Re: [amibroker] Pct Change in Exploration

2006-03-10 Thread Ara Kaloustian
Have you tried to calculate the % change based on referencing the buy signal on the sell date? I beleive the Buy/Sell arrays are thesame for backtest and explore - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006

[amibroker] Drag and Drop

2006-03-11 Thread Ara Kaloustian
When I load an indicator from my custom directories, they come up as if they were in the drag and drop directory. I never use the drag and drop ... and want to keep all my custom indicators under away from drag and drop... This started recently ... currently running version 4.77 Is

Re: [amibroker] Short system advice?

2006-03-11 Thread Ara Kaloustian
Hi Herman, I have the same basic experience with stop. Invariably they diminish the system. Am intrigued with your profit stops. How do you determine a profit stop ... Support resistance levels, fibs??? Have a great day Ara - Original Message - From: Herman van den

Re: [amibroker] What methods used for system signal weighting?

2006-03-11 Thread Ara Kaloustian
Brian, I have just stated looking at this issue... Used it to identify continuation trades that have very high %win ratios and high returns. My thought is to increase the investment size if i have no position or get an extra unit of that stock. I am using a combination of indicstors (CCI and

Re: [amibroker] AFL Question

2006-03-12 Thread Ara Kaloustian
Index = Foreign(!SPX,C); (!SPX is SP500 in QP data feed. Use appropriate index symbol for yours) Inx_MA = MA(Index,20); Cond1 = Index Inx_MA; Buy = Cond1 AND (your stock buy condition) - Original Message - From: bchris888au [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Re: [amibroker] Source for one minute (1m) price data?

2006-03-13 Thread Ara Kaloustian
eSignal goes back to 9 months (in think) - Original Message - From: voyager_3k [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 12:38 PM Subject: [amibroker] Source for one minute (1m) price data? Anyone have a decent source to get back data on 1 minute

[amibroker] Off Topic - Windows task scheduler

2006-03-15 Thread Ara Kaloustian
Am trying to schedule daily data retreival to run automaticaly. The scheduler does not seem to work. When the scheduled time arrives ... nothing happens. With the cmd window open ... no error message ... nothing Anyone know how to trouble shoot this? TIA Ara Please note that this

Re: [amibroker] Exploration - AB Version 4.78.1

2006-03-20 Thread Ara Kaloustian
be built into arraysOnly number can be arrays, which is what you want, so have numbers instead of letters for the column -- CheersGrahamAB-Write Professional AFL Writing ServiceYes, I write AFL code to your requirementshttp://e-wire.net.au/~eb_kavan/ab_write.htm

Re: [amibroker] 3D chart software?

2006-03-21 Thread Ara Kaloustian
The Amibroker Optimizer has a built in 3D graphics capability - Original Message - From: fox97us [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 10:56 PM Subject: [amibroker] 3D chart software? Can Amibroker do 3D charts? who knows any easy to use 3D

[amibroker] LastValue()

2006-03-22 Thread Ara Kaloustian
I use last value in my programs frequently because it is essential in RT trading. I use it in this manner: Debug = Param("Debug",0,0,1,1); Trade = Param("Trade",0,0,1,1); Sel_Close = iif(Degug,SelectedValue(Close),iif(Trade,LastValue(Close),Close)); This allows me the flexibility of

[amibroker] Explorations

2006-03-23 Thread Ara Kaloustian
I was doing some debug work with Debug view with exploration code. When I testedwith "n last days" = 10, the output in debug view was inconsistent. For some issues, I would have an entry for every day, for others just the last day. After a few tries, I noticed that I was getting an

[amibroker] Starting AB from script - AB version 4.78.1 / Windows 2000

2006-03-24 Thread Ara Kaloustian
Am trying to start AB from a jscript AB = CreateObject("Broker.Application");AB.LoadDatabase("D:\AB Dbs\QP3"); When I start the script, I see AB listed in the Pocesses (Task Manager) for about a second or so, then it's gone. Anyone know what is happening? Thanks ara

Re: [amibroker] Starting AB from script - AB version 4.78.1 / Windows 2000

2006-03-24 Thread Ara Kaloustian
Broker.Application. Regards, Dan. -- Original message -- From: "Ara Kaloustian" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Am trying to start AB from a jscript AB = CreateObject("Broker.Application");AB.LoadDatabase("D:\AB Dbs\QP3

[amibroker] OT. - Kase Oscillators

2006-03-27 Thread Ara Kaloustian
Does anyone have afl code for Kase Peak Oscillator I just read a short paper by Cynthia Kase ... very interesting ... potentially useful Ara 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}

Re: [amibroker] OT. - Kase Oscillators

2006-03-28 Thread Ara Kaloustian
is essentially the same. Thus, our research indicates that we should react equally to a global PeakOut in a trendy market AND a local PeakOut in a choppy OR corrective market.*/ Ara Kaloustian wrote: Does anyone have afl code for Kase Peak Oscillator I just read a short paper by Cynthia Kase ... very

Re: [amibroker] Re: Adaptive indicators / variable periods

2006-03-29 Thread Ara Kaloustian
look in the help files under RSI and CCI - Original Message - From: areehoi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 12:39 PM Subject: [amibroker] Re: Adaptive indicators / variable periods Steve, I'm interested in looking at the adaptive

[amibroker] Amibroker CPU Utilization

2006-03-30 Thread Ara Kaloustian
I was checking my Tick data installation late at night when there is basically zero data coming in (using NQ emini with eSignal data feed. Running 3Ghz machine with Hyperthreading, Windows 2000 with AB version 4.79 I noticed that CPU utilization ran an averageof 30% for AB, occasionally

[amibroker] Detecting New Bar

2006-03-31 Thread Ara Kaloustian
I use the code below to detect when a new bar is started, so that I process some indicators only once per bar in order to decrease CPU load. The code below uses LastValue() function (which is slow). I would like to replace it with Close[BarCount-1] ..., but can not quite figure out how

[amibroker] Compute / Plot Time

2006-03-31 Thread Ara Kaloustian
System: WIN 2000 with 3GHz Hyperthreading CPU I measured the times required to compute and plot support resistance lines. In addition to the "basic" price chart, time required for Support / Resistance is: AFL: 3 ms Total: 36 ms (plot=33ms) Plot uses linearray() functions. I am using

Re: [amibroker] Multiple AB Installations

2006-04-01 Thread Ara Kaloustian
- From: Ara Kaloustian To: AB-Main Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 6:10 AM Subject: [amibroker] Multiple AB Installations I am having problems with multpile installations getting mixed up. When I open one installation, I find the layout

Re: [amibroker] Re: TC2005

2006-04-05 Thread Ara Kaloustian
I recall at the conference Fred saying that backtest and optimizations use the entire date range, ragardless of dates inputted in AA, the only thing that changes is the report. So it would be reasonable that Explorations work the same way Ara - Original Message - From:

Re: [amibroker] Real Time time measurements

2006-04-06 Thread Ara Kaloustian
Herman Thanks for the suggestion. GetRTData() and GetRTDataForeign() are considerably faster, but do not provide array data. For the time being I am trading on a visual basis so I need to have my charts. When I get to fully automated trading, there will be no need for charts and will be

[amibroker] importing TICK data

2006-04-07 Thread Ara Kaloustian
I want to write a tick data importer to be used in a real time simulator. I know Tomasz has provided an importer for tick data ... but I need to access the data on a tick-by-tick basis as in the real world. The idea is to construct the indicators and make trade decisions from the "real

[amibroker] Projecting prices

2006-04-09 Thread Ara Kaloustian
I am trying to figure out the required price to create a particular value of an indicator. Example: My CCI is at 50. I would get a signal if CCI reached 55. What is the require value of price that would make CCI to rise to 55? This kind of calculation can be used to anticipate a signal

Re: [amibroker] Projecting prices

2006-04-10 Thread Ara Kaloustian
thanks Bob, I had temporarily come to the same conclusion but realized that for my particular application I already have the high and low prices ... just need to calculate the close. My application is to use historical data for backtest and figure out a way to makeit equivalent to using

Re: [amibroker] Projecting prices

2006-04-10 Thread Ara Kaloustian
"Iterations", 1.0);AddColumn(Accuracy, "Accuray (%)", 1.9);AddColumn(Ref(P1, -1) / Mult, "Todays Price", 1.9);AddColumn(P1 / Mult, "Goal Price", 1.9); - Original Message - From: Ara Kaloustian To: amibroker@yahoogroups.

[amibroker] IB / eSignal

2006-04-14 Thread Ara Kaloustian
Has anyone succesfully substituted IB data feed for eSignal. I use tick data a lot. Any significant differences??? Thanks Ara 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}

[amibroker] Problem plotting stochastic

2006-04-15 Thread Ara Kaloustian
AB ver 4.8.1 data QP last data on 4/13/06 Trying to plot stochastic overlay on prices on daily chart using code below: StocPeriod = 12; StocD_Overlay = StochD(StocPeriod);Plot(StocD_Overlay,"",colorblue,styleLine|styleThick|styleOwnScale,-10,120); Everything else looks

Re: [amibroker] What is the most efficent way to get a high or low between 2 bars?

2006-04-20 Thread Ara Kaloustian
You might first determine when a new bar is formed, then do the computations only when a new bar is created. //Detect New Bar //Variables: NewBar // //Using LastValue - Try to avoid // //Create function // if (IsNull(StaticVarGet(Lastbar))) { StaticVarSet(Lastbar,0); } //Detect New of bar

Re: [amibroker] Help with symbol in code

2006-04-23 Thread Ara Kaloustian
Since you are working with funds, need not be concerned about hi, lo, open... so code below should be all you need. mystock = Foreign("symbol"); plot(mystock,) if you want issues with hi,lo ... use SetForeign("symbol"); PlotOHLC( ) RestorePriceArrays(); Ara -

Re: [amibroker] which one is the best data source for real time data streaming?

2006-04-24 Thread Ara Kaloustian
eSignal seems the most reliable ... and perhaps most expensive... - Original Message - From: fox97us [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 9:46 PM Subject: [amibroker] which one is the best data source for real time data streaming? Hello, all

Re: [amibroker] VAP -- Volume at Price Histogram Function

2006-04-24 Thread Ara Kaloustian
I use the volume peaks as support / resistance levels .. they seem ok fot that purpose - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 10:04 PM Subject: [amibroker] VAP -- Volume at Price Histogram

Re: [amibroker] Portfolio Backtester

2006-04-28 Thread Ara Kaloustian
ng report?Any further enlightenment you can provide would be greatly appreciated!!8 - ) Thanks again! Steve ----- Original Message - From: Ara Kaloustian To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 8:52 PM Subject: Re: [amibroker

[amibroker] Backtests - End of day

2006-04-30 Thread Ara Kaloustian
I am getting some results that I do not understand why Am testing using relative strength... will not describe system, because I don't beleive the specifics are relevant. My issue is that I get significantly better results with larger watchlists: Example: SP100 7.75% SP500

Re: [amibroker] Writing alert file

2006-05-01 Thread Ara Kaloustian
if you open the file with an a instead of w, AFL will append file - Original Message - From: Mark Jean Petereit [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 7:49 PM Subject: [amibroker] Writing alert file I know how to use fopen, fputs, fclose. But is

Re: [amibroker] Detecting New Bar

2006-05-08 Thread Ara Kaloustian
NewBar() { PrevDateTimeNum = StaticVarGet("DateTimeNum"); LastDateTimeNum = LastValue(DateTime()); StaticVarSet("DateTimeNum",LastDateTimeNum ); return PrevDateTimeNum != LastDateTimeNum; } -Original Message- From: amibroker@yahoogroups.com [mailto

Re: [amibroker] Re: Volume on Price

2006-05-10 Thread Ara Kaloustian
only used my code on ES and only intraday. Denis --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, Ara Kaloustian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone found a way to plot VOP separated in time increments? The standard VOP will plot the volume for all dates displayed on screen. I would like to see the display

[amibroker] suggestions

2006-05-11 Thread Ara Kaloustian
We are supposed to submit suggestions from the Amibroker Feedback center... There does not seem a way to submit suggestions through there Can someone outline the process for me? Thanks Ara Please note that this group is for discussion between users only. To get support

Re: [amibroker] suggestions

2006-05-11 Thread Ara Kaloustian
] suggestions Click the 'Report a new issue' link and choose Suggestion from the drop down that is listed as Bug by default. Ara Kaloustian wrote: We are supposed to submit suggestions from the Amibroker Feedback center... There does not seem a way to submit suggestions through

Re: [amibroker] puzzled by procedure

2006-05-23 Thread Ara Kaloustian
foo ==33 is not a correct structure. == is used as an equality test. Not an assignment of value. - Original Message - From: cstrader232 To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 1:16 PM Subject: [amibroker] puzzled by procedure Could someone

Re: [amibroker] Just Horizontal lines

2006-05-30 Thread Ara Kaloustian
You can use linearray function. See help files. - Original Message - From: amon_gizeh [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 1:47 AM Subject: [amibroker] Just Horizontal lines Hi. I want to draw just horizontal lines for resistance and suport

[amibroker] eSignal

2006-06-02 Thread Ara Kaloustian
Anyone having problems with eSignal Data feed. Mine froze as of midnight Thanks Ara 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} amibroker.com For other support material please

Re: [amibroker] eSignal

2006-06-02 Thread Ara Kaloustian
Thanks Mark and Kevin ... mine started running at 6:30 ... strange - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 10:12 AM Subject: Re: [amibroker] eSignal Mine's running right now In a

[amibroker] eSignal data for NQ U6

2006-06-16 Thread Ara Kaloustian
A peculiar data problem, ... and it has happened before. Data for NQ U6 and ES U6 (and I suppose other similar symbols) from midnight till opening time this morning is not available in Amibroker. It is available on eSignal software. Data after market opening is OK. Overnight data for

Re: [amibroker] Re: eSignal data for NQ U6

2006-06-17 Thread Ara Kaloustian
Would you verify the following please: I have 24 hr data for every day except: 6/9 and 6/16 from 00:01 to 06:30. No change in any settings Seems a little strange ... Thanks Ara - Original Message - From: cpescho [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday,

Re: [amibroker] Re: eSignal data for NQ U6

2006-06-18 Thread Ara Kaloustian
have pre market open data on both days. From 00:01 to 09:30 EST. Chris --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, Ara Kaloustian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Would you verify the following please: I have 24 hr data for every day except: 6/9 and 6/16 from 00:01 to 06:30. No change

Re: [amibroker] ATR Trading System

2006-07-01 Thread Ara Kaloustian
When you get an error, it probably means that the variable did not get a value because it is being defined inside a loop or if statement ... and in this case that statement did not get executed. I can not see an error in your code, but assign a value to var buy at the beginning of the program, so

Re: [amibroker] ATR Trading System

2006-07-01 Thread Ara Kaloustian
Dom, I had same problem ... I defined a few variables before loop and that takes care of errors but got zero hits. I also changed some statements in the loop to operate on individual cells, since you are addressing individual cells with loop. This made program much faster, but still no

Re: [amibroker] ATR Trading System

2006-07-01 Thread Ara Kaloustian
Terry ...right ... The initialization should be R=S=Close; Updated code attached. - Original Message - From: Terry To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2006 3:54 PM Subject: RE: [amibroker] ATR Trading System Your code doesn't work

[amibroker] OT - Internet phones

2006-07-04 Thread Ara Kaloustian
Does anyone have experience using internet phone service while day trading. Am concerned that it may take more bandwidth than I can spare ... and interfere with the real time data stream . Am using AB with eSignal with a cable modem. Will probably never monitor more than 50 issues at a

Re: [amibroker] DateTime() and DateTimeToStr question

2006-07-04 Thread Ara Kaloustian
Andy You are on the right track... but need some additional arithmetic. The datetime() function returns a format that is rather hard to work with. Try using DateNumber() and TimeNumber() functions. They are simpler because thay only deal with date or time. You have to watch out for exceeding

Re: [amibroker] Re: New IB plugin version 1.6.6 released

2006-07-06 Thread Ara Kaloustian
We can now use latest TWS API for both data and ibc ??? - Original Message - From: Tomasz Janeczko [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 12:31 PM Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: New IB plugin version 1.6.6 released Yes it works with old symbology.

Re: [amibroker] Info on forthcoming book -- Quantitative Trading Systems

2006-07-07 Thread Ara Kaloustian
Howard, Pretty comprehensive table of contents. Hope that does not mean that you'll have to just gloss over the subjects. Looking forward to the publication Ara - Original Message - From: Howard Bandy [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 6:51

Re: [amibroker] Array Explore using Different Time Frames

2006-07-10 Thread Ara Kaloustian
Your code should work... how are you looking at HighDay? might consider using debug view to look into the workings of your code - Original Message - From: sslack88 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 11:40 AM Subject: [amibroker] Array Explore

Re: [amibroker] Re: OT: Crash

2006-08-10 Thread Ara Kaloustian
Thanks to Dingo and cyclicaltrader for responding. Problem indeed seems like a RAM issue. A - Original Message - From: cyclicaltrader [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 11:30 AM Subject: [amibroker] Re: OT: Crash Try the following link:

[amibroker] OT: Windows XP

2006-08-15 Thread Ara Kaloustian
Am trying to decide how to for my Hard Disk (for new machine). With my Win 2000 I had all applications and data in drive d: and OS in drive C:. I am not sure if I got any benefit from having the applications on drive d:. Now considering putting OS andall applications on C: and data on

[amibroker] OT: Windows 2000 startup

2006-08-17 Thread Ara Kaloustian
I get several codes on boot-up that show up at the lower right corner of screen plusa few beeps. The codes are all 4 character codes such as 0078, 007C, 0085, 0001. A search on boot errors or startup erorrs does not find anything similar to these codes. Anyone recognize these? Thanks

[amibroker] Rotational Trading - WorstRankHeld

2006-08-27 Thread Ara Kaloustian
Am trying to develop a RotationalTrading System. I do not understand the SetOption("WorstRankHeld",Rank); command. It seems to impact the trading even if rank is larger than MaxOpenPositions. Example: If I allow 5 open positions, why should a rank of 10 or 20 ... or any number over 5

Re: [amibroker] Calc using LinearReg

2006-08-28 Thread Ara Kaloustian
Use Value = Ref(Linearreg(C, 52), -26); - Original Message - From: Keith Osborne [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 10:15 PM Subject: [amibroker] Calc using LinearReg Hi, I want to find the value of the 52 period linear regression line 26

Re: [amibroker] Rotational Trading - WorstRankHeld

2006-08-28 Thread Ara Kaloustian
Sid Thanks for the clear and complete answer A - Original Message - From: Sidney Kaiser To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 5:02 PM Subject: Re: [amibroker] Rotational Trading - WorstRankHeld At 10:42 PM 8/26/2006, you wrote:

Re: [amibroker] backtest results

2006-08-29 Thread Ara Kaloustian
Select the date range you want in the AA window. Any signals before that will be ignored. ExRem does not do anything during backtest, as it is already accounted for, unless you write custom backtest procedures and want repeat trade signals to add to market position. - Original Message

Re: [amibroker] Cycles and Mesa

2006-09-04 Thread Ara Kaloustian
You can find info on cycles on Dr Ehler's web at www.nesasoftware.com Based on his work, markets are in cycle mode only about 20% of the time. Based on work that I did, I found cycles (at least this method) of very limited use. It takes about 2 cycles for software to switch to cyclic mode,

Re: [amibroker] Cycles and Mesa

2006-09-04 Thread Ara Kaloustian
... Kind regards, Ton Sieverding. - Original Message - From: Ara Kaloustian To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 8:06 PM Subject: Re: [amibroker] Cycles and Mesa You can find info on cycles on Dr Ehler's web

Re: [amibroker] Re: Cycles and Mesa

2006-09-05 Thread Ara Kaloustian
A FFT chip may be useful. They are pretty inexpensive so if your computer can accomodate one, TJ would probably be willing to provide an interface. Also, a FFT software is probably available... if someone could put it in a DLL for use with AB.. Limitation of FFT is that it requires a

Re: [amibroker] Re: Cycles and Mesa

2006-09-05 Thread Ara Kaloustian
Rakesh, John Ehler's code is quite usable with AB... it produces the dominant cycle value. It is a bit CPU intensive but I tried using it at the start of a new bar (instead of using it with every trade) and that made the CPU load quite acceptable. My issue with both Ehler's code anf FFT

Re: [amibroker] Re: Cycles and Mesa

2006-09-06 Thread Ara Kaloustian
for in AFL. The limitation you are talking about is correct. But I don't think itis difficult to work with time series having the correct number of bars. That can be done easily in AFL. Unless you have a different opinion about that ... Ton. - Original Message - From

[amibroker] Chart Display

2006-09-08 Thread Ara Kaloustian
My eod charts display only 4 years of data. The data on QP charts is correct and displays all available data (10 yrs +). Looking at preferences and data base settings, I can not find a parameter that makes a difference. Anyone know what parameter to change? Thanks A __._,_.___

Re: [amibroker] Chart Display

2006-09-08 Thread Ara Kaloustian
. Hope this helps JOE - Original Message - From: Ara Kaloustian To: AB-Main Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 9:37 AM Subject: [amibroker] Chart Display My eod charts display only 4 years of data. The data on QP

Re: [amibroker] OT: XP debugging help urgently requested

2006-09-16 Thread Ara Kaloustian
Yuki, Can not help you on your specific issues, but I had similar chronic blue screen of death issues ... 2 things were going wrong: 1. I had some bas RAM - when PC was powered up, I was not checking for memory problems, so I was not aware. 2. Had bad disk drive. This mostly gave me difficulty

Re: [amibroker] OT: XP debugging help urgently requested

2006-09-16 Thread Ara Kaloustian
Careful with compressed gases ... they can create a lot of static electricity, unless they are designed specifically not to. - Original Message - From: Joe Landry [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2006 3:33 AM Subject: Re: [amibroker] OT: XP

Re: [amibroker] OT: XP debugging help urgently requested

2006-09-16 Thread Ara Kaloustian
I removed and clean my heat sink a couple of weeks ago... temperature dropped for 70 to 40 degrees C. The primary levels do a full release, but you need to wiggle things around from both sides. Dont forget to use thermal grease when you rebuild. - Original Message - From: Yuki Taga

Re: [amibroker] New Amibroker Version?

2006-09-25 Thread Ara Kaloustian
4.90 Should arrive late October 5 free upgrades seem to be every 18 months or so... About costs ... Amibroker hardly figures into trading costs. Suggest you get copy without waiting ... can certainly use unregistered copy to develop whatever you may want to develop until next release. -

Re: [amibroker] Any way to measure the slope of a MA

2006-09-27 Thread Ara Kaloustian
Slope = (Value - Ref(Value,-1)) / Ref(Value,-1); for most practical purposes you can use Slope = Value - Ref(Value,-1); - Original Message - From: laster To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 3:29 PM Subject: [amibroker] Any way to

Re: RE: RE: [amibroker] Scan and Settings

2006-09-30 Thread Ara Kaloustian
Just a thought ... in case you are not already doing it this way ... should be using "common stocks" as your source of data - not "All Symbols". ETFs for example sometimes have secor / industry info, sometimes not ... and they behave differently when I compute Rel Stregth (last bar is

[amibroker] OT - XP windows explorer

2006-10-01 Thread Ara Kaloustian
I seem to have an "intermittent" operation with my windows explorer. When I save a large file, sometimes I can see the file sizedisplay updating automatically, showing theincreasing size of the file. Other times the size does not update automatically. Same with putting a CD in the CD

Re: [amibroker] Needs some help backtesting a 5min futures system

2006-10-02 Thread Ara Kaloustian
PositionSize = 1; - Original Message - From: wes_zoltran2 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 5:51 PM Subject: [amibroker] Needs some help backtesting a 5min futures system Hi All I'm trying to backtest a daytrading system that trades on

Re: [amibroker] RE: Polynomial Trendlines

2006-10-03 Thread Ara Kaloustian
Title: Polynomial Trendlines Fred, There have been a lot of posting on this subject. Your one image however is a very powerful message of its potential. Now I have to go back and review all the post ... hoping to find a good reference to study. Anyone using it succesfully now? Ara

[amibroker] OT: Win XP - Read Only files

2006-10-22 Thread Ara Kaloustian
I have every file folder and subfolder marked as read only, even though the files within these folder are normal (not read only). Removing the read only check from folder properties, does nothing. Next time I look at its properties, it is again marked as read only. Thisseems tocausing

Re: [amibroker] OT: Win XP - Read Only files

2006-10-23 Thread Ara Kaloustian
Thanks Joseph ... looks like I have to re-install XP I have my apps and data on different drives from system, so am safe for loss of data. Do you know if there is a way to automatically register all applications so I won't have to re-install those also? Thanks Ara - Original

[amibroker] Linked windows

2006-10-23 Thread Ara Kaloustian
In my layouts with multiple windows, I run the same code in each window using different intervals. When I activate a parameter in one window, all windows get changed. Example. I can overlay volume data plot on price chart by selecting a parameter, Problem is when I activate the volume

Re: [amibroker] OT: Win XP - Read Only files

2006-10-23 Thread Ara Kaloustian
Joseph, Is the disk formatter in XP, a low level formatter? tx A - Original Message - From: J. Biran To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 10:16 AM Subject: RE: [amibroker] OT: Win XP - Read Only files p.s. when you

[amibroker] eml

2006-10-23 Thread Ara Kaloustian
I just received an undeliverable notice mail with an address I do not recpgnize ... NUT one of the attachments was a post I made on this board earlier ... or yesterday ... as an eml document ... Not sure what all this means ... but though I post the experience __._,_.___ Please note

Re: [amibroker] PC Utilities.

2006-10-25 Thread Ara Kaloustian
. Never looked at one. Tx Ara - Original Message - From: Yuki Taga [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Ara Kaloustian amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 12:39 AM Subject: Re: [amibroker] PC Utilities. Hi Ara, Wednesday, October 25, 2006, 3:31:19 PM, you wrote: AK I

[amibroker] System Backup utility

2006-10-25 Thread Ara Kaloustian
Question about system Backup (MS utility with XP) vs. Disk Image software. I gather both would be OK for fixing a corrupted disk, but Disk image will be necessary if System disk needs to be replaced. Is that correct? Thanks ara __._,_.___ Please note that this group is for

[amibroker] OT - Acronis True image

2006-10-29 Thread Ara Kaloustian
Thanks to those who recommended Acronis. Tomasz and I think Yuki Great software. Ara __._,_.___ 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} amibroker.com For NEW RELEASE

Re: [amibroker] Please help - Probelm with variables

2006-11-01 Thread Ara Kaloustian
use static variables. search help on static - Original Message - From: gosub283 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 8:41 AM Subject: [amibroker] Please help - Probelm with variables Hi All, I have a variable named Days_Till_Sell that

[amibroker] OT: Win XP task Scheduler.

2006-11-03 Thread Ara Kaloustian
Am trying to program the task scheduler to run a batch file ... quite unsuccesfully. I do have a WIN XP reference book and it looks pretty straight forward ... The log file has this entry: "Daily Process Tasks.job" (Daily Process Tasks) 11/2/2006 10:39:41 PM ** ERROR **Unable to start

Re: [amibroker] Some Issues in latest 4.88 Beta.

2006-11-05 Thread Ara Kaloustian
#4 ... use File / new - Original Message - From: RajeevM To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 10:50 AM Subject: [amibroker] Some Issues in latest 4.88 Beta. some issues to bring up.1. Why do we see "Earse favourites" menu even when

Re: [amibroker] String Arrays

2006-11-06 Thread Ara Kaloustian
There are no string arrys in AFL ... yet - Original Message - From: jay_podda [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 12:06 PM Subject: [amibroker] String Arrays I want to store strings in array. When I use assign string to array element, it

[amibroker] AFL

2006-11-08 Thread Ara Kaloustian
Is there a way to specify the trading hours for intraday trading within AFL (instead of database settings)? Thanks ara __._,_.___ 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}

[amibroker] Volume Spread Analysis

2006-11-30 Thread Ara Kaloustian
I hear this term Volume Spread Analysis frequently... Don't know exactly what it means, but sounds interesting. My volume analysis techniques are ... near non-existent. Anyone familiar with it? Appreciate any comments or references Thanks Ara

Re: [amibroker] Line thickness

2006-11-30 Thread Ara Kaloustian
Bruce, you can not easily. A few people have requested this feature, but TJ has chosen not to impement it I suppose because not enough people asked for it. Recommend you submit a suggestion ... make a search first to see if a suggestion already exists ara - Original Message -

[amibroker] Line Thickness

2006-12-02 Thread Ara Kaloustian
function, you must use a chart that covers price range of 80 to 85. (IBM) The file suffix has been changed to .txt. You must change it to .afl for the code to work. //File: Test - Draw Thick // //Created by Ara Kaloustian //December 2, 2006 // //This code draws a line of variable thickness

Re: [amibroker] Line Thickness

2006-12-02 Thread Ara Kaloustian
Bruce, The code I posted earlier should do what you want. You need to substitute your Stochastic value instead of the value of 85. - Original Message - From: Bruce Hawkins To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006 4:39 PM Subject: Re: [amibroker] Line

Re: [amibroker] Ribbon Indicator

2006-12-04 Thread Ara Kaloustian
search help files for ribbon. A lot of good info there - Original Message - From: Ken Henderson To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 7:32 PM Subject: [amibroker] Ribbon Indicator Hi Can anyone advise how I can change this line to a ribbon

Re: [amibroker] Having a nasty time figuring this APL out.

2006-12-04 Thread Ara Kaloustian
use PassTest = iif(testvolume ==False,True); if statements can be used with not array variables. - Original Message - From: Homar Simpson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 8:51 PM Subject: [amibroker] Having a nasty time figuring this APL

Re: [amibroker] Having a nasty time figuring this APL out.

2006-12-04 Thread Ara Kaloustian
Correction to prior response use PassTest = iif(testvolume ==False,False,True); - Original Message - From: Ara Kaloustian [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 9:00 PM Subject: Re: [amibroker] Having a nasty time figuring this APL out. use

Re: [amibroker] Having a nasty time figuring this APL out.

2006-12-04 Thread Ara Kaloustian
another point ... True in AFL is any non zero value (not limited to 1) False is obviously always 0 (zero) - Original Message - From: Homar Simpson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 8:51 PM Subject: [amibroker] Having a nasty time figuring

[amibroker] Include files

2006-12-12 Thread Ara Kaloustian
I am trying to create an include file from an existing working file. When I include the segment of the working code that I want, I get syntax error at the # sign. Error says Syntax error, probably missing semicolon at end of previous line. The include file is the only thing in the new file!!!

Re: [amibroker] Study behind price bars.

2006-12-13 Thread Ara Kaloustian
change the order that plot are made. Later plots go on top. - Original Message - From: idaytrader [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 11:22 AM Subject: [amibroker] Study behind price bars. Hi all, Is there a way to have a study on

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