[amibroker] NASDAQ Cancelling Certain Trades from May 6 2010

2010-05-07 Thread NW Trader
Hi All, Many data problems today of course. It may take a while to sort out all the outlier quotes and get a database that is usable. Many stocks reported trading at $0.01 or $0.02. Some even reported at $0.00. Wow, infinite profit if you got filled. But alas not to be. NASDAQ is taking

Re: [amibroker] Re: Easy data refresh?

2010-05-05 Thread NW Trader
come up when QT isn't running and vice-versa. Or to run another program which can tap into the IQfeed and see if there are any abnormalities in the data in that app as well. Thanks again for your feedback. Cheers! --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, NW Trader pk47hargus

Re: [amibroker] Re: Easy data refresh?

2010-05-01 Thread NW Trader
this out eventually. Cheers! --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, NW Trader pk47har...@... wrote: Hi Kurasake, I know exactly what you are experiencing. However, the bad data is in QT, but then once you have imported it to AB, it will persist. It will most frequently occur when

Re: [amibroker] Easy data refresh?

2010-04-29 Thread NW Trader
Hi Kurasake, I know exactly what you are experiencing. However, the bad data is in QT, but then once you have imported it to AB, it will persist. It will most frequently occur when you do a backfill of some or all stocks in QT, but depending on your data source and the spike settings you

Re: [amibroker] Help with simple AFL code

2010-04-07 Thread NW Trader
Hi Michel, Did you set the period for the exploration to weekly? To do so, open the AA window, click on Settings, under the General tab set the Periodicity to Weekly. Now try running your exploration. Peace and Justice --- Patrick - Original Message - From: michel_junior003

Re: [amibroker] Re: Symbol counter

2010-03-18 Thread NW Trader
Hi Allan, While not an AFL solution, you can also hover your cursor over a watchlist name and the watchlist number, name and number of symbols in the watchlist will be visible in a popup like the tool tips. Useful for quick checks on the size of any watchlists components without resorting to

Re: [amibroker] Doubts about Parameters

2010-03-12 Thread NW Trader
Hi L V, Did you also click on the Reset all button at the bottom of the parameters screen? Peace and Justice --- Patrick - Original Message - From: L V Gandhi To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 8:44 AM Subject: [amibroker] Doubts about Parameters

Re: [amibroker] Doubts about Parameters

2010-03-12 Thread NW Trader
want the last date in your database quickly, in the to box, click the down notion to open a calendar and click on the red square at the bottom next to Today: (date of last update in data). Peace and Justice --- Patrick - Original Message - From: NW Trader To: amibroker

{Resending}] Re: [amibroker] Few Newbie Questions re: yahoo data

2010-03-11 Thread NW Trader
for their historical data. So, if downloading historical the downloader should be able to handle this adjustment to the database. Bill - Original Message - From: NW Trader To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: March 09, 2010 2:20 AM Subject: Re: [amibroker] Few

Re: [amibroker] Few Newbie Questions re: yahoo data

2010-03-11 Thread NW Trader
for their historical data. So, if downloading historical the downloader should be able to handle this adjustment to the database. Bill - Original Message - From: NW Trader To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: March 09, 2010 2:20 AM Subject: Re: [amibroker] Few

Re: [amibroker] Few Newbie Questions re: yahoo data

2010-03-10 Thread NW Trader
Hi Vernon, I'm no spring chicken myself, and this is my third profession. But with a son in law school and a daughter about to start grad school, the concept of retirement is one that eludes me. VBG I've been trading for living now for over 15 years (and involved with investing for 40+

Re: [amibroker] AFL Programming Questions

2010-03-09 Thread NW Trader
Hi chi, Brief responses to your questions (the markets are open I'm trading, so not much time for detail): 1) Yes. See Foreign in help and numerous posts in this group. 2) Yes. AB is very programmable. If you can think articulate it, it probably can be done. 3) Try this to get started:

Re: [amibroker] Re: Scan / Exploration of Intraday data.

2010-03-09 Thread NW Trader
Hi jolly, Not certain that you have read the intraday AB info completely or what you mean by This is with the Intraday arrangement on, connected, set-up and functioning correctly. However the advice Prashanth gave is not complete. Open the AA pane, and then click on settings and change

Re: [amibroker] Re: Scan / Exploration of Intraday data.

2010-03-09 Thread NW Trader
@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 10:07 AM Subject: [amibroker] Re: Scan / Exploration of Intraday data. --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, NW Trader ta4cha...@... wrote: Hi jolly, Not certain that you have read the intraday AB info completely or what you mean

Re: [amibroker] Default Chart

2010-03-09 Thread NW Trader
default chart default to a Bar Chart Style, rather than Candlesticks? Where is the setting that I missed? Thanks Adrian On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 7:48 PM, NW Trader ta4cha...@comcast.net wrote: Hi chi, Brief responses to your questions (the markets are open I'm trading

Re: [amibroker] Default Chart

2010-03-09 Thread NW Trader
, not candlestick? I have tried saving the default layout, but no go. Any other ideas? Thanks! Adrian On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 8:51 PM, NW Trader ta4cha...@comcast.net wrote: Hi Adrian, On the toolbar, View - Price chart style - Bars. Peace and Justice --- Patrick

Re: [amibroker] Few Newbie Questions re: yahoo data

2010-03-08 Thread NW Trader
Hi Vernon, I suppose the fast answer is It depends. On what does it depend? Well really how are you using the data and for what stocks. First of all, Yahoo data is WYSIWYG, i.e. it doesn't adjust for splits, symbol changes, etc. So if your principal use is to acquire a historic database

Re: [amibroker] Hook Pattern

2010-03-04 Thread NW Trader
Hi jolly, So what language was the original code written in? Hard to do any translation when one doesn't know what to convert from. AVG has a particular definition in AFL (check the help file). Telechart PCF's use a convention like AVGH3.5 to mean the a 3 day average of the high 5 days

Re: [amibroker] Is it possible to display a daily indicator on a weekly chart ???

2010-03-04 Thread NW Trader
Hi ice, Yes it is. See TimeFrameSet() and TimeFrameRestore() in the AFL help. Hint, look at how one plots daily info on intraday charts. Peace and Justice --- Patrick - Original Message - From: iceboundbug To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 5:41

Re: [amibroker] Howto backtest only the top 10 stocks even though your filter list gives you 10

2010-03-04 Thread NW Trader
Hi Mark, Try running a first exploration to do your heavy lifting sort on the whole universe which stores the output to a specified watchlist. If you are running a current version of AB you can also automatically sort the exploration's output on any criteria. Then run a second exploration on

Re: [amibroker] Is it possible to display a daily indicator on a weekly chart ???

2010-03-04 Thread NW Trader
Hi Ice, Apologies, didn't read your whole message. I'll try to get back to you later after the market. Peace and Justice --- Patrick - Original Message - From: NW Trader To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 9:51 AM Subject: Re: [amibroker

Re: [amibroker] Re: Howto backtest only the top 10 stocks even though your filter list gives you

2010-03-04 Thread NW Trader
Hi Mark, OK, now Mike has confused me. Do you want to develop a system that is being backtested, or do you want to generate a list of trade candidates each day which you will then trade manually, i.e. with discretion? I understood you to want to see a list of trade candidates each day,

Re: [amibroker] Re: Is it possible to display a daily indicator on a weekly chart ???

2010-03-04 Thread NW Trader
. --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, NW Trader ta4cha...@... wrote: Hi Ice, Apologies, didn't read your whole message. I'll try to get back to you later after the market. Peace and Justice --- Patrick - Original Message - From: NW Trader To: amibroker

Re: [amibroker] way to take image of screen automaticaly

2010-03-04 Thread NW Trader
Hi asit, Why not just use the Bar Replay feature? Go to Tools- Bar Replay and select the from and to periods, the step interval and the speed. Note that speed is steps/second, so if you want to go slower, you have to enter Speed in decimals. Of course you can pause at any point as well.

Re: [amibroker] Re: ADX DMI CROSSOVER

2010-03-02 Thread NW Trader
for this purpose? i am a beginner in afl. with regards Kumar --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, NW Trader ta4charts@ wrote: Hi Kumar, See Cross in the AFL glossary. Basically you want: CondUP = Cross( PDI(14), MDI(14) ); CondDn = Cross( MDI(14), PDI(14

Re: [amibroker] Re: Position management systems

2010-03-01 Thread NW Trader
Hi Ron, This may not be what you are looking for given that you think of Quicken and the others you mentioned as position management software. Personally I characterize them as personal finance management tools, not trade or position management software. But if it is trade and position

Re: [amibroker] AFL Probs

2010-02-25 Thread NW Trader
To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 8:30 PM Subject: Re: [amibroker] AFL Probs Dear NW Trader, Thanks for ur reply. But still my prob is not solved, what i want is TO FILTER OUT DATA WHICH HAS ITS PREV CLOSE EUQAL TO LOWEST CLOSE IN PAST 10 DAYS. I

Re: [amibroker] ADX DMI CROSSOVER

2010-02-25 Thread NW Trader
Hi Kumar, See Cross in the AFL glossary. Basically you want: CondUP = Cross( PDI(14), MDI(14) ); CondDn = Cross( MDI(14), PDI(14) ); Filter = CondUP or CondDn ; Addcolumn( C, Close, 3.2, coloryellow, colorblue); Addtextcolumn( writeif( CondUP, Cross UP, Cross Down), DI STATUS , 10.0,

Re: [amibroker] AFL Probs

2010-02-24 Thread NW Trader
Hi Abbas, I do not know if the following clues will help; I hope so. I can't be certain what it is that you are trying to do as your explanation was truncated or incomplete. LL = LLV(L,10); // This will return the lowest low of the past 10 bars, including the most recent bar and

Re: [amibroker] Help - Can someone translate this from MetaStock?

2010-02-22 Thread NW Trader
Hi Antoinette, No translation from MS code necessary. If you are a registered user, you may get Sylvain Vervoort's SVAPO (Short term Volume and Price Oscillator) fully coded by Tomasz from the SC Trader Tips section in the members area. Open the November 2007 link, for the code along with

Re: [amibroker] amiquote registered version

2010-02-20 Thread NW Trader
Hi Jackene, I don't want to offend, but do you expect to go through life for free? OK, with that observation aside, let's consider the advantage of registering the program (by paying a small fraction of what similarly powerful programs cost). The rest of what follows assumes that you find

Re: [amibroker] Amiquote registered version

2010-02-20 Thread NW Trader
Hi Chris, You are right, my response was a bit of knee jerk. For which I apologize to Jackene. I too failed to read the actual question. I really have no defense, except to note that of late there have been a number of new users who apparently are using unlicensed, cracked versions and so

Re: [amibroker] Amiquote registered version

2010-02-20 Thread NW Trader
Hi Chris, I don't think you need to do that two step shuffle. There is a plug in that allows AB to directly read the Telechart Gold (TC2007) data (free with AB) and I would think it works for their mutual fund data although I do not use that so don't know for sure. If it does, the only

Re: [amibroker] Amiquote registered version

2010-02-20 Thread NW Trader
Hi Chris, Glad to help and just give a shout if you need anything else. If you do stocks at all, TC Gold does update (20 min delayed) throughout the day with the end of day data generally available by 5:30 PM or so (I generally wait until after 6:30). You will know it is the day's final data

Re: [amibroker] New Novice on Amibroker - Converting Window on Wall Street/Metastock code

2010-02-08 Thread NW Trader
Hi Graphman, WOW!! -- I haven't heard of that program (WoW) for almost a decade. I used it along with Metastock for a while in the mid to late '90's before finding AB. I thought that it had not made the transition to the Millennium (well actually I had heard that they tried to patch it, but

Re: [amibroker] clean up wrong symbols from the database

2010-02-08 Thread NW Trader
Hi Eski, Just thinking off the top of my head here, but could you do an exploration of your entire database (e.g., filter = 1) with the only columns displayed being for the Close or perhaps Volume. Then sort the exploration to identify all symbols with a zero value for the close (or volume)

Re: [amibroker] Systems won't work using intraday data

2010-02-08 Thread NW Trader
Hi Fred, Try setting the Periodicity in the AA settings to the intraday period you want (e.g., 1 minute, 5 minute, etc.) instead of Daily. It may also be that the trial version doesn't support intraday, but I may be mistaken? What settings are available to you in the AA? I use the purchased

Re: [amibroker] Help Needed with formula

2010-02-05 Thread NW Trader
Hi Andre, I don't know about in ALF, but in AFL vbg it's certainly possible and easy. I'm assuming you want the entire chart to have a different color when the condition is true and another color when false, rather than just the indicator changing color. So you can try the following: XX =

Re: [amibroker] Help Needed with formula

2010-02-05 Thread NW Trader
Hi Andre, An addendum: In my code there is no need to use the lines: Background1_color = colortan; Background2_color = colorrose; I included that by habit as I was going to parameterize things. Peace and Justice --- Patrick - Original Message - From: NW Trader

Re: [amibroker] AFl Code -3 days continuous up+ adx rsinging

2010-02-03 Thread NW Trader
Hi Silon, Apologies for delay -- lots going on at my end. I'm in trading just now, so I'll have to wait for market to close before spending much more time on this. However as I originally said, this isn't difficult to code once you write out the conditions you are looking to be met. What

Re: [amibroker] Re: Bad data with IQFeed?

2010-02-03 Thread NW Trader
Hi Kurasake, Now that you have added the QuoteTracker info to your problem, I'll confirm that I too have seen the same problem. I see it using QT with a data feed from Ameritrade (two computers and two different AMTD data servers). The differences I've noticed from your experience are that I

Re: [amibroker] AFl Code -3 days continuous up+ adx rsinging

2010-02-03 Thread NW Trader
of the long -- a casual look at using the setup as a stop and reverse system does not suggest that it would be very profitable, if at all. Let me know if you have further questions. Enjoy. // 3 DAY SETUPS // WRITTEN BY NW TRADER AT THE REQUEST OF SILON SAMA 02-03-10 // = EXPLORATION

Re: [amibroker] Please help with an exploration code

2010-02-02 Thread NW Trader
Hi Raine, This is not difficult except for your definition of one year. The number of trading days differs from market to market, however a general rule of thumb might be 250 days. In the US, I have 253 days in this year, however one year back it might be a bit less depending on holidays, so

Re: [amibroker] Needed help in charting

2010-01-31 Thread NW Trader
Hi vgakkhar, Look in the afl and help files for time frame set. Also look in the AB Library with a search for pivots. There are a number of examples of how to display daily, weekly, etc calculated levels on intraday charts. Also look for daily moving averages on intraday charts. Good luck.

Re: [amibroker] AFl Code -3 days continuous up+ adx rsinging

2010-01-30 Thread NW Trader
Hi Silon, Yes it is possible (and even easy) to combine all three conditions to generate a buy signal. I'll be happy to code it, however you need to give me a few more details and I would like to see what you have tried first (you will learn more that way). Regrettably, the picture

Re: [amibroker] Help me plz.

2010-01-29 Thread NW Trader
Hi, For the reasons explained below, I will not code the solution you requested. As a work around for your original problem, why don't you just have a second pane with the MACD code above or below the Candlestick Recognition pane. Yes, it won't be superimposed, but you can match up the

Re: [amibroker] Re: Volume at the Bottom of the Chart

2010-01-28 Thread NW Trader
fine. Tx. 2010/1/28 NW Trader ta4cha...@comcast.net Hi Eswar, You can do this for yourself if you start to learn some basic AFL coding (which should be your goal if you want to use AB customized to your own preferences). You already are part way there as you have defined

Re: [amibroker] REALLY NEED HELP ON BREAKOUT FORMULA

2010-01-28 Thread NW Trader
Hi Rasheed, What time length do you expect this to run on? 1 Minute, 15 Min, Hourly, end of day??? Do you want the H1 and L1 levels set by the time frame selected or some other time frame (like end of day if you are charting intraday). How do you define a buy or sell? Is it to be a cross of

Re: [amibroker] Bar Chart Colors

2010-01-27 Thread NW Trader
-- From: NW Trader ta4cha...@comcast.net To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wed, 27 January, 2010 6:19:57 PM Subject: Re: [amibroker] Bar Chart Colors  Hi Joseph, Try the following lines and plot statement in a new formula editor: Barcolor = IIF(CRef(C,-1

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

2010-01-27 Thread NW Trader
Hi Mi, In your first statement, several possible reasons could cause a value of 0. If your data has a 0 for the C, H, L or V then you are multiplying by 0 which will return 0. If H equals L then H-L will equal 0. When I code your first line and apply it randomly to stocks in my

Re: [amibroker] Re: Volume at the Bottom of the Chart

2010-01-27 Thread NW Trader
Hi Eswar, You can do this for yourself if you start to learn some basic AFL coding (which should be your goal if you want to use AB customized to your own preferences). You already are part way there as you have defined the conditions you want to display, now you just need to incorporate them

Re: [amibroker] Bar Chart Colors

2010-01-26 Thread NW Trader
Hi Joseph, Try the following lines and plot statement in a new formula editor: Barcolor = IIF(CRef(C,-1) , colorGreen, colorRed ); Plot(C, Close , Barcolor , styleBar |styleThick ) ; This colors the bars based on the relation of the close to the prior close. If you want the bars to depict the

Re: [amibroker] Need a customised button in Time frame toolbar

2010-01-22 Thread NW Trader
Hi Abhijit, If what you are wanting to do is put a button on the toolbar next to where you have the 5 and 15 minute buttons, it can be done with a little work. I've done it for 1, 3, and 30 min periods. Here is what you should try: 1) Tools- Preferences - Intraday and edit one of the

Re: [amibroker] Need a customised button in Time frame toolbar

2010-01-22 Thread NW Trader
Hi Abhijit, Forgot to add that if you want to move the order of your icons on a toolbar, you should hold down the ALT key and then left click on the icon and drag the icon to where you want it. Peace and Justice --- Patrick - Original Message - From: NW Trader

Re: [amibroker] Curious problem with replies to posts

2010-01-22 Thread NW Trader
Hi Dennis, I'm just seeing this thread, so my suggestions may be off, however you might consider whether mail.com (or one of the ISPs you use with them) has gotten itself listed on an Anti-spam blacklister service such as Spamcop (spamcop.net, owned by Ironport) or ORDB (ordb.org). Some ISPs

Re: [amibroker] showing calendar days in daily chart

2010-01-14 Thread NW Trader
Hi Samuel, It is possible to set your display for all days via File- Database settings - Intraday settings - Show 24 hour trading (or day and night sessions, if you then define the hours below). However, unless you have a data provider which provides data for all days, or you write some code

Re: [amibroker] Hide Y axis values

2010-01-14 Thread NW Trader
Hi Peter and Bruce, Bruce wrote but is still shows current price. Not sure how to get rid of that. If you mean the value label on the Y axis, you can eliminate them globally via Tools - Charting - uncheck Show Value labels. To locally conceal price (or other indicator values for last bar

Re: [amibroker] How to show trendlines for highest high and lowest low?

2010-01-13 Thread NW Trader
Hi Ed, Try adding this for a line of the HHV of H in the past 20 periods (substitute LLV(L,10) to plot the LLV in 10 periods): Plot(LastValue( HHV(H, 20) ) , , ColorYellow, StyleLine) ; Enjoy AB!! Peace and Justice --- Patrick - Original Message - From: eddmhng To:

Re: [amibroker] Help with Formula

2010-01-12 Thread NW Trader
Hi Benjamin, WC() is apparently a reserved term -- the clue is when you type wc, it changes to upper case (Same as C, O, H, L, etc.). Try renaming your variable to W_C and it should work. I don't know what WC() does off hand -- it's not in the help file yet and so I think it has been

Re: [amibroker] Re: Data Feed - What do you use? - Need a Data Vendor

2010-01-11 Thread NW Trader
Hi droskill, Re: QP your comment - No lists of the stocks making up SP500 or other key indices (they do have Nasdaq and NYSE). Have you opened the QP charting software, then selected the index you wish (e.g., !RUT, !SPX, etc.) and clicked F2 (or the tablet with pencil icon on the tool

Re: [amibroker] Re: Data Feed - What do you use? - Need a Data Vendor

2010-01-11 Thread NW Trader
Hi Droskill, So I take it that in your back test model (and in real trading) when a stock split happens, you would want to be stopped out but you would ignore a reverse split because your stock price has increased in value? Or do you have another way that should be handled -- easily enough I

Re: [amibroker] Re: RSI(2) and AddToComposite [1 Attachment]

2010-01-08 Thread NW Trader
Hi all Below (and attached) is another way to address the issue. While it may run much faster on longer watchlists, it does suffer from one problem that I haven't figured out how to address -- the total number of issues with RSI(2) over 90 is at the top of the column, however I haven't

Re: [amibroker] Re: RSI(2) and AddToComposite

2010-01-08 Thread NW Trader
- count bars IF (RSI(2) 5). Do I need to use looping code or cum may do the job? Regards Richard --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, NW Trader ta4cha...@... wrote: Hi all Below (and attached) is another way to address the issue. While it may run much faster on longer watchlists

Re: [amibroker] how to get the field name selected by ParamField()

2009-12-10 Thread NW Trader
F1 - type paramfield in search - click List Topics - select AFL Functioin Reference - PARAMFIELD or RTM Peace and Justice --- Patrick - Original Message - From: Habibur Md. Rahman Planning Networks To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 1:37 AM

Re: [amibroker] layer number for PlotShapes

2009-12-10 Thread NW Trader
Hi eskimo, IMHO, Layers is one of the most useful (and perhaps unique to stock charting) features of AB's charts. However one thing isn't intuitively clear -- the numbering of them. First, in your PlotShapes argument, there is a provision for specifying a layer (0 or Default Layer is the

Re: [amibroker] Auto Analysis on union of two groups?

2009-12-10 Thread NW Trader
Try putting all the symbols you want (i.e., both groups) into a single watchlist and then test against that watchlist. Wouldn't that work? (You have {nearly} unlimited watchlists.) Peace and Justice --- Patrick - Original Message - From: hydrob...@rocketmail.com To:

Re: [amibroker] layer number for PlotShapes

2009-12-10 Thread NW Trader
Hi Eski, Yes you are right (though I did say that their numbering isn't intuitively clear VBG). I realized that a few moments after I sent my reply -- like watchlists, default colors, and a few other things, AB starts it's numbering at 0. Then again, maybe I'm just a Roman at heart who

Re: [amibroker] Re: CCI Divergence Indicator

2009-11-20 Thread NW Trader
Hi Bob, Download (save as) directly from the Members Area Library. The library you are accessing is now read only (used to be interactive) - so you have to do cut and paste if you use it, and introduce the errors you experienced. Peace and Justice --- Patrick - Original Message

Re: [amibroker] 1 Bad color on 2

2009-11-20 Thread NW Trader
Hi Yves, Your IIF statement is not properly constructed (missing an argument). Here's the solution - Plot( 1.5, Tr-RSI, IIf(uptrend, colorviolet,IIf(downtrend, colorwhite,colordefault ) ) , styleOwnScale|styleArea|styleNoLabel|styleNoTitle , -0.5, 100 ) ; Peace and Justice ---

Re: [amibroker] Advancing Stocks Scan or Exploration

2009-11-20 Thread NW Trader
Hi Alan, With AB there's usually more than one way to skin a cat. I prefer explorations over scans for most purposes as I can display more information about the output beyond buy and sell. For example, I have an more extensive market relationships exploration, a snippet of which follows

[amibroker]Vertical colored lines -- was Re: Tiny red and green arrows on chart ?

2009-11-09 Thread NW Trader
Hi TomB, Unsolicited info for you. The colored vertical lines you are creating ( with your double clicking) define a range on a chart which you can zoom in to (View - Zoom - Range or use keyboard shortcut AltZ). To remove the defined range, it is not tricky -- you can do a CTRLF12 as you

Re: [amibroker] Re: Tiny red and green arrows on chart ?

2009-11-09 Thread NW Trader
Hi TomB and reinsley, Try using an exrem statement for the pivotlow and pivothigh. It will remove the small green and red arrows. Pivotlow = (exrem(pivotlow,pivothigh); Pivothigh = exrem(pivothigh, pivotlow); Peace and Justice --- Patrick - Original Message - From: TomB

Re: [amibroker] Problem with PLOT and IIF

2009-11-08 Thread NW Trader
Hi Yves, If you insist on writing code, it is time for you to get out the manual and learn the language (construction, reserved words, arguments and syntax) of AFL. You ask questions which are at the heart of how to write even the simplest of code. I solve this one for you: Plot(RSI(9),RSI,

Re: [amibroker] Problem with PLOT and IIF

2009-11-08 Thread NW Trader
); Plot(RSI(9),RSI, ColorRSI , styleThick|styleDashed ) ; Again, as has been suggested by myself and Mubashar Virk, read the manual. Peace and Justice --- Patrick - Original Message - From: NW Trader To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 11:46 AM

Re: [amibroker] MACD in 3 color( 2nd TIME )

2009-11-05 Thread NW Trader
Hi Yves, You are not defining the different ParamColor with different names -- all are named MACD color. Try giving each a unique name. E.g. -- MACD color 1, MACD color 2 , etc. Peace and Justice --- Patrick - Original Message - From: Yves To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com

Re: [amibroker] Re: intraday % change

2009-10-23 Thread NW Trader
many others are interested in this for intraday trading.. should be a simple problem --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, NW Trader ta4cha...@... wrote: Hi Maththewkho, Add the following to your exploration code (the P is a parameter which will let you define the length

Re: [amibroker] intraday % change

2009-10-21 Thread NW Trader
Hi Maththewkho, Add the following to your exploration code (the P is a parameter which will let you define the length of the comparison period, delete this line and substitute 1 in the Addcolumn argument if you know that you will only want a one day delta) : P = Param( Periods, 1,1,50,1);

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

2008-07-03 Thread NW Trader
Hi Mr. 21015, Robert Heinlein put it best with TANSTAAFL. (There's no such thing as a free lunch. ) Peace and Justice --- Patrick - Original Message - From: Mr. 21015 To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2008 8:59 AM Subject: [amibroker] NEW USER -

Re: [amibroker] why wont AB plot a 500sma?

2008-06-18 Thread NW Trader
Hi Ash, Works fine for me. Has for years (since '99). is there any reason that AB will not plot a moving average longer than 200? Yes -- not enough data. Do you have 500+ days (or whatever periods you are using) available? Do you understand how a moving average is computed? After buying a

Re: [amibroker] Re: Thicker volume histogram...?

2008-05-05 Thread NW Trader
Hi Dan, Or you could add the following code snippet at the start of you indicator code to reverse the order of the display. This is one instance where some old code is still quite useful. I routinely use a variant of this to dictate whether MAs or other indicators overlay candles. Good

Re: [amibroker] can u explain how to use C * V (close * volume) mr gordon

2008-04-29 Thread NW Trader
Hi mahesh, As no one else has answered, and the trading day is over, I will respond with a couple things; blunt but not meaning to be rude. I do not know what you mean by with volumes calculated based on some percentage of thier price. Do you mean that the price should be divided by volume

Re: [amibroker] Amibroker 5.02 - Editor - error handling limit ??

2008-02-27 Thread NW Trader
Hi G, Use correct arguments. EMA(C,21) , not EMA(21,C) Peace and Justice --- Patrick - Original Message - From: gmorlosky To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 5:06 AM Subject: [amibroker] Amibroker 5.02 - Editor - error handling limit ?? I

Thread Organization -- {was: Re: [amibroker] trim your posts}

2008-02-17 Thread NW Trader
Hi all, At the risk of being flamed, may I suggest a middle approach? I get the group's output via email. Drilling down is no difficult task in an ongoing discussion, but for those who wish to read the group online I suppose it could be onerous. And to see how an idea or code develops

Re: [amibroker] Re: Average Range

2008-01-28 Thread NW Trader
Hi Grant, Several hours ago I posted a reply to you with code attached, however it has yet to show up. Maybe I've been away so long that the rules have changed, but no matter. I'll try again and just include the code within the message. The following will plot the Average Range as either

Re: [amibroker] Re: Average Range

2008-01-28 Thread NW Trader
To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 9:45 PM Subject: [amibroker] Re: Average Range Patrick, you're awesome. Thank you so much, from one NW trader to another. :-) --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, NW Trader [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Grant, Several

Re: [amibroker] regression Channel

2006-12-14 Thread NW Trader
Hi Steve, See my code in the AB Library for a more versatile tool. Hope all is well with you, may see you in Houston. Here I've been busy and am without power at the moment (but running on a 12 KW generator that I installed last summer, expecting the INet to go down any moment too). Lots of

Re: [amibroker] ANY BODY KNOW CODE FOR COLOURING OF VOLUME IN DOWN AND UPWORD

2006-06-22 Thread NW Trader
Hi excellent? sanjay, The answer to your question is Yes. See the help file, search for colors, pick first entry. or try this: Plot( Volume, Volume ,IIf( C O, ParamColor(Up Color, colorGreen ), ParamColor(Down Color, colorRed ) ), ParamStyle( Style, styleHistogram | styleOwnScale |

Re: [amibroker] Re: How can I show buy or sell signal arrow

2006-06-22 Thread NW Trader
Hi Robert, I'm not Tomasz (or anywhere near as smart), but have you checked to see if your chart parameters are set to display trading arrows [ rt click chart, select parameters -- axes grid -- miscellaneous -- show trading arrows ] -- all of this is for display of arrows after an AA has been

Re: [amibroker] Indicator name in chart title.

2006-06-13 Thread NW Trader
Hi Keith, You can follow Dave's suggestion (include the indicator name in the _SECTION_BEBIN() function, or write your own custom Title -- see the help file for the command or look at some sample code. A custom title line allows for a lot more idiosyncratic style, to include other information

Re: [amibroker] Candles running off top

2006-06-13 Thread NW Trader
Hi Steve, Know what you mean about Yahoo's erratic behavior. I posted the message to you below about 30 minutes before my Title message to Keith and while the post to him appeared within a half hour, the one to you has yet to appear. Peace and Justice --- Patrick Hi Steve, I posted some

Re: [amibroker] TJ/Marcin: Right Click Watch list invokes Crash recovery system

2006-06-11 Thread NW Trader
Jim, I reported this directly to Tomasz shortly before he left for vacation a couple days ago. Below is his response. Peace and Justice --- Patrick == Hello, I am aware of it but I have no time to fix it now. Choices: 1. Downgrade to 4.80 or 2. Do not click with

Re: [amibroker] ADX'ers - Riddle me this

2006-06-03 Thread NW Trader
Hi Gerald, Sorry for the very late reply -- it has been a very busy week, again, and I don't often get a chance to catch up intra week. For ADX studies, of course one starts with J. Wells Wilder's seminal work New Concepts in Technical Trading Systems (1978). [Don't be put off by the

Re: [amibroker] Exponential Standard Deviation (EStDev)

2006-05-24 Thread NW Trader
:)danOn Sunday 21 May 2006 11:52 pm, NW Trader wrote: Hi Dan, Try using a Hull MA -- it's a lot faster. Peace and Justice --- Patrick Please note that this group is for discussion between users only. To get support from AmiBroker please send an e-mail directly to SUPPORT {at} amib

Re: [amibroker] 1-2-3 Setups (corrected)

2006-05-23 Thread NW Trader
r package atTrader's Press. Will try eBay also. Was wondering how you thought these setupswould backtest? Thanks again for your generous support. In gratitude Joe - Original Message ----- From: NW Trader To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Mo

Re: [amibroker] Lowest Range in past 2 Days - Code Help?

2006-05-22 Thread NW Trader
Hi Steve, Try LLV(H-L, 2) if you wish to include today's range. If you want the lowest range prior to today, try Ref(LLV(H-L, 2), -1) Consider defining range as a variable and use is as you will. Range = H-L; With LLV(Range, 2) for the first example above; Ref(LLV(Range,2), -1) for the

Re: [amibroker] 1-2-3 Setups (corrected)

2006-05-22 Thread NW Trader
Would you point me to the underlying method by Conners and Cooper? Best regards Joe - Original Message - From: NW Trader To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 1:36 AM Subject: Re: [amibroker] 1-2-3 Setups

Re: [amibroker] Need to fix Database - recommendations wanted

2006-05-22 Thread NW Trader
Hi Jim, While this may seem antithetical to your present practice (and desire for "free" data), I'd suggest a subscription to either Quotes Plus or TC2005. They will maintain your database for you with pretty clean reliable data, keep stocksorganized in industries/sectors/exchanges,

Re: [amibroker] Re: RT trading system with multiple securities

2006-05-19 Thread NW Trader
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Patrick, Do you speak French ? - Original Message - From: NW Trader To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 5:53 PM Subject: Re: [amibroker] RT trading system with multiple securities Hi BG Use Filter, select

Re: [amibroker] RT trading system with multiple securities

2006-05-18 Thread NW Trader
Hi BG Use Filter, select the watchlist. Peace and Justice --- Patrick - Original Message - From: BG To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 7:06 AM Subject: [amibroker] RT trading system with multiple securities Hello,Is it possible to

Re: [amibroker] POSITION CLOSED

2006-05-16 Thread NW Trader
Hi Al, Have you used the EXREM() function in your code? Peace and Justice --- Patrick - Original Message - From: martinod To: AMIBROKER@YAHOOGROUPS.com Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 12:07 PM Subject: [amibroker] POSITION CLOSED Hello, I wrote an

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