Re: [amibroker] Re: Speed the database!?

2008-07-22 Thread Louis Préfontaine
to scan 1000 symbols on my end using QP2 database. Best regards, Tomasz Janeczko amibroker.com - Original Message - From: Louis Préfontaine To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com amibroker%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 2:00 AM Subject: Re: [amibroker] Speed

Re: [amibroker] Easy question again

2008-07-22 Thread Louis Préfontaine
Euh... sorry. I meant EMPTY, not zero. It seems like it does not return a numeric value. Louis 2008/7/22 Louis Préfontaine [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi, I tried this: Instead of LowestClose= LLV(C, Period) I wrote LowestClose= Ref (LLV(C, Period),-5); but for some reason about one third

Re: [amibroker] Easy question again

2008-07-22 Thread Louis Préfontaine
+Curclosetopastclose+ - curclosetopastclose, colorBlue); Plot(CurRSI_To_RSIatLowestClose, \n +CurRSI_To_RSIatLowestClose+ - CurRSI_To_RSIatLowestClose, colorRed); Louis 2008/7/22 Louis Préfontaine [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Euh... sorry. I meant EMPTY, not zero. It seems like it does not return a numeric value

Re: [amibroker] Re: Speed the database!?

2008-07-22 Thread Louis Préfontaine
- Original Message - *From:* Louis Préfontaine [EMAIL PROTECTED] *To:* amibroker@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Tuesday, July 22, 2008 1:48 PM *Subject:* Re: [amibroker] Re: Speed the database!? It used to work fine before. Maybe it's because I'm running on 1-minute with lot of signals

Re: [amibroker] Easy question again

2008-07-22 Thread Louis Préfontaine
Anyone could test this code; must be something really easy to arrange... but what exactly?! That's the question. Thanks a lot! Louis 2008/7/22 Louis Préfontaine [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Here is the complete code so anyone can test it: Period = 30; LowestClose= Ref (LLV(C, Period),-5

Re: [amibroker] Speed the database!?

2008-07-21 Thread Louis Préfontaine
- Original Message - *From:* Louis Préfontaine [EMAIL PROTECTED] *To:* amibroker@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Monday, July 21, 2008 1:54 AM *Subject:* Re: [amibroker] Speed the database!? Hi Tomasz, I thought that once I imported Metastock files the data was going into my AB database. In fact

[amibroker] Easy question again

2008-07-21 Thread Louis Préfontaine
Hi, Another easy question here. (I'm still juggling with the difficult things and thanks again to the people who helped me; but why not add this little twist while I'm here). I'd like to use to know how to use valuewhen to make it possible to know what was the price at a particular time. I had

Re: [amibroker] Easy question again

2008-07-21 Thread Louis Préfontaine
@yahoogroups.com amibroker%40yahoogroups.com [mailto: amibroker@yahoogroups.com amibroker%40yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Louis Préfontaine Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 11:02 PM To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com amibroker%40yahoogroups.com Subject: [amibroker] Easy question again Hi, Another easy

Re: [amibroker] Easy question again

2008-07-21 Thread Louis Préfontaine
help is greatly appreciated. Louis 2008/7/21 Louis Préfontaine [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Thanks, I added the two following plot to the formula: Period = 20; LowestClose= LLV(C, Period); RSIatLowestClose = ValueWhen(LowestClose, RSI(15)); CurCloseToPastClose = C / LowestClose

Re: [amibroker] Easy question again

2008-07-21 Thread Louis Préfontaine
@yahoogroups.com amibroker%40yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Louis Préfontaine Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 11:51 PM To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com amibroker%40yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [amibroker] Easy question again Thanks, I added the two following plot to the formula: Period = 20

Re: [amibroker] Easy question again

2008-07-21 Thread Louis Préfontaine
, or yesterday and the days before). That may be very useful. How would one do that? I tried this: LowestClose= LLV(C, Period) AND NOT Ref (C,-1) AND NOT Ref (C,-2) AND NOT Ref (C,-3) AND NOT Ref (C,-4); but it is a failure... Thanks again! Louis 2008/7/21 Louis Préfontaine [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Thanks

Re: [amibroker] Intraday versus EOD technique - help for a newbie please

2008-07-21 Thread Louis Préfontaine
Hi, I think this is as easy as this. But beware; most real-time data provider will allow you to have only a limited number of tickers in real-time. E.g. it is 500 for DTN. Louis 2008/7/21 triplephile [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Been using Amibroker (Pro) in EOD mode for over a year now so getting

Re: [amibroker] Speed the database!?

2008-07-20 Thread Louis Préfontaine
Also, when I right-click to change the time displayed, it takes 3-4 seconds and lot of loading... Any way to speed this? Thanks, Louis 2008/7/16 Louis Préfontaine [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi Tomasz, I am using data that has already been downloaded with QCollector. Hence, I am running

Re: [amibroker] Speed the database!?

2008-07-20 Thread Louis Préfontaine
Janeczko amibroker.com - Original Message - *From:* Louis Préfontaine [EMAIL PROTECTED] *To:* amibroker@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Sunday, July 20, 2008 4:05 PM *Subject:* Re: [amibroker] Speed the database!? Also, when I right-click to change the time displayed, it takes 3-4 seconds

Re: [amibroker] Speed the database!?

2008-07-20 Thread Louis Préfontaine
Right now I am trying to scroll and it takes like 10 seconds (no joke!) to move... And I hear my computer loading, loading, loading... Hmm... Louis 2008/7/20 Louis Préfontaine [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi Tomasz, I thought that once I imported Metastock files the data was going into my AB

Re: [amibroker] Re: Paul Ho: Memory Challenges with Great Ranking Tool

2008-07-18 Thread Louis Préfontaine
. Best regards, Tomasz Janeczko amibroker.com - Original Message - *From:* Louis Préfontaine [EMAIL PROTECTED] *To:* amibroker@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Monday, July 14, 2008 11:39 PM *Subject:* Re: [amibroker] Re: Paul Ho: Memory Challenges with Great Ranking Tool I think you don't

[amibroker] Timenum and array

2008-07-18 Thread Louis Préfontaine
Hi, I'd like to set a code to be out of the market at the close. The particularity is that I can't use timenum()155800 because the code is an array and it does not work that way. Here is where I'd like to put that (only an example): if( ( Low[ i ] = ( 1 - TrailingStop * 0.01 ) * highsincebuy)

[amibroker] Re: Timenum and array

2008-07-18 Thread Louis Préfontaine
Anyone? Thanks, Louis 2008/7/18 Louis Préfontaine [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi, I'd like to set a code to be out of the market at the close. The particularity is that I can't use timenum()155800 because the code is an array and it does not work that way. Here is where I'd like to put

Re: [amibroker] Re: Easy question here

2008-07-17 Thread Louis Préfontaine
; // volume also needed for MFI Close = Foreign(fname, C); Volume = Foreign(fname, V myMFI = MFI(periods); //This is where it is problematic Close = Temp1; Volume = Temp2; Best regards, Tomasz Janeczko amibroker.com - Original Message - *From:* Louis Préfontaine [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [amibroker] Speed the database!?

2008-07-16 Thread Louis Préfontaine
scan with wait for backfill PRIOR to market open. Once you initialy scan all symbol UNCHECK wait for backfill and scans will fun blazing fast. Best regards, Tomasz Janeczko amibroker.com - Original Message - *From:* Louis Préfontaine [EMAIL PROTECTED] *To:* amibroker

Re: [amibroker] What a Great Ranking Tool

2008-07-16 Thread Louis Préfontaine
Of Louis Préfontaine Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 12:08 PM To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com amibroker%40yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [amibroker] What a Great Ranking Tool Hi, Let's say I want to sort them by how close they are to their 52 weeks high. How would you do that? I am not sure

Re: [amibroker] Re: Easy question here

2008-07-16 Thread Louis Préfontaine
%40yahoogroups.com, Louis Préfontaine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Easy question here: how to write the RSI of a foreign ticker? Thanks, Louis

Re: [amibroker] Re: Easy question here

2008-07-16 Thread Louis Préfontaine
BTW, is it possible to do this with other indicators, considering I think only RSI has RSIa... I'd like to do the same with MFI and other indicators, but not sure how to do it. Thanks, Louis 2008/7/16 Louis Préfontaine [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Thanks! It works well. Louis 2008/7/14 Barry

Re: [amibroker] Automatic reliable Selling on Close of Bar

2008-07-16 Thread Louis Préfontaine
Hi, I think you can't go under the minimum timeframe of your database. If you use 5-minute bars, then you can't go under 5-minutes. Unless I am wrong, I would suggest a % adjustment for slippage instead. Best of luck, Louis 2008/7/16 Peter Braun [EMAIL PROTECTED]: How can I sell reliable

Re: [amibroker] Re: Easy question here

2008-07-16 Thread Louis Préfontaine
amibroker.com - Original Message - *From:* Louis Préfontaine [EMAIL PROTECTED] *To:* amibroker@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Wednesday, July 16, 2008 7:56 PM *Subject:* Re: [amibroker] Re: Easy question here BTW, is it possible to do this with other indicators, considering I think only RSI has RSIa

Re: [amibroker] re:Intraday data

2008-07-14 Thread Louis Préfontaine
Hi Tim, I had the same problem. This is why I subscribed to QCollector ( http://www.mechtrading.com/qcollector/esignal/index.htm ) to download my quotes from DTN. I contacted DTN support to tell them about this problem. I suggest you do the same (the more people tell them, more quickly they

Re: [amibroker] Re: Paul Ho: Memory Challenges with Great Ranking Tool

2008-07-14 Thread Louis Préfontaine
Hi, Glenn: Do I have to be a member of amibroker-dll to get the OSAKA_105 plugin? It sure seems like a nice feature... So, you believe it would do exactly what I need, I mean: it will select the 500 stocks by ranking based on my conditions for EOD day 1 then apply my system for day 2, then do

Re: [amibroker] Re: re:Intraday data

2008-07-14 Thread Louis Préfontaine
--- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com amibroker%40yahoogroups.com, Louis Préfontaine rockprog80@ wrote: Hi Tim, I had the same problem. This is why I subscribed to QCollector ( http://www.mechtrading.com/qcollector/esignal/index.htm ) to download my quotes from DTN. I contacted DTN support

Re: [amibroker] Re: Paul Ho: Memory Challenges with Great Ranking Tool

2008-07-14 Thread Louis Préfontaine
This is not possible. I have to backtest each daily bar considering the top 500 has been chosen. 2008/7/14 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: So create a watchlist with the top 500 - Original Message - From: Louis Préfontaine Date: Monday, July 14, 2008 4:56 pm Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re

Re: [amibroker] Re: Paul Ho: Memory Challenges with Great Ranking Tool

2008-07-14 Thread Louis Préfontaine
This is what we are trying to do, precisely... 2008/7/14 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: So write an AFL to create a WatchList with the top 500 and use that as input to whatever else you are doing - Original Message - From: Louis Préfontaine Date: Monday, July 14, 2008 4:56 pm Subject: Re

Re: [amibroker] Re: Paul Ho: Memory Challenges with Great Ranking Tool

2008-07-14 Thread Louis Préfontaine
of the 500 tradables that were closest to their 52 Week High as of today ... What did I miss ? - Original Message - From: Louis Préfontaine Date: Monday, July 14, 2008 5:17 pm Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: Paul Ho: Memory Challenges with Great Ranking Tool To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com

Re: [amibroker] Re: Paul Ho: Memory Challenges with Great Ranking Tool

2008-07-14 Thread Louis Préfontaine
factor for whatever else you are doing intraday - Original Message - From: Louis Préfontaine Date: Monday, July 14, 2008 5:30 pm Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: Paul Ho: Memory Challenges with Great Ranking Tool To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Yes, this is exactly what I need. A code

Re: [amibroker] Re: Paul Ho: Memory Challenges with Great Ranking Tool

2008-07-14 Thread Louis Préfontaine
AFL 2 ( BackTest ) based on the Watchlist built above - Original Message - From: Louis Préfontaine Date: Monday, July 14, 2008 5:39 pm Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: Paul Ho: Memory Challenges with Great Ranking Tool To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com I think you don't understand. As I

[amibroker] Easy question here

2008-07-14 Thread Louis Préfontaine
Hi, Easy question here: how to write the RSI of a foreign ticker? Thanks, Louis

Re: [amibroker] Re: Paul Ho: Memory Challenges with Great Ranking Tool

2008-07-13 Thread Louis Préfontaine
Graham Kav AFL Writing Service http://www.aflwriting.com 2008/7/13 Louis Préfontaine [EMAIL PROTECTED] rockprog80%40gmail.com : Hi Graham, What exactly is a multi pass method and how can I use composite to get exactly the 500 tickers I want to trade each day? I'm really confused about

Re: [amibroker] Re: Paul Ho: Memory Challenges with Great Ranking Tool

2008-07-13 Thread Louis Préfontaine
at a certain time each day. -- Cheers Graham Kav AFL Writing Service http://www.aflwriting.com 2008/7/14 Louis Préfontaine [EMAIL PROTECTED] rockprog80%40gmail.com : Hi, Thanks to you two for your responses. @Ara: I think I could achieve this (well I may need some help

Re: [amibroker] Re: Paul Ho: Memory Challenges with Great Ranking Tool

2008-07-13 Thread Louis Préfontaine
manually sort the exploration results with just a click or make it more sophisticated and automatically update watchlist using more complex code. Suggest keep things simple. - Original Message - *From:* Louis Préfontaine [EMAIL PROTECTED] *To:* amibroker@yahoogroups.com *Sent

Re: [amibroker] Re: Paul Ho: Memory Challenges with Great Ranking Tool

2008-07-13 Thread Louis Préfontaine
facilities that are not perfect, but very very useful. - Original Message - *From:* Louis Préfontaine [EMAIL PROTECTED] *To:* amibroker@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Sunday, July 13, 2008 5:11 PM *Subject:* Re: [amibroker] Re: Paul Ho: Memory Challenges with Great Ranking Tool Hi Ara

Re: [amibroker] Re: Can't Backfill IB Data on Monday while Could Last Friday

2008-07-13 Thread Louis Préfontaine
Hi, Did you try to erase the ticker and enter it back then backfill it? Louis 2008/7/13 spaceant888 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Error message show: Plugin status Connected OK Last message from TWS: TICKER NAME, 322, Error processing request:-¡¥ub¡¦ : cause ¡V Duplicate ticker ID for API

Re: [amibroker] Re: Jim's US-stocks database unavailable?

2008-07-12 Thread Louis Préfontaine
in the Knowledge Base http://www.amibroker.com/kb/2006/09/01/how-to-change-property-for-multiple-symbols-at-once/ Best regards, Tomasz Janeczko amibroker.com - Original Message - From: Louis Préfontaine To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com amibroker%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 11

Re: [amibroker] Jim's US-stocks database unavailable?

2008-07-12 Thread Louis Préfontaine
as presented in the Knowledge Base http://www.amibroker.com/kb/2006/09/01/how-to-change-property-for-multiple-symbols-at-once/ Best regards, Tomasz Janeczko amibroker.com - Original Message - *From:* Louis Préfontaine [EMAIL PROTECTED] *To:* amibroker@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Friday, July

Re: [amibroker] Re: Layers and ma's

2008-07-12 Thread Louis Préfontaine
amibroker%40yahoogroups.com, Louis Préfontaine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Christopher, I am not sure to understand your question. Can you be more precise? Thanks, Louis 2008/7/10 Christopher [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi, I don't know if anybody can help but is there some code

Re: [amibroker] operational issue.

2008-07-12 Thread Louis Préfontaine
Hi, I don't know how to deal with this issue, but the first thing to do is to get the latest version. I too had problems with 5.14 and it works better with 5.15. Hope it helps. Louis 2008/7/12 John J [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hello, I experience a problem in running AA for 150 symbols. I have

[amibroker] Ranking 500 tickers

2008-07-12 Thread Louis Préfontaine
Hi, I asked a similar question but I was not precise enough and/or I didn't receive any reply that would explain how to do it. I want to rank my list of tickers to find the 500 tickers which their close was closest to HHV of 52 weeks. How can I do this? Thanks, Louis

Re: [amibroker] What a Great Ranking Tool

2008-07-11 Thread Louis Préfontaine
Rank is the variable holding the rank value. Then Buy = Rank = 500 AND some other buying condition. Ken -- *From:* amibroker@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Louis Préfontaine *Sent:* Saturday, July 05, 2008 10:17 PM *To:* amibroker

Re: [amibroker] how to change volume in 1min. intraday data?

2008-07-11 Thread Louis Préfontaine
Hi, Not sure if I can help you, but I will try. Did you try the import wizard where you can modify each number after each comma? Louis 2008/7/11 gsmservplus [EMAIL PROTECTED]: hi, i`ve got txt files with cme,cbot and nymex futures intraday 1 minute historical data. there are data in

Re: [amibroker] Re: how to change volume in 1min. intraday data?

2008-07-11 Thread Louis Préfontaine
amibroker%40yahoogroups.com, Louis Préfontaine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Not sure if I can help you, but I will try. Did you try the import wizard where you can modify each number after each comma? Louis 2008/7/11 gsmservplus [EMAIL PROTECTED]: hi, i`ve got txt files

Re: [amibroker] Re: how to change volume in 1min. intraday data?

2008-07-11 Thread Louis Préfontaine
Of *Louis Préfontaine *Sent:* Friday, July 11, 2008 3:56 PM *To:* amibroker@yahoogroups.com *Subject:* Re: [amibroker] Re: how to change volume in 1min. intraday data? Hi, My idea is this (I have absolutely no idea if it would work, but it may be worth a try): Use the import wizard and select

[amibroker] Jim's US-stocks database unavailable?

2008-07-11 Thread Louis Préfontaine
Hi, I've been trying to re-download Jim's US-stocks database but it seems like I need a password to get to his site. Anyone had the same problem? I'm still trying to set my database so it would use Jim's category but deleting the .OB as my data provider does not take that. I know we discussed

Re: [amibroker] Jim's US-stocks database unavailable?

2008-07-11 Thread Louis Préfontaine
will CORRUPT them and cause many weird problems. Do NOT touch AmiBroker binary files. Best regards, Tomasz Janeczko amibroker.com - Original Message - *From:* Louis Préfontaine [EMAIL PROTECTED] *To:* amibroker@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Friday, July 11, 2008 10:21 PM *Subject:* [amibroker

Re: [amibroker] Layers and ma's

2008-07-10 Thread Louis Préfontaine
Hi Christopher, I am not sure to understand your question. Can you be more precise? Thanks, Louis 2008/7/10 Christopher [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi, I don't know if anybody can help but is there some code that could be added to a ma so that it can be on a particular layer (as it can be done

Re: [amibroker] Re: Sector Analysis

2008-07-09 Thread Louis Préfontaine
%40yahoogroups.com, Louis Préfontaine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Brian, I hope I understood your first paragraph correctly, and if it is the case, then I'll do my best. Thank you for sharing your ideas. But even if you say this is not discretionnary trading, how can you backtest

[amibroker] Question concerning speed

2008-07-08 Thread Louis Préfontaine
Hi, I used to work with 15-minute bars but now I switched to 1-minute bars. The main problem I face now is speed. It can take 5 minutes to run a simple backtest with three months of data. I'm not even thinking about optimizing. I have a 1.5 GHz and 3.0 GHz RAM. Anyone has anything to

Re: [amibroker] Re: Sector Analysis

2008-07-08 Thread Louis Préfontaine
Hi Brian, I really enjoyed reading your last post. You said that you are limited when talking english... well you sure talk well enough for me to understand you even if I am *very* limited in that matter. The thing that strucked me in your post is the time question. That's somethingthat have

Re: [amibroker] Re: Sector Analysis

2008-07-08 Thread Louis Préfontaine
Hi Brian, I hope I understood your first paragraph correctly, and if it is the case, then I'll do my best. Thank you for sharing your ideas. But even if you say this is not discretionnary trading, how can you backtest and really optimize or test a strategy that rely on visual and discretionary

Re: [amibroker] What a Great Ranking Tool

2008-07-05 Thread Louis Préfontaine
Hi everyone, This seem interesting. Is there a way to add this to a backtest so the backtest would consider let's say the 500 best results? I'll try to be more clear: if I can spot a condition for having a symbol in my watchlist but I want a maximum of 500 tickers in my watchlist, can I do this

[amibroker] Stupid question

2008-07-05 Thread Louis Préfontaine
Hi, For some reason I can't do that well. I'd like to be able to make a calculation referring to the close before yesterday. I tried to set a variable: e.g. var = ref (c,-1)and then to make a reference to it: var*0.99 xxxbut it does not work... Anyone know how to do that? Thanks,

Re: [amibroker] What a Great Ranking Tool

2008-07-05 Thread Louis Préfontaine
. I know this is not what you wanted or expected to hear but that is what the situation is. HTH, Ken -- *From:* amibroker@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Louis Préfontaine *Sent:* Saturday, July 05, 2008 8:17 PM *To:* amibroker

Re: [amibroker] Re: Buyprice and sellprice...

2008-07-03 Thread Louis Préfontaine
, Tomasz Janeczko amibroker.com - Original Message - *From:* Louis Préfontaine [EMAIL PROTECTED] *To:* amibroker@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Thursday, July 03, 2008 5:27 AM *Subject:* Re: [amibroker] Re: Buyprice and sellprice... Hi all, Wow what a nice thread! I feel like I finally asked

Re: [amibroker] Re: Buyprice and sellprice...

2008-07-02 Thread Louis Préfontaine
http://www.aflwriting.com 2008/7/2 Louis Préfontaine rockprog80@: Hi, But is it possible to set the backtester to consider that the buyprice was let's say 1% higher than the Close on the bar the trade was made? That's what I tried to do. If it's complicated, I can live

[amibroker] Buyprice and sellprice...

2008-07-01 Thread Louis Préfontaine
Hi, I have been trying to set a formula for slippage: SetTradeDelays( 1, 1, 1, 1 ); BuyPrice = C*1.01; SellPrice = C*0.99; It doesn't work at all. I tried to write C*50 just for fun, but it didn't change the buyprice at all. What can possibly be wrong? Thanks, Louis

Re: [amibroker] Re: Timeframeset question

2008-07-01 Thread Louis Préfontaine
, 2008, at 10:01 PM, Louis Préfontaine wrote: Anyone? What I want to do is simple. I am working with 1-minute data but want to check for HHV of daily value. I want to use current daily value; e.g. if it is 10:30 AM then 10:30 AM value would be the indaily close. How can I do this? Thanks

[amibroker] Using peaks of volume

2008-07-01 Thread Louis Préfontaine
Hi again, Another question is puzzling me. Tried to find the answer in the manual, but didn't found' it. Luckily, this one should be easy for most experienced users. I want to get the HHV of volume of a bar HHV (V,25) but then be able to reference the bar before that or after that. Is it

Re: [amibroker] Buyprice and sellprice...

2008-07-01 Thread Louis Préfontaine
Also the prices may be outside than the bar range in which case the closer of high or low is used if you have the PriceBoundChecking on -- Cheers Graham Kav AFL Writing Service http://www.aflwriting.com 2008/7/1 Louis Préfontaine [EMAIL PROTECTED] rockprog80%40gmail.com : Hi, I have

Re: [amibroker] Re: Using peaks of volume

2008-07-01 Thread Louis Préfontaine
PROTECTED] sidhartha70%40yahoo.com: Use something like, BarsSince(HHV(V,25)); --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com amibroker%40yahoogroups.com, Louis Préfontaine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi again, Another question is puzzling me. Tried to find the answer in the manual

Re: [amibroker] NEW USER - simple question.......

2008-07-01 Thread Louis Préfontaine
The secret of infinite wealth.. That would be nice. Please put me on the list of people interested in getting that for free. ;-) Louis 2008/7/1 Donald F Lindberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]: There is no single formula that will make you rich. There is no holy Grail A trader must discover his

Re: [amibroker] Re: Using peaks of volume

2008-07-01 Thread Louis Préfontaine
Hi, I tried Bar0 = HHV (V,25); instead of Bar0 = ValueWhen( HHVBars(H,25)==0, V); and it seems to work. However, it's kind of complicated. Do you know any formula to avoid such big and non-relevant exchange of shares? Thank you, Louis 2008/7/1 Louis Préfontaine [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi

Re: [amibroker] Re: Using peaks of volume

2008-07-01 Thread Louis Préfontaine
have a volume 10 (or 20) times higher than the bar before and the bar after. There must be a way to do this, but I am not sure how. Thanks again, Louis 2008/7/1 Louis Préfontaine [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi Graham, What I am trying to do is to spot fake volume; that is, when there is a big

Re: [amibroker] Re: Buyprice and sellprice...

2008-07-01 Thread Louis Préfontaine
of high or low is used if you have the PriceBoundChecking on -- Cheers Graham Kav AFL Writing Service http://www.aflwriting.com 2008/7/1 Louis Préfontaine [EMAIL PROTECTED] rockprog80% 40gmail.com : Hi, I have been trying to set a formula for slippage

Re: [amibroker] Buyprice and sellprice...

2008-07-01 Thread Louis Préfontaine
trades taken should reflect real life situation. Maybe I am adding more than you are asking, or have missed the point. Can only answer based on level of detail provided. -- Cheers Graham Kav AFL Writing Service http://www.aflwriting.com 2008/7/2 Louis Préfontaine [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [amibroker] Re: Using peaks of volume

2008-07-01 Thread Louis Préfontaine
wanted to define the problematic bar as a bar that would have a volume 10 (or 20) times higher than the bar before and the bar after. There must be a way to do this, but I am not sure how. Thanks again, Louis 2008/7/1 Louis Préfontaine [EMAIL PROTECTED]rockprog80%40gmail.com

Re: [amibroker] Re: Buyprice and sellprice...

2008-07-01 Thread Louis Préfontaine
. I also more often than not write out a flow chart to map all decisions, inputs, outputs, calculations etc. -- Cheers Graham Kav AFL Writing Service http://www.aflwriting.com 2008/7/2 Louis Préfontaine [EMAIL PROTECTED] rockprog80%40gmail.com : Hi Adrian, Thanks for your suggestion

Re: [amibroker] Re: Anyone has problems when using metastock files imported with newest version?

2008-06-28 Thread Louis Préfontaine
optimization on them. I would think optimization would work. Maybe something wrong with your code. Post it. John --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com amibroker%40yahoogroups.com, Louis Préfontaine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Strangely, each time I run an optimization or WFA on files

Re: [amibroker] Re: Timeframeset question

2008-06-28 Thread Louis Préfontaine
instead of current day... Thanks, Louis 2008/6/16 Louis Préfontaine [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Ok, I found an example by Tomasz which helped me a lot: Tomasz Janeczko tj −−at−− amibroker.com 2004−06−03 04:35:37 TimeFrameSet(in15Minute); MA10_15Min=MA(Close,10); TimeFrameRestore(); Buy=Cross

Re: [amibroker] Re: Questions for people using automatic transactions with IB

2008-06-23 Thread Louis Préfontaine
Hi, I wonder if the problems with HFAT can happen in « normal » trading. I mean: if I trade with 1-minute bars, I will build a system with data that has been revised at the end of the day. E.g. the data errors will not be there anymore. However, in real-time trading, those errors will be

Re: [amibroker] Re: Questions for people using automatic transactions with IB

2008-06-23 Thread Louis Préfontaine
contract is at least somewhat liquid) that these errors should pretty much cancel out and stop being a problem. - Original Message - From: Louis Préfontaine [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 9:40 AM Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re

Re: [amibroker] Re: Questions for people using automatic transactions with IB

2008-06-23 Thread Louis Préfontaine
signals from the raw data, and execute the order prices on the corrected data. And don't forget to take into account the time lag between the raw data showing up, and the time of execution on the corrected data. BR, Dennis On Jun 23, 2008, at 1:37 PM, Louis Préfontaine wrote: Hi Herman, I

Re: [amibroker] Re: Questions for people using automatic transactions with IB

2008-06-23 Thread Louis Préfontaine
I'm trying to find information about how to set AB to be able to try automatic transactions on IB demo. Anyone know where I could find that? Re-thanks Louis 2008/6/23 Louis Préfontaine [EMAIL PROTECTED]: OMG that seems very complicated. How do you do to do that? Louis 2008/6/23 Dennis

Re: [amibroker] Re: Questions for people using automatic transactions with IB

2008-06-23 Thread Louis Préfontaine
malfunctions, and human error. BR, Dennis On Jun 23, 2008, at 2:56 PM, Louis Préfontaine wrote: OMG that seems very complicated. How do you do to do that? Louis 2008/6/23 Dennis Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Something to consider is that stocks have a large number of bad tick data. Suppliers

Re: [amibroker] Re: Questions for people using automatic transactions with IB

2008-06-23 Thread Louis Préfontaine
to make 5 or more trades a day, one second delay in execution can make the difference between a good profit or a loss overall. BR, Dennis On Jun 23, 2008, at 4:05 PM, Louis Préfontaine wrote: Thanks Dennis for your reply. I have traveled a long path since January with AB, but now I feel

Re: [amibroker] Re: Questions for people using automatic transactions with IB

2008-06-23 Thread Louis Préfontaine
before the December 2007 rollover. What do you think I could have done wrong? Thanks, Louis 2008/6/23 Louis Préfontaine [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Dennis, After looking carefully at your AFL code, I can say only two words: it rocks! Really, that is what I was looking for. I am trying to make

Re: [amibroker] Re: Questions for people using automatic transactions with IB

2008-06-23 Thread Louis Préfontaine
they are both history limited to the same date by the supplier because they are both a ways back in time now). Try it on some contracts where you are sure that the older contract has a longer history the the new one for a test. BR, Dennis On Jun 23, 2008, at 8:58 PM, Louis Préfontaine wrote: Hi

[amibroker] Questions for people using automatic transactions with IB

2008-06-22 Thread Louis Préfontaine
Hi, I am curious about the automatic transactions to IB. Does it work well? Do you have to sit and watch all day long to be sure everything works well or can you leave with confidence that everything will go fine? Does it cost more than usual? How much time does it take to get the transaction

Re: [amibroker] Questions for people using automatic transactions with IB

2008-06-22 Thread Louis Préfontaine
Hi Herman, Thank you for your reply. What exactly do you think can go wrong if the formula is good and has been tested ,many times? Do you mean errors by IB, or bad transmission, or...? I understand that if a formula is incorrect, that can be costly, but I am trying to understand how good it

Re: [amibroker] Questions for people using automatic transactions with IB

2008-06-22 Thread Louis Préfontaine
Thank you Herman for your reply. I suscribed to the at group and I hope I can learn to use this feature. Louis 2008/6/22 Herman [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hello Louis, The UKB covers many related items; http://www.amibroker.org/userkb/ In HF trading you can have many surprises, this may not

Re: [amibroker] Re: Set buyprice and sell price

2008-06-22 Thread Louis Préfontaine
Hi Graham, I'd like to thank you for your time. I know this may be time-consuming, and so far I have been further than I expected to go and even if I am not 100% sure this thing work it seems promising and I will try to make it work. Thanks, Louis 2008/6/21 Louis Préfontaine [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [amibroker] Re: Set buyprice and sell price

2008-06-21 Thread Louis Préfontaine
, trade delays. suggest you plot the expanded indicators or conditions to see what bars they occur on to give you the trade signals. -- Cheers Graham Kav AFL Writing Service http://www.aflwriting.com 2008/6/21 Louis Préfontaine [EMAIL PROTECTED] rockprog80%40gmail.com : Hi Graham, I

Re: [amibroker] Metastock and Amibroker

2008-06-20 Thread Louis Préfontaine
internet-based data vendors. Best regards, Tomasz Janeczko amibroker.com - Original Message - *From:* Louis Préfontaine [EMAIL PROTECTED] *To:* amibroker@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Friday, June 20, 2008 4:48 AM *Subject:* Re: [amibroker] Metastock and Amibroker Hi Tomasz

Re: [amibroker] Re: Set buyprice and sell price

2008-06-20 Thread Louis Préfontaine
hour timeframe over it -- Cheers Graham Kav AFL Writing Service http://www.aflwriting.com 2008/6/20 Louis Préfontaine [EMAIL PROTECTED] rockprog80%40gmail.com : Hi, If this is not possible, I'd like to be able to set a % adjustment that depend on the price and liquidity

Re: [amibroker] Re: Timeframe... inDaily question

2008-06-20 Thread Louis Préfontaine
% 40yahoogroups.com, Louis Préfontaine rockprog80@ wrote: Hi, I've been having a lot of fun toying with the timeframe feature. However, I wonder about this: when I set a variable in a daily timeframe (I am using intraday for the rest of the formula), it's

Re: [amibroker] Re: Set buyprice and sell price

2008-06-20 Thread Louis Préfontaine
Hi, I mean, if I work with 15-minute bars, wouldn't it be simply more complicated to use 5-minute bars and then timeframeexpand every single rule but this particular buyprice? Thanks, Louis 2008/6/20 Louis Préfontaine [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi, Is it possible to do the opposite? Or, if I use

Re: [amibroker] Re: Set buyprice and sell price

2008-06-20 Thread Louis Préfontaine
( in5Minute); C15= C2.45; TimeFrameRestore(); //BuyPrice = TimeFrameExpand (C5,in5Minute,expandFirst); Buy = C15; Sell=C50; It gives no signal at all... Louis 2008/6/20 Louis Préfontaine [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi, I tried this as a test but it doesn't work well: //SetTradeDelays( 1, 1, 1, 1

Re: [amibroker] Re: Set buyprice and sell price

2008-06-20 Thread Louis Préfontaine
on a stock which was over 2.30 and under 10 from September 2007 until now, there is absolutely no signal.. until 2008-02-12 at 14:45 and then there is a signal every 15-minute bar... So weird!! Louis 2008/6/20 Louis Préfontaine [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi, I also tried to change the periodicity of my

Re: [amibroker] Re: Set buyprice and sell price

2008-06-20 Thread Louis Préfontaine
on all bars with C50. A cross function makes more sense but since I can't see the rest of your code all this may be fine. Barry --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com amibroker%40yahoogroups.com, Louis Préfontaine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I tried this as a test but it doesn't work well

Re: [amibroker] Re: Set buyprice and sell price

2008-06-20 Thread Louis Préfontaine
http://www.aflwriting.com 2008/6/21 Louis Préfontaine [EMAIL PROTECTED] rockprog80%40gmail.com : Hi Barry, Thank you for your reply. This is a tough nut to crack for me. I am using 5-minute bars in my database, so this shouldn't be a problem. I want to look ahead

Re: [amibroker] Re: Set buyprice and sell price

2008-06-20 Thread Louis Préfontaine
( YourConditionsHere, in5Minute); -- Cheers Graham Kav AFL Writing Service http://www.aflwriting.com 2008/6/21 Louis Préfontaine [EMAIL PROTECTED] rockprog80%40gmail.com : Hi Graham, If I understand what you mean is that if I want to simply add a 5-minute bar limitation I need to set timeframe

[amibroker] Timeframe... inDaily question

2008-06-19 Thread Louis Préfontaine
Hi, I've been having a lot of fun toying with the timeframe feature. However, I wonder about this: when I set a variable in a daily timeframe (I am using intraday for the rest of the formula), it's always in reference to the last complete daily bar of yesterday. Would it be possible to set that

Re: [amibroker] Re: Timeframe... inDaily question

2008-06-19 Thread Louis Préfontaine
looking...? Or are you assuming today's trading day has finished and the official close is now part of history...? If so, then I assume it would be very easy... --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com amibroker%40yahoogroups.com, Louis Préfontaine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I've been

[amibroker] Metastock and Amibroker

2008-06-19 Thread Louis Préfontaine
Hi, I am considering buying Qcollector for IQFeed, but it saves the data in Metastock files. Metastock can only have 2000 securities per file, so I was wondering if there would be any problem for a large 1-minute databse with 8000 securities in Amibroker. Would that be easy to manage? Thanks.

Re: [amibroker] Re: Metastock and Amibroker

2008-06-19 Thread Louis Préfontaine
Hi Tuzo, Would you consider this is pretty easy to work with this? I need something powerful and easy to work with. I'm thinking of going back with IQFeed but no way I want to suffer all the holes and backfilling problems I had with them... Louis 2008/6/19 tuzo_wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

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