCombs
:* amibroker@yahoogroups.com mailto:amibroker@yahoogroups.com [mailto:amibro...@yahoogroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Keith McCombs *Sent:* Tuesday, August 31, 2010 8:29 PM *To:* amibroker@yahoogroups.com mailto:amibroker@yahoogroups.com *Subject:* Re: [amibroker] Re: Open Interest Field

Re: [amibroker] Re: Open Interest Field

2010-08-31 Thread Keith McCombs
TA -- The error message referring to close price is very suspicious. Does your data base already have a an 'A' ticker, and if so does it have a positive close price? I don't know that the exists of a ticker with a close price. But, maybe -- Keith On 8/31/2010 02:05, TA wrote:

Re: [amibroker] Re: Open Interest Field

2010-08-31 Thread Keith McCombs
TJ -- IMHO, this type of information should be in the User's Manual. -- Keith On 8/31/2010 06:43, Tomasz Janeczko wrote: Hello, Open Interest is considered as PART of quotation, therefore can NOT be imported with $NOQUOTES 1 Since it is a PART of quotation, it has to come *together* with

Re: [amibroker] Re: Open Interest Field

2010-08-31 Thread Keith McCombs
searched pages 284-299 for: quotation close and reread areas containing those words, without benefit. -- Keith On 8/31/2010 12:14, Tomasz Janeczko wrote: Hello, It is already. Check the description of $NOQUOTES in the manual. Best regards, Tomasz Janeczko amibroker.com On 2010-08-31 16:55, Keith

Re: [amibroker] Re: Open Interest Field

2010-08-31 Thread Keith McCombs
(AmiBroker checks for non-zero prices and valid dates) 1 - switch off quotation data checking - this allows importing non-quotation data - for example only ticker and full names Best regards, Tomasz Janeczko amibroker.com On 2010-08-31 19:16, Keith McCombs wrote: TJ -- I just did a word search

Re: [amibroker] Report/Stats for individual stocks

2010-08-31 Thread Keith McCombs
Ronen -- Yes. Most of the metrics you want are not displayed by Back Test, but by Optimize. But that's Ok. I just tried this with only two symbols: run = Optimize(Runs, 1, 1, 2, 1); // make max the number of stocks you wish to test if((Name() == QLD AND run == 1) OR (Name() == QID AND

Re: [amibroker] Definitive Guide to AFL

2010-08-30 Thread Keith McCombs
The help file is also available in .pdf format, Amibroker 5.20 User's Guide. http://amibroker.com/download.html#amibroker (third item on same page as program download) Hopefully there will eventually be an updated version to 5.30. On 8/30/2010 03:51, Herman wrote: there are several books by

Re: [amibroker] Re: How many open charts do you use

2010-08-28 Thread Keith McCombs
I am confused by your use of the terms 'sheet' and 'pane'. I believe that 8 is the default number of sheets per chart (or is it per chart window). One is the default number of panes per sheet. Also, I'm not sure what a chart is. For example, on page 38 of the Users Guide 5.20, I see a

Re: [amibroker] Re: How many open charts do you use

2010-08-28 Thread Keith McCombs
On 2010-08-28 18:18, Keith McCombs wrote: I am confused by your use of the terms 'sheet' and 'pane'. I believe that 8 is the default number of sheets per chart (or is it per chart window). One is the default number of panes per sheet. Also, I'm not sure what a chart is. For example, on page 38

[amibroker] QP EOD data base not updating

2010-08-28 Thread Keith McCombs
ONCE using 32 bit version. 3. Run 64-bit AmiBroker on that QP2 database. It does not matter that you don't have QP2 plugin in 64-bit, it will use locally stored data. Best regards, Tomasz Janeczko amibroker.com On 2010-08-27 21:19, Keith McCombs wrote: I would like to use AB 64bit for running

Re: [amibroker] automatic import

2010-08-27 Thread Keith McCombs
Ju -- If you need to do this infrequently, you can use AB's ASCII import Import Wizard and ASCII Import. They are very easy to use and quite fast. If you want to do this every day or even more often, then you will probably want to do it programmatically. Take a look at the file functions,

[amibroker] Using QP EOD data and AB 64bit

2010-08-27 Thread Keith McCombs
I would like to use AB 64bit for running exhaustive optimization on QuotesPlus EOD data. However, AB does not have a 64bit plugin for QuotesPlus data. One thought I have is to write all the data out to ASCII files using fputs(), then import it into a new data base using ASCII import. But I

Re: [amibroker] Using QP EOD data and AB 64bit

2010-08-27 Thread Keith McCombs
plugin in 64-bit, it will use locally stored data. Best regards, Tomasz Janeczko amibroker.com On 2010-08-27 21:19, Keith McCombs wrote: I would like to use AB 64bit for running exhaustive optimization on QuotesPlus EOD data. However, AB does not have a 64bit plugin for QuotesPlus data. One

Re: [amibroker] Should All Symbols in Database Have Same Amount of Data?

2010-08-27 Thread Keith McCombs
The short answer is: padding is not necessary and should not be done. You can select Pad and align to reference symbol in Backtester Settings (pages 244 and 245 in Users Guide 5.20). But this does not affect your data base. AB knows how to handle missing data. Using zero for prices could

Re: [amibroker] How to reduce optimization time ?

2010-08-26 Thread Keith McCombs
I just tried the QuickAFL as suggested by TJ below with a system which tests all of NASDAQ over 5 month period. Data can go back as much as 20years. Improvement in Optimization time was about 30%. I also made another observation. I was already running a number of other programs, using from

Re: [amibroker] Re: customized walk forward backtesting possible?

2010-08-20 Thread Keith McCombs
Ade -- If you decide that you do need to use CBT, this is, IMHO, the best document available on the subject. http://www.amibroker.org/userkb/2008/03/16/amibroker-custom-backtester-interface-2/ -- Keith On 8/20/2010 08:50, Howard B wrote: Hi Ade -- I may be misunderstanding, but I don't see

Re: [amibroker] Problem with ExportImage in AB 5.30.4?

2010-08-20 Thread Keith McCombs
Progster -- I recently noticed, with 5.30.4, something that may be related to the problem you are having. Maybe not. After a walk forward test, ~~~ISEQUITY and ~~~OSEQUITY are not written to disk until AB is closed. Same goes for ~~~EQUITY after a backtest. This is driving me up a wall.

Re: [amibroker] Re: Specified Optimizer Engine not found

2010-08-20 Thread Keith McCombs
and only ONE (most recent) plugin. Best regards, Tomasz Janeczko amibroker.com --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com mailto:amibroker%40yahoogroups.com, Keith McCombs kmcco...@... wrote: Nope. That doesn't work. Thanks anyway, -- Keith On 8/19/2010 10:48, amiuser999 wrote: Actually, I think even

Re: [amibroker] Problem with ExportImage in AB 5.30.4?

2010-08-20 Thread Keith McCombs
TA -- Save did the trick. So simple. Thank you very much -- Keith You don't need to close AB. Just use save or save all. *From:* amibroker@yahoogroups.com [mailto:amibro...@yahoogroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Keith McCombs *Sent:* Friday, August 20, 2010 11:16 AM *To:* amibroker@yahoogroups.com

Re: [amibroker] How to use Plot from plugin dll

2010-08-19 Thread Keith McCombs
Ron -- I receive and save all postings via email. There were no responses to Dimaz's 7/20/10 posting other than yours. You might try contacting him directly, at kij...@gmail.com, to see he has made any progress. -- Keith On 8/19/2010 13:14, ronald davis wrote: I just now started to learn

Re: [amibroker] Re: Specified Optimizer Engine not found

2010-08-19 Thread Keith McCombs
@yahoogroups.com mailto:amibroker%40yahoogroups.com, Keith McCombs kmcco...@... wrote: I know. They were originally in two different directories. I rename to avoid conflict and so that I will know what one AB is looking for as in: CMAE.dll vs CMAE.dll.no On 8/19/2010 01:42, amiuser999 wrote: I don't

Re: [amibroker] Real-Time Data Exploration Problem

2010-08-18 Thread Keith McCombs
Tom -- In Automatic AnalysisSettingsBackester settingsGeneral, try setting Periodicity: to 1 minute. Alternatively, you can use TimeFrameSet() function (page 798 of .pdf file, Amibroker 5.20 User's Guide) and associated functions under SEE ALSO. Use it with: if(status(actionExplore)) {

Re: [amibroker] Re: req afl code for finding score for each stock find best score stocks by explore

2010-08-18 Thread Keith McCombs
DownTrend = (totalscore -40 AND totalscore **= -99); On 8/18/2010 20:32, Mubashar Virk wrote: Hi All, There is an error in the following code that I am somehow not able to fix. While running the explorer The Score and Trend columns match till I get a score of -60. the corresponding

Re: [amibroker] Re: req afl code for finding score for each stock find best score stocks by explore

2010-08-18 Thread Keith McCombs
BTW, you're going to have a similar problem when totalscore is exactly 40 or -40. Also I would use -100 and 100, just to cover all possibilities (if later code modifications make fractional totalscores possible). On 8/18/2010 21:29, Mubashar Virk wrote: :-) On 8/19/2010 6:15 AM, Keith

[amibroker] Specified Optimizer Engine not found

2010-08-18 Thread Keith McCombs
Using AB 5.30.4 32bit, I get an error message, /Specified Optimizer Engine not found/, when I specify, |OptimizerSetEngine(cmae);|. However, no problem with either trib or spso. I also have two CMAE.dll files (recent, 34,304bytes and older, 60,416bytes). Both are versions 1.0.0.1. Any help

Re: [amibroker] Specified Optimizer Engine not found

2010-08-18 Thread Keith McCombs
Oops, forgot to mention that OS is XP 64bit SP2. On 8/18/2010 23:12, Keith McCombs wrote: Using AB 5.30.4 32bit, I get an error message, /Specified Optimizer Engine not found/, when I specify, |OptimizerSetEngine(cmae);|. However, no problem with either trib or spso. I also have two CMAE.dll

Re: [amibroker] Re: Specified Optimizer Engine not found

2010-08-18 Thread Keith McCombs
directory ... --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com mailto:amibroker%40yahoogroups.com, Keith McCombs kmcco...@... wrote: Oops, forgot to mention that OS is XP 64bit SP2. On 8/18/2010 23:12, Keith McCombs wrote: Using AB 5.30.4 32bit, I get an error message, /Specified Optimizer Engine not found

Re: [amibroker] Max. Drawdowns greater than L. Tot. Loss?

2010-08-16 Thread Keith McCombs
Michael -- If you invest $10,000 in a stock and it drops to $6,000, but then returns to $9,000, and then you sell it, that stock has experienced a $4,000 MDD, but only a $1,000 loss. -- Keith On 8/16/2010 16:25, michaels_musings wrote: Hi All, This has me baffled. I run an optimization

Re: [amibroker] Re: Don't use AmiQuote ver 2.12 for Fundamental Data

2010-08-16 Thread Keith McCombs
The wish list is not the correct place to report the problem. Real problems should be submitted to Support. On 8/16/2010 16:00, donangiecarlson wrote: Have documented and submitted the fact the AmiQuote is retrieving incorrect data into AB.guess it goes into the infamous Wish List. I

Re: [amibroker] barcount help please

2010-08-07 Thread Keith McCombs
M D -- In the phrase for (i=startbar; iendbar;i++) neither startbar nor endbar can be arrays. I believe that, so far, both of them are arrays. You might want to redefine startbar and endbar to be something like this: startbar =

Re: [amibroker] Segregating AB files for 32bit and 64bit?

2010-08-07 Thread Keith McCombs
Dennis -- When you do a full install (not an upgrade), AB first asks where to install AB, and then asks where to install support files (including all .afl code, data bases, etc.). Ideally, you would put AB32 in one folder, AB64 in a second one, and AB support files in a third. The AB

Re: [amibroker] EOD exit

2010-08-06 Thread Keith McCombs
I have some questions: I thought that TimeNum() returned the time stamp of an existing bar, so that if you were using 1 minute bars, you would not get the signal until 125600, or with 5 minute bars until 13. Is that not correct? Wouldn't it be better to use either TimeNum() = 125500 (for

Re: [amibroker] EOD exit

2010-08-06 Thread Keith McCombs
, if (NewBar) { } inside a 5 minute chart will give a true value each minute. I needed to use: if (NewBar AND LastValue(round(Minute()/(Interval()/60)) - Minute()/(Interval()/60)) != 0) { } this will give a true value every 5 minutes inside a 5min chart. regards, Ed *From:* Keith McCombs mailto:kmcco

Re: [amibroker] The Speed of Optmization

2010-08-05 Thread Keith McCombs
Howard -- There are two problems with your solution: 1. You still get 400 optimizations instead of desired 210. 2. Secondvar is not conveniently numbered. -- Keith On 8/5/2010 11:13, Howard B wrote: Hi Kusnadi -- For an alternative method to insure that the second variable is always

Re: [amibroker] Re: Trading Systems, Position Sizing and Monte Carlo Analysis

2010-07-31 Thread Keith McCombs
Howard -- I take issue with your statement, /Think about it this way -- You have a profitable system. If you reduce your position size when trades have some profit and, on average, the trades go on to be more profitable, you forfeit some of the potential profit. If you reduce your position

Re: [amibroker] Running backtest in an indicator

2010-07-27 Thread Keith McCombs
Bruce -- I'm not Ed, but I sure would like to see this. I usually use equity charts when debugging code, and many times Equity() just adds to my confusion and I have to run a backtest and add the ~~~Equity chart to my display. -- Keith On 7/27/2010 15:10, Bruce wrote: Ed - I hesitated

Re: [amibroker] Shortcut keys

2010-07-25 Thread Keith McCombs
You might also try X-Keys by PI Engineering at http://xkeys.com. They make specialty key boards to use in addition to your normal keyboard. Very easy to setup and use. I highly recommend, for a very speedy operation. From time to time, you will see some for sale on ebay.com. But only at

Re: [amibroker] Re: New System Question

2010-07-24 Thread Keith McCombs
Perhaps the eVGA driver is compressing the data before transmitting on USB 2.0, followed by decompression in eVGA hardware? The specs for the card say, Features FeaturesLossless compression High-performance DDR Memory Ultra low power (Works off USB - USB Powered) No GPU / uses virtual

Re: [amibroker] Re: Backtest Report Long/Short trades columns?

2010-07-23 Thread Keith McCombs
= different outcome. Mike --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com mailto:amibroker%40yahoogroups.com, Keith McCombs kmccombs@ wrote: Ron -- You are using portfolio back testing. So, when your system goes long, it is reinvesting profits from previous long AND short trades. Likewise, when

Re: [amibroker] Re: Need help with understanding the logic behind an Amibroker code

2010-07-23 Thread Keith McCombs
Why don't you just post that part of the code that you don't understand? On 7/23/2010 16:05, perfecttip wrote: Anybody willing to offer some help ? --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com mailto:amibroker%40yahoogroups.com, perfecttip perfect...@... wrote: I have a code in Amibroker which I am

Re: [amibroker] Re: Backtest Report Long/Short trades columns?

2010-07-22 Thread Keith McCombs
Ron -- You are using portfolio back testing. So, when your system goes long, it is reinvesting profits from previous long AND short trades. Likewise, when your system goes short, it is reinvesting profits from previous short AND long trades. Life is good. -- Keith On 7/22/2010 10:02, Ron

Re: [amibroker] standard for average price

2010-07-12 Thread Keith McCombs
Then, it is probably better to ask your data vendor. On 7/12/2010 05:45, Deepak Patade wrote: Deepak Patade Not what i was looking for. I donot want the formula. I am getting it as a ready feed from my data vendor. I need to know what annotation does average price have in AMibroker

Re: *[amibroker] Getting a license for AB 64 bit experimental

2010-07-10 Thread Keith McCombs
Yes, that is what it means. If you upgrade your 'regular' 32bit edition to the 'professional' 32bit edition first, then you can try the 64bit 'professional' edition. There is no 'regular' 64bit edition. On 7/10/2010 09:39, gmorlosky wrote: This showed up in a past messege: AmiBroker

Re: [amibroker] Re: Optimizer and Backtester losing trades [1 Attachment]

2010-07-08 Thread Keith McCombs
Keith, I apparently didn't have non-logged in members able to view uploaded files :( It's been fixed. Michael --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com mailto:amibroker%40yahoogroups.com, Keith McCombs kmcco...@... wrote: Michael -- I went to your web site. via your link below. However, I couldn't

Re: AB and TOS -- RE: [amibroker] Re: Here's how to integrate AmiBroker with thinkorswim via DDE for real-time streaming quotes of options, etc.

2010-07-08 Thread Keith McCombs
Ken -- You can have what ever ticks you want. Use the Preferences Icon (looks like a gear). PreferencesIntradayCustom N-tick/N-volume/range chart settings -- Keith On 7/8/2010 13:19, Ken Close wrote: David: Thanks for the doc file with instructions. I just got my TOS data stream flowing

Re: [amibroker] Does Portfolio Backtester always use signal price?

2010-07-07 Thread Keith McCombs
You should not be using Stops at all for mutual funds. A Stop means stop right NOW. Do not wait one second more. But for mutual funds you HAVE to wait. So, just use Sell. On 7/7/2010 11:39, graphman27 wrote: I'm wondering if the Portfolio Backtester always uses signal price, regardless

Re: [amibroker] How to do multi-position scores to emulate multi-factor models ?

2010-07-07 Thread Keith McCombs
BGPL -- The 'elegant' and perhaps 'preferred' way to solve your problem is probably to use the CBT to do all the work. However, two possible ideas for quick and dirty or for proof of concept might be: 1. Use two different .afl programs. The first does a Backtest with Buy/Sell based on 'n'

Re: *[amibroker] Re: Does Portfolio Backtester always use signal price?

2010-07-07 Thread Keith McCombs
. --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com mailto:amibroker%40yahoogroups.com, Keith McCombs kmcco...@... wrote: You should not be using Stops at all for mutual funds. A Stop means stop right NOW. Do not wait one second more. But for mutual funds you HAVE to wait. So, just use Sell. On 7/7/2010 11:39

Re: [amibroker] Re: Speeding up AB with Windows Ready Boost

2010-07-07 Thread Keith McCombs
There was a good discussion of RAM DISKS, 12/15/09 - 12/17/09, on this forum. Remember, there are two types of RAM disk, hardware, and software only. I would expect that the hardware ones would be considerably faster than software only. But I don't have either. So that is mere expectation

Re: [amibroker] Optimizer and Backtester losing trades

2010-07-07 Thread Keith McCombs
Michael -- I went to your web site. via your link below. However, I couldn't find any of the files you refer to. Do I need a secret password or handshake? -- Keith On 7/7/2010 16:57, michaels_musings wrote: Anyone know how to get the Backtester and Optimizer to include all trades in

[amibroker] Missing or broken links on UserKB

2010-07-07 Thread Keith McCombs
http://www.amibroker.org/userkb/2007/04/24/setting-up-your-tws/ contains two links: http://www.amibroker.org/userkb/2007/04/24/setting-up-your-tws/trader-workstation-configuration/ and http://www.amibroker.org/userkb/2007/04/24/setting-up-your-tws/tws-auto-export-setup/ These last two are

Re: [amibroker] AmiBroker User's Guide in PDF format?

2010-07-01 Thread Keith McCombs
No answer yet. This question is worth repeating! -- Keith On 6/4/2010 06:54, Paolo wrote: Just wondering if and when the updated AmiBroker 5.30 PDF User's Guide will be released. Paolo

Re: [amibroker] Re: How to mix systems

2010-07-01 Thread Keith McCombs
was something with static variables, but I didn't grasp the concept. Another suggestion was from Keith Mccombs, suggestion one MASTER-AFL, to control the other afl's. #include afl1 #include afl2 === how do I match buy1 and sell2? BACKTESTING I believe that the issue above differs from

Re: [amibroker] Re: How to mix systems

2010-07-01 Thread Keith McCombs
a rocket to the moon, this little there needs to be possible. Thanks, M --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com mailto:amibroker%40yahoogroups.com, Keith McCombs kmcco...@... wrote: I've read a number of posts on the thread. And it seems to me that not everyone has the same meaning in mind when

Re: [amibroker] sigScaleOut is not selling half position

2010-06-29 Thread Keith McCombs
Reread the manual regarding sigScaleIn and sigScaleOut. sigScaleOut is used in Buy, not in Sell. When Sell sells, it sells entire position. On 6/29/2010 08:05, Prabu wrote: I'm trying to sell half of the position it currently holds. I've given .. PositionSize = IIf(Buy, -100, -50); Sell =

Re: [amibroker] Re: AmiBroker running stinking slow on super fast new system ???

2010-06-29 Thread Keith McCombs
50 times faster, is that what they told you? On 6/29/2010 09:49, gmorlosky wrote: I'm using alien technology (top secret Area 51 stuff) :-) --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com mailto:amibroker%40yahoogroups.com, Keith McCombs kmcco...@... wrote: Where on earth did you get the 50 times faster

Re: [amibroker] Re: How to mix systems

2010-06-29 Thread Keith McCombs
rise -- I think you forgot to add a link to the blog. On 6/29/2010 13:48, rise_t575 wrote: Here is a blog from a system trader sharing his experience who started out with Traders Studio (because it was less expensive than Trading Blox), then switched to AmiBroker, and finally ended up

Re: [amibroker] AmiBroker running stinking slow on super fast new system ???

2010-06-27 Thread Keith McCombs
Where on earth did you get the 50 times faster from? On 6/27/2010 08:26, gmorlosky wrote: I am very disappointed in the speed I am getting running an Explore in AmiBroker 5.20. Here is my example: Both units are running the same 32 bit version of Amibroker 5.20, running the same Explore I

Re: [amibroker] Add to watchlist

2010-06-27 Thread Keith McCombs
But you can. Right click on the watch list. First item on the new menu is Add selected symbol. What more do you want? On 6/27/2010 22:20, AmiBroker wrote: In spite of how much I like AB, I'm surprised that as of 5.3, one can still not click (right-click) on a chart and add it to the

Re: [amibroker] Re: Simulating a mouseclick from afl

2010-06-19 Thread Keith McCombs
Progster -- You bring up a point that has bugged me for years. Not just with AB but with most commercial software. When one is a beginner with any software package, unfamiliar 'features' are just 'bugs' for someone who doesn't need or want them (at least not yet). For example, with AB, the

Re: [amibroker] (unknown)

2010-06-10 Thread Keith McCombs
Why are these kinds of messages being allowed on the AB Yahoo forum? No subject, and no text, just a link. Looks like some sort of scam to me. I wouldn't dare click on the link below. BTW, this one came from ohneclue ohnec...@yahoo.com. On 6/10/2010 10:24, ohneclue wrote:

Re: [amibroker] (unknown)

2010-06-10 Thread Keith McCombs
we know that this is a SPAM attack and not a genuine message. Cheers Prashanth - Original Message - *From:* Keith McCombs mailto:kmcco...@engineer.com *To:* amibroker@yahoogroups.com mailto:amibroker@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Thursday, June 10, 2010 20:32 PM *Subject

Re: [amibroker] Re: Portfolio backtests are not valid?

2010-06-05 Thread Keith McCombs
only check the first 5, and if the positionsize is equal to 0, I don't enter the trade, if the position size is grreater than zero, I enter the trade. Doing it this way I have ranked the setups, not the trades. And I have backtested exactly as I trade. Regards Brenton Keith McCombs wrote

Re: [amibroker] Re: Portfolio backtests are not valid?

2010-06-05 Thread Keith McCombs
, have a look at MCO in the Files section of the group. Using all 4 cores of your machine may reduce your optimization time to a more manageable level, assuming that you don't overwhelm your cache ;) Mike --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com mailto:amibroker%40yahoogroups.com, Keith McCombs kmcco

Re: [amibroker] Re: Portfolio backtests are not valid?

2010-06-04 Thread Keith McCombs
I have been dealing with this very same problem for a few months now. My comments on Mike's three suggestions below. 1. This is the best suggestion for an accurate solution. Because you can actually test whether or not time order matters. Historical 1 minute data is available. You can

[amibroker] Missing data for one stock from IB.

2010-06-01 Thread Keith McCombs
I entered 11 stocks into one of my AB watch lists. For most of the 11, this was the first day for them to be in my IB data base. I started an explore. But only 10 of the eleven were listed. The eleven stocks were: ATPG, AUXL, CM, COCO, DV, HOS, LOPE, NE, OII, SMTC, TTEC. The one that was

Re: [amibroker] Missing data for one stock from IB.

2010-06-01 Thread Keith McCombs
No, I ran Explore many, many times. I ran it manually a few dozen times. And also set Run every at different intervals, 1, 2, and 5minutes. With Run every set, I could observe, new times and prices displayed in AA spread sheet for all other symbols. In the IB status box, lower right corner

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

2010-05-31 Thread Keith McCombs
TJ -- Does this mean that 64-bit version may be installed in any folder in a 64bit system, not just c:\Program Files\? If so, is that true for all 64bit programs or is AB64 a special case? Sorry, yes, I know its a bit off topic. And you're not here to support anything other than AB. But, I

Re: [amibroker] Re: new TWS, problems auto trading

2010-05-28 Thread Keith McCombs
This was released by TJ on 5/26/2010. See: http://www.amibroker.com/at/index.html http://www.amibroker.com/at/at1320beta.exe On 5/25/2010 13:22, Gray Bohon wrote: Any thoughts on when the IB Autotrading Interface might be updated for the latest version of TWS? They are currently on build 905.

[amibroker] User's Guide 5.30 in PDF format?

2010-05-27 Thread Keith McCombs
When should we expect to see the AB 5.30 User's Guide available in PDF format? I'm looking forward to it. Thank you, -- Keith

Re: [amibroker] 64-bit IQFeed / Interactive Brokers plugins

2010-05-22 Thread Keith McCombs
Personally, I don't see much of an advantage for having AB-64 for IB. I would be using it primarily for trading, and I need a relatively small database to do that. However, if one can acquire a very large data base with IQFeed, perhaps IQFeed should have preference over IB, for 64-bit

[amibroker] InCategory()

2010-05-22 Thread Keith McCombs
I would like to be able to code, Filter = InCategory(2) OR InCategory(5); AB has an InWatchList(), but no InCategory() function. I know I can copy all symbols from category 2 and 5 into a watch list and then use InWatchList(), or even use separate watch lists for each category. Either option

Re: [amibroker] Backtesting vs. Live Trade Reports

2010-05-21 Thread Keith McCombs
Steve -- You can set delays in your program which override the ones in 'Settings', by using SetTradeDelays(0,0,0,0);. There are many other 'Settings' that you can override programmatically as well. Go to AmiBrokerU.com, register for free, and download BoilerPlate.afl. You might also try,

Re: [amibroker] Re: AB/IQFeed #symbols Limit

2010-05-19 Thread Keith McCombs
Kurasake -- I don't use IQ feed, but IB instead. IB has a limit on 100tickers at a time. I can shut down the AB/IB connection. Then run an explore on the entire data base. Then run my program with Filter = InWatchList(WLnum), where there are less than 100 stocks in WLnum. It takes quite a

Re: [amibroker] Re: Understanding AB's OLE Automation Object Model

2010-05-18 Thread Keith McCombs
/opolda.htm or google com or ole datatype if you want to know generally about com. Go to codeproject.com and search for introduction to COM. A lot of code is in C. so you should have no problem understanding it. --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com mailto:amibroker%40yahoogroups.com, Keith McCombs

[amibroker] Understanding AB's OLE Automation Object Model

2010-05-17 Thread Keith McCombs
Hi -- I've been having real difficulty understanding OLE. I've printed out the description in the AB Users Manual and read it over and over many times. I'm afraid it is just too brief, and assumes a level of programming experience which I do not have (Although I have over 20 years experience

Re: [amibroker] Programmatically Add New Symbol to Database

2010-05-14 Thread Keith McCombs
B S -- Code snippit below works for me. AB = CreateObject(Broker.Application); ASS = AB.stocks; // add all stocks in list to database DBAstkcnt = 0; // used later for how many fh1 = fopen(filename, r); if(fh1){ while(!feof(fh1)){ line = fgets(fh1); if(StrLen(Line)1){

Re: [amibroker] Formula Editor...annoying problem...all green text

2010-05-14 Thread Keith McCombs
Todd -- Yes, I have had this happen. It usually fixes itself without my needing to close and re-open though. Yes, it is annoying. The fix?? -- Keith On 5/14/2010 19:22, toddk63 wrote: Some of my afl's, particularly long ones, will turn to all green text when I edit them. the color coded

Re: [amibroker] IB: Exit all long positions automatically at 15:00 - 15:30

2010-05-02 Thread Keith McCombs
Leif -- InteractiveBrokers allows one to buy or sell using, MOC, Market On Close, and LOC, Limit On Close, orders. However, I don't know if this works using the AmiBrokers IB controller. If you are interested and find out, please let the rest of us know. -- Keith On 5/1/2010 15:07, Leif P

Re: [amibroker] Re: Easy data refresh?

2010-04-30 Thread Keith McCombs
Kurasake -- Could it be that you might have a hardware problem? To test you RAM, run MemTest86+ at least overnight. Free from: http://www.memtest.org/ and your hard drive(s), run SpinRite. $89US from: http://www.grc.com/cs/prepurch.htm This is an excellent product, though a bit expensive and

Re: [amibroker] How do I get the lowest low price of the previous 3 bars?

2010-04-29 Thread Keith McCombs
LLV(L, 4); On 4/29/2010 09:49, flapjack_666 wrote: Hi all, I need your help for what I am hoping is a simple question! I have a trading system which places a Buy order and I want to set a stop order at the lowest low of the previous 4 bars i.e the bar which I bought on and the previous 3

Re: [amibroker] Re: Confusion with an array referencing itself.

2010-04-23 Thread Keith McCombs
to validate anything I write, so as not to lead anyone astray. Mike --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com mailto:amibroker%40yahoogroups.com, Keith McCombs kmcco...@... wrote: Mike -- I didn't know that, Buy = Ref( Buy, -1 ) is not ambiguous. It will behave exactly has you have proposed in your

Re: [amibroker] Re: Confusion with an array referencing itself.

2010-04-23 Thread Keith McCombs
Janeczko amibroker.com On 2010-04-23 18:57, Keith McCombs wrote: Mike -- Yes, temporary arrays are discussed on the link you referred to. However, the link does not explicitly discuss the situation where the the same array is on both left and right side of an equation, as in Buy = Ref(Buy, -1

Re: [amibroker] Re: Confusion with an array referencing itself.

2010-04-23 Thread Keith McCombs
regards, Tomasz Janeczko amibroker.com On 2010-04-23 20:06, Keith McCombs wrote: TJ -- Thank you for Explicitly saying, There is NO difference what is on the left side . It does not matter if expression includes same variable as on right side. The entire (right-side) expression is FIRST

Re: [amibroker] Re: AFL Learning Curve

2010-04-23 Thread Keith McCombs
Benjamin -- Previously, you mentioned other programming languages. IMHO, trying to learn from them either before or during your efforts with AB, will just add to possible confusion and slow you down. Just concentrate on AB. That will work best. -- Keith On 4/23/2010 08:12, Benjamin wrote:

Re: [amibroker] Amibroker VSA

2010-04-22 Thread Keith McCombs
So, Dick, wouldn't have been real easy to have just gone ahead and supplied a link to the group? http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/amibrokervsa/ Notice, there is no space between amibroker and vsa! -- Keith On 4/22/2010 10:34, Richard wrote: I was pleasantly surprised at the strong

Re: [amibroker] Re: Confusion with an array referencing itself.

2010-04-22 Thread Keith McCombs
--- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com mailto:amibroker%40yahoogroups.com, Keith McCombs kmcco...@... wrote: I gave this thread a new name because TJ's response brought up a much more general concern, for me, than the original title expressed. I thought that statements such as Buy = ref( Buy, -1 ); were

[amibroker] Confusion with an array referencing itself.

2010-04-21 Thread Keith McCombs
I gave this thread a new name because TJ's response brought up a much more general concern, for me, than the original title expressed. I thought that statements such as Buy = ref( Buy, -1 ); were ambiguous and therefore should not be used. The reason being that if the array valuation moves

[amibroker] Why DebugView?

2010-04-21 Thread Keith McCombs
Are there any advantages to using DebugView over viewing _Trace() output in the Log window? If so, what? Thanks. -- Keith

Re: [amibroker] Programmatically export AAExplore results to file?

2010-04-18 Thread Keith McCombs
Herman -- Thank you for the suggestion. I especially like how you determine that you're on the last stock in a list. I've been wondering about that for a while, thinking ahead for my next project. I was thinking I might have to use CBT, but really don't need it for backtesting. However,

Re: [amibroker] Programmatically export AAExplore results to file?

2010-04-18 Thread Keith McCombs
Vlad -- Looks good. I'll give it a try. BTW, what does the psz in pszFileName mean? And how is pszFileName different from FileName? Thanks again for your help on this. -- Keith On 4/18/2010 02:11, Vladislav Titov wrote: Hello Keith. You can use following OLE method of Analysis object

Re: [amibroker] Real time trading - questions on practicality

2010-04-17 Thread Keith McCombs
B S -- I understand your desire to automate multiple intraday strategies. So, regarding your four questions. 1. I wouldn't reject the idea of combining strategies into one afl. Because: 1.1 It is easy to do. Just put each of your systems in a separate .afl file, and have one master

[amibroker] Programmatically export AAExplore results to file?

2010-04-17 Thread Keith McCombs
Does anyone know if there is a way to programmatically export AAExplore results to file? Thanks for any help on this. -- Keith

Re: [amibroker] Re: Change last value of array

2010-04-15 Thread Keith McCombs
mbausys knows what he wants, and so does Dimitris Tsokakis. See: http://f1.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/EEbHS9GZNYAUkPB7D11Tx7riiyQ8BgojHngS1SGZB9mY-3RWaSdl4OerNjyAd-8A22BfW6m3WOcrJ_EjcNkIi03CsERWsTfWrqQ/Cross%20Predictions.txt and http://www.amibroker.com/members/library/detail.php?id=286 They aren't

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