Re: [amibroker] Re: Multiple buys and sells on the same bar?

2010-06-25 Thread Mark Hike
You can have only one buy and/or sell signal on one bar, that's by definition of the buy and sell arrays. However, you can have more than more than one buy/sell signals on one *DAY*, if you use intraday data. On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 3:58 PM, michaels_musings michaels_musi...@yahoo.com wrote:

Re: [amibroker] Use AB for other than stocks data

2010-06-21 Thread Mark Hike
You can import those data into the regular fields of a ticker (O, H, L, C, V, OI, AUX1 and AUX2) and chart them. I have no problem with put/call ratio etc. On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Siva sivsr...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi, I am new to AB. I would like to test the software for analyzing data

Re: [amibroker] OT: on line back ups system

2010-06-16 Thread Mark Hike
Same here. I use Mozy and have about 170G data in their cloud. On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 4:31 PM, David amibroker.ygro...@personalfreedom.com wrote: I use Mozy. $5/computer/month for unlimited online storage of many versions of each file, so I have a backup even if my equipment is stolen or

Re: [amibroker] A rare buy signal with a good track record

2010-04-26 Thread Mark Hike
Thanks for the link. Interesting indeed. I have calculated a similar indicator using Atc() and found it helpful in determine market turns. But I think some a high threshold (90%) would indicate an overbought condition and a correction in the next couple weeks. This correction could be short lived

Re: [amibroker] Nasdaq 100 tls list

2010-04-19 Thread Mark Hike
http://dynamic.nasdaq.com/dynamic/nasdaq100_activity.stm On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 10:44 AM, ang_60 ima_c...@yahoo.it wrote: Hello, has anyone a tls list with the present components of the Nasdaq 100 index? Thanks, Angelo

Re: [amibroker] Re: Trading from Amibroker

2010-03-31 Thread Mark Hike
Although I have not done it myself, I think it can be achieved though AFL's COM support. Excel has COM interface you can control directly from AFL. (Another more cumbersome solution could be using files to transfer the orders. AB writes the orders to a file and Excel uses VBA code to pick them up

Re: [amibroker] AddToComposite - using PremiumData

2010-03-02 Thread Mark Hike
Maybe you need to turn on the local database setting for the ATC symbol? On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 9:35 PM, patsgreatdeals patsgreatde...@yahoo.comwrote: Using AddToComposite along with PremiumData.net I get no results once the composite is built using Scan. I get the ~Composite calculated,

Re: [amibroker] UltraEdit - what to consider

2010-01-14 Thread Mark Hike
Plus one for Notepad++. To answer your questions: *- that means everytime new functions are available or get deleteted or changed I`ll have to update UE wordfile !!!* You have the same issue with any external editor. But it is not a big deal since you only need to add them once. *- F1

Re: [amibroker] Re: Alert email setting for GMAIL

2010-01-04 Thread Mark Hike
This is the AFL I use after setting up GMAIL. Works great! Procedure emailAlert(subject, msg) { local text; subject = StrReplace(subject, \, \\\); msg = StrReplace(msg, \, \\\); text = \ + subject + \ \ + msg + \; AlertIf(true, EXEC C:\\Program Files\\AmiBroker\\EMailerSSL.exe, text, 5, 0); }

Re: [amibroker] HOW TO REDUCE INBOX SIZE

2009-12-28 Thread Mark Hike
I kept all amibroker group posts in my gmail account. Now I have* **29756* messages from Apr 2003. You can upload old messages through IMAP interface to gmail which I used to upload probably 2 messages from Outlook. Gmail has the great threading feature which groups messages of the same topic

Re: [amibroker] A Portfolio Backtester challenge

2009-12-25 Thread Mark Hike
I think CBT is the only way you can count signals for a portfolio. On Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 1:55 PM, Anthony Faragasso ajf1...@epix.net wrote: I have not used them..but would StaticVariableGet() work ? - Original Message - *From:* Herman psy...@magma.ca *To:*

[amibroker] Users' Knowledge Base is down

2009-12-15 Thread Mark Hike
It seems that the UKB has been out of service for a few days now. http://www.amibroker.org/userkb/ Does anybody know what happened? Has it been moved? Thanks, - Mark H.

Re: [amibroker] bo.handlestops needed

2009-11-26 Thread Mark Hike
Did you specify any stops in the Settings? On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 4:23 PM, Markus Witzler funny...@web.de wrote: Hello, from the manual, I read that in low-level CBT, bo.handlestops MU:ST be called. But what if one´s system doens´t have any stops being coded? Plus, I noticed that I

Re: [amibroker] Re: running an autoit executable from an afl

2009-11-26 Thread Mark Hike
Because you have spaces in the command, you need to quote it up in addition to Mike's suggestion. Like this: WshShell.Run(\C:\\Documents and Settings\\Administrator\\Desktop\\Autoit\\HelloWorld.exe\); On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 4:55 PM, Rajiv Arya rajivary...@hotmail.com wrote: thanks, but it

Re: [amibroker] QP2.dll v 2.0.1

2009-11-24 Thread Mark Hike
I think it comes with the latest Amibroker beta installation. On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 10:52 AM, gesges ges8...@gmail.com wrote: I see TJ mentioned QP2.dll v 2.0.1 But I can't locate it on the AB web site. Can someone point me to the new QP dll? thanks, ges

Re: [amibroker] Re: HOW TO CREATE CSV FILE WITHIN AFL OF EXPLORATION

2009-11-19 Thread Mark Hike
*There’s more than one way to skin a cat ;-) I generally use JScript along with AFL to export the scan/exploration results because I am familiar with both. (In addition I also use AutoIt3 script to automate the JScript :-)) But I like Herman's solution, simple and elegant. - Mark * On Thu, Nov

Re: [amibroker] HOW TO CREATE CSV FILE WITHIN AFL OF EXPLORATION

2009-11-18 Thread Mark Hike
Why not use OLE to export the result in the end of the afl? On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 11:17 AM, bistrader bistra...@yahoo.com wrote: I would like to create a csv file of an afls' exploration. Does anyone have an example?

Re: [amibroker] How to fill the AUX fields with EOD data?

2009-11-16 Thread Mark Hike
Herman: You can set a symbol's database to local manually or use OLE code such as this: AB = CreateObject(Broker.Application); Stocks_ = AB.Stocks; Stock_ = Stocks_.Add(symol); // set datasource to local Stock_.DataSource = 1; - Mark On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 8:52 AM, Herman

Re: [amibroker] Re: SetOption( field, value ) - Periodicity

2009-11-15 Thread Mark Hike
It would be nice to use setOption() to change the periodicity setting. Even though you can use time frame functions to switch back and forth in your formula different time frames (as Mike pointed out), I found that the portfolio loop always use the periodicity setting no matter what time frame

Re: [amibroker] Amibroker Trojan????

2009-11-14 Thread Mark Hike
It may not be a problem with Amibroker. Sometimes if a malware gets on your computer it can make strange things happen. Happened to me once making some of my registered software stop functioning. You should be able to work it out with AB support. On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 11:36 AM, frankphd_us

Re: [amibroker] Re: Amibroker 5.29 has bug ( no 1 second )

2009-11-13 Thread Mark Hike
I think you are requesting an enhancement to the DDE plugin. You should send the request to Amibroker support or log an entry in the suggestion center. It will not help you go anywhere by posting to this group, especially with misleading title like this one. On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 12:34 PM,

Re: [amibroker] Setting a conditional N-Bar stop

2009-11-13 Thread Mark Hike
Yes, you can do all these using the advanced low level custom portfolio backtester. On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 12:53 AM, an0n73 an0...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi, I would like to do the following but not sure if it's possible or how to do it. Any ideas? After a Buy is triggered, I want to wait N

[amibroker] Re: Any way to change the Email Alert Subject?

2009-11-13 Thread Mark Hike
, Oct 14, 2009 at 12:25 PM, Mark Hike markh...@gmail.com wrote: I am using AlertIF() to send status emails for my auto trade system. However, the subject of the emails seem to be a fixed format, like Alert: Other (5) ADP on 10/14/2009 1:00:00 PM, is there a way to control the subject to make

Re: [amibroker] Amibroker 5.29 has bug ( no 1 second )

2009-11-12 Thread Mark Hike
It may be due to your data source. I am using IQFeed and do not see this problem in 5.29.2. On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 10:26 AM, zl_1 zlzzz...@yahoo.com.tw wrote: please see http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AVHyL1I16nKWZGhwZjRwNHhfMTA4bXI4aGJrZmshl=eninvite=CKithukC

Re: [amibroker] Re: SetTradeDelays( 1, 1, 1, 1) Setting

2009-11-12 Thread Mark Hike
Mike has given a good example when you can use SetTradeDelays(0, 0, 0, 0). I just want to add that you can also to that if you only today's open price in your formula. On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 8:30 AM, de_techneut twistedcha...@gmail.comwrote: Hi An0n73, i would disagree when you state it

Re: [amibroker] Re: Amibroker 5.29 has bug ( no 1 second )

2009-11-12 Thread Mark Hike
What's the point of you putting out those screenshots? Do you understand what TJ pointed out? And reply to his post? Did you check your DDE plugin, making sure it has been updated, and report back? On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 7:37 PM, zl_1 zlzzz...@yahoo.com.tw wrote: *Please see the new

Re: [amibroker] AmiBroker 25x times faster!

2009-11-10 Thread Mark Hike
I am not surprised :-) Try to run a simple system over 3 year 1 minutes data with 100 symbols, AB would get it done in less than 5 minutes, and the other software just crashes! On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 1:41 PM, Jez j...@automated-trading-system.comwrote: I recently started using AmiBroker and

Re: [amibroker] Non daily testing in a daily environment

2009-11-09 Thread Mark Hike
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 8:20 AM, Nick de Peyster nickdepeys...@yahoo.comwrote: Hi, Or could you submit an ASCII file with a custom list of dates that are eligible for trading? Very easy to do using DateNum() and file reading functions.

Re: [amibroker] Re: Quotes_Plus Volume Work Around?

2009-10-23 Thread Mark Hike
Not sure how you would use the volume data, but I would say that you can not use it for backtesting more than a few months back. That's because the components of the index keep changing and you would need to account for the survivorship bias. On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 3:24 PM, Alan Northam

Re: [amibroker] Re: Quotes_Plus Volume Work Around?

2009-10-23 Thread Mark Hike
. -- Keith Mark Hike wrote: Not sure how you would use the volume data, but I would say that you can not use it for backtesting more than a few months back. That's because the components of the index keep changing and you would need to account for the survivorship bias. On Fri, Oct 23, 2009

Re: [amibroker] Re: activeX ..how to perform EXPLORE() on current symbol only using ActiveX`

2009-10-19 Thread Mark Hike
Use this code to load current symbol (for example !COMP) Docs = AB.Documents Docs.Open(!COMP) On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 2:49 AM, gajanan gajan...@gmail.com wrote: HI, Thanks a lotsteve.. that helped partially ... I'm having problem setting the current symbol through VB. AOneStk =

[amibroker] Any way to change the Email Alert Subject?

2009-10-14 Thread Mark Hike
I am using AlertIF() to send status emails for my auto trade system. However, the subject of the emails seem to be a fixed format, like Alert: Other (5) ADP on 10/14/2009 1:00:00 PM, is there a way to control the subject to make it more meaningful? Not a big deal, but nice to have.

Re: [amibroker] Re: Automated Internet Based Stock Scanners

2009-10-14 Thread Mark Hike
IQFeed states that they support 1800 symbols for additional fee (Basic is 500). On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 9:09 AM, Herman psy...@magma.ca wrote: Hello Zsolt, what is your streaming ticker quota? I am using DTN which is limited to 500 tickers, IB is 100 tickers. Trying to do more gives me

Re: [amibroker] Amibroker 3rd party library

2009-10-09 Thread Mark Hike
TJ mentioned that he is converting it to a member only area to avoid increasing spams. On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 1:52 PM, interfool 0...@somenewfrog.com wrote: Anyone know why the 3rd party library is down?

Re: [amibroker] Why raw signals different than actual trades?

2009-10-07 Thread Mark Hike
Take a look at *SetBacktestMode( mode ) * On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 5:10 PM, fcee150206014 xk9@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I've been trying to backtest some old ideas but I have a problem, the system recognizes all the raw signals but ignores more than half when doing actual trades. Thank

Re: [amibroker] Re: Best Approach to a Multipass Problem

2009-10-06 Thread Mark Hike
1. First pass Run scan through all real tickers to generate artificial tickers for RSI (close field). 2. Second pass Run scan through all RSI artificial tickers. Do the following: currentMax = Foreign(~minmax, high); currentMin = Foreign(~minmax, low); newMax = max(C, currentMax); newMin = min(C,

Re: [amibroker] Re: Chart suggestions for TJ

2009-10-03 Thread Mark Hike
You have unlimited number of indicators in AB if you spend a little time to learn AFL. No other TA packages can compare to it. On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 1:00 AM, Deepak Patade deepakpat...@yahoo.comwrote: Hi, Tim is very right in asking for addition of more indicators. I have seen some of my

Re: [amibroker] Re: Auto Folder backup

2009-10-03 Thread Mark Hike
I have been using SecondCopy for many years without any problem. It can keep multiple copies of the same file in case you want to back out your changes. By the way the best freeware to compare text file is WinMerge. Though if you use version control system like Subversion, this is less a problem.

Re: [amibroker] Re: Chart suggestions for TJ

2009-10-03 Thread Mark Hike
There is no free lunch in this world. AmiBroker is basically a TA platform. It does not and can not have everything everybody wants. To meet your specific needs, there are two ways: 1. Buy third party add-ons. If you look at other TA platforms (such as TradersStudio), you can see many of them

Re: [amibroker] Loading watchlists from .tls files

2009-10-02 Thread Mark Hike
Herman, that's something relatively easy to achieve. Here is a piece of code to add a new ticker to database. (It has no effect if the ticker already exists) AB = CreateObject(Broker.Application); Stocks_ = AB.Stocks; Stock_ = Stocks_.Add(symol); // AddToComposite won't work if

Re: [amibroker] Loading watchlists from .tls files

2009-10-02 Thread Mark Hike
like to replace all tickers in my trading DB with the new ones for the day, so that i don't exceed my streaming Ticker Quota. thanks for the expertise!!! herman Mark Hike wrote: Herman, that's something relatively easy to achieve. Here is a piece of code to add a new ticker to database

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

2009-09-30 Thread Mark Hike
You may want to look up the difference between different modes of backtests in the document. Regular mode won't work if you exit at the open and enter again later during the day. Without knowing your trading rules, that is a wild guess. On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 7:05 AM, woodshedder_blogspot

Re: [amibroker] Best Backup software

2009-09-29 Thread Mark Hike
I am still using Acronis True Image 8.0 on Windows XP. No problem. Also use SecondCopy 7 and Mozy only backup. On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 2:29 PM, Rob sidharth...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi, Little poll... What's your favorite backup software...?? I've had a few problems with Acronis True Image

Re: [amibroker] how to create combined ticker in Amibroker and chart it

2009-09-28 Thread Mark Hike
Agree with Steve. In this case you may not want to create a new ticker. Otherwise you would need to update it every time data changes in the underlying tickers. Use Foreign() works best. On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 12:16 PM, Steve Dugas sjdu...@comcast.net wrote: Hi - Since you want to create a

Re: [amibroker] Re: Is it possible to launch a jscript from AlertIf()?

2009-09-28 Thread Mark Hike
Shouldn't it be something like: AlertIf( 1, EXEC cscript, C:\\Test.js, 0, 0, 0 ); On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 12:28 PM, Herman psy...@magma.ca wrote: No go, I tried every mutation i could think of. Single/double backslash, spaces no spaces, even placed the script in the root dir: if (

Re: [amibroker] Re: Is it possible to launch a jscript from AlertIf()?

2009-09-28 Thread Mark Hike
RunJScript( test.js ); Would be very handy i would think... herman Mark Hike wrote: Shouldn't it be something like: AlertIf( 1, EXEC cscript, C:\\Test.js, 0, 0, 0 ); On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 12:28 PM, Herman psy...@magma.ca wrote: No go, I tried every mutation i could think of. Single/double

Re: [amibroker] ~OT: our favourite trading books

2009-09-28 Thread Mark Hike
Market Beatershttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0934380953/ref=ox_ya_oh_product: More meat than the Wizards series. On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 2:45 PM, Bisto bistoma...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi guys, I am here to ask you which books helped you more in learning how to successful desing/validate

Re: [amibroker] Change default Portfolio Equity Chart?

2009-09-27 Thread Mark Hike
Of *Mark Hike *Sent:* Sunday, September 27, 2009 7:02 AM *To:* amibroker@yahoogroups.com *Subject:* [amibroker] Change default Portfolio Equity Chart? Hi Folks, Does anyone now how to change the default portfolio equity chart? My current default portfolio equity chart is named Portfolio.afl

Re: [amibroker] How To Assign A Sector ID To An Industry ID- Using Code? PLEASE?

2009-09-26 Thread Mark Hike
I don't think you can do it through JScript. You would need to do it manually via *Symbol-Categories* , assigning industries to sectors. I may be wrong though since I just skipped the document for import. On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 8:40 AM, jorgen_wallgren jorgen.wallg...@gmail.comwrote: Hi! I

Re: [amibroker] Re: How To Assign A Sector ID To An Industry ID- Using Code? PLEASE?

2009-09-26 Thread Mark Hike
want to spend hours every day assigning it manually for every time I create a database. :-) I know it can be done via JScript, but don't know how? Jorgen --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com amibroker%40yahoogroups.com, Mark Hike markh...@... wrote: I don't think you can do it through

[amibroker] Change default Portfolio Equity Chart?

2009-09-26 Thread Mark Hike
Hi Folks, Does anyone now how to change the default portfolio equity chart? My current default portfolio equity chart is named Portfolio.afl. I want it to be MyColoredPortfolio.afl. But I don't seem to be able to find a way to change the default. Of course I can rename it to Portfolio.afl. But

Re: [amibroker] Re: OLE Analysis Filter by WatchList name?

2009-09-25 Thread Mark Hike
) and finding which one has the name, given by CategoryGetName( categoryWatchlist, i) , equal to the one you want hope it could help Bisto --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com amibroker%40yahoogroups.com, Mark Hike markh...@... wrote: Folks, I am working to automate an exploration

Re: [amibroker] Is it possible to export financial data from Access to Amibroker database?

2009-09-25 Thread Mark Hike
Not sure if it applies to your needs, AB does have ODBC client support. You can connect to you Access database via the odbc plugin. On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 10:47 PM, teachme_please teachme.tha...@gmail.comwrote: Dear Amibroker gurus, I have painstakingly built up an Access database

Re: [amibroker] Re: OLE Analysis Filter by WatchList name?

2009-09-25 Thread Mark Hike
your JScript read from the file to get your filter value before running what you really wanted to run in the first place. Mike --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com amibroker%40yahoogroups.com, Mark Hike markh...@... wrote: I am talking about OLE object for Analysis, not AFL. CategoryGetName

Re: [amibroker] Re: OLE Analysis Filter by WatchList name?

2009-09-25 Thread Mark Hike
I have found a hack to do it without using a file :-) Just create a bogus ticker and use some of its fields to pass data between JScript and AFL. On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 4:26 PM, Mark Hike markh...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, Mike, that's a good workaround. Hopefully TJ will add native support

Re: [amibroker] (New User / New to Programming AFL) Coding Question

2009-09-24 Thread Mark Hike
Cum(C)/Cum(1) On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 8:54 AM, spikejones65 spikejone...@yahoo.comwrote: I am new AB user and new to programming so any help is appreciated. I am trying to create a moving average that is anchored to a start date. Following the start date for each additional day added to

Re: [amibroker] Re: Can I use 10 minute data?

2009-09-24 Thread Mark Hike
Maybe you can submit a suggestion to TJ. That should not be difficult to add ... On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 4:14 PM, spacebass5000 spacebass5...@yahoo.comwrote: --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com amibroker%40yahoogroups.com, Timothy Ryan tr4d...@... wrote: I don't understand if you have data

[amibroker] OLE Analysis Filter by WatchList name?

2009-09-24 Thread Mark Hike
Folks, I am working to automate an exploration on a watchlist using JScript. It seems the OLD Analysis object only accept watchlist number as filter, not watchlist name. I only have the watchlist name and its index number can change any time since I keep adding and deleting watchlists all the

Re: Re[2]: [amibroker] Is price on demand only possible in Amibroker?

2009-09-23 Thread Mark Hike
regards, Tomasz Janeczko amibroker.com - Original Message - *From:* Mark Hike markh...@gmail.com *To:* amibroker@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Monday, September 21, 2009 3:21 PM *Subject:* Re: Re[2]: [amibroker] Is price on demand only possible in Amibroker? TJ: Thanks for the trick. I

Re: [amibroker] Help in Alertif

2009-09-23 Thread Mark Hike
Alert(Buy, EMAIL, Buy alert on + Name() + ( + FullName() + ) + LastValue(Close), 1); On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 1:25 PM, Vinay Gakkhar. vgakk...@yahoo.co.ukwrote: Dear learned senior members, In Alertif, I don't know how to modify the following to get the 'symbol full name' instead of full

Re: Re[2]: [amibroker] Is price on demand only possible in Amibroker?

2009-09-21 Thread Mark Hike
amibroker.com - Original Message - *From:* Herman psy...@magma.ca *To:* Mark Hike amibroker@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Monday, September 21, 2009 11:32 AM *Subject:* Re[2]: [amibroker] Is price on demand only possible in Amibroker? No Mark, I have no solution. afaik, Backfill cannot

Re: [amibroker] Remove all static variables

2009-09-21 Thread Mark Hike
From version 5.25: StaticVarRemove(*) On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 10:57 PM, Brenton Hill bphill0...@yahoo.com.auwrote: Hi Is there an easy way to remove all static variables at once? I know I can use *StaticVarRemove( ''variablename'' ) *but as far as I can see this require a call for each

Re: [amibroker] Easy way to print out all the symbols?

2009-09-19 Thread Mark Hike
Run an exploration with just: filter = 1; On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 4:19 PM, herpse30 herps...@yahoo.com wrote: Is there an easy way to print out a list of just the stock symbols stored in an Amibroker database? Thanks

Re: [amibroker] Re: Support Issues

2009-09-19 Thread Mark Hike
Don't forget MetaStock and Wealth-Lab, they were both bought out by large company and have a lot of support/sales people. But they are long dead in terms of innovations and new user requested features. On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 4:30 PM, herpse30 herps...@yahoo.com wrote: The better question

Re: [amibroker] Re: Quick Question about Max System Drawdown

2009-09-17 Thread Mark Hike
. ... --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com amibroker%40yahoogroups.com, Mark Hike markh...@... wrote: DrawDown has nothing to do with your margin, it is the percentage drop from peak equity. Margin controls how much you can trade. On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 5:02 PM, Brandon_Ridenour

Re: [amibroker] Re: Quick Question about Max System Drawdown

2009-09-17 Thread Mark Hike
Hmm. I don't see any problem with AB if you make leverage part of the systems... On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 1:16 PM, bistrader bistra...@yahoo.com wrote: My point? Sorry. My point is that it would be nice if AB provided the same return and mdd for my leverage 2 ETF and my leverage 1 ETF with

Re: [amibroker] Re: Is there anyone running AB on Solaris?

2009-09-17 Thread Mark Hike
If you can run a virtual windows machine on Solaris you can run AB. I don't think you can run it directly though, since their binaries are not compatible. Linux is the future. Solaris is only good for server. On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 11:34 PM, loewenste...@rocketmail.com zl...@hotmail.com wrote:

Re: [amibroker] Re: Position Opened When No Funds Available

2009-09-16 Thread Mark Hike
I read Graham's note as that you can use the value in sell array to tell what has happened, probably for reporting purpose. Obviously there is some undocumented effect of setting the value. I would be wary of this kind of hack, because sometimes one doesn't really know what's going on. I like the

Re: [amibroker] Quick Question about Max System Drawdown

2009-09-16 Thread Mark Hike
DrawDown has nothing to do with your margin, it is the percentage drop from peak equity. Margin controls how much you can trade. On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 5:02 PM, Brandon_Ridenour brandon_riden...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi All, A quick simple question about Max System Drawdown -- if I am using

Re: [amibroker] Re: Position Opened When No Funds Available

2009-09-16 Thread Mark Hike
, Mark Hike markh...@... wrote: I read Graham's note as that you can use the value in sell array to tell what has happened, probably for reporting purpose. Obviously there is some undocumented effect of setting the value. I would be wary of this kind of hack, because sometimes one doesn't

Re: [amibroker] A question of style

2009-06-30 Thread Mark Hike
I use subversion and winmerge. On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 8:25 AM, i cs ics4...@yahoo.com.au wrote: Hi Reinsley, I don't think that I would have thought of that way of doing it in a thousand years! Thanks for sharing! Robert Z -- *From:* reinsley