You might want to ensure a delay (i.e. rade at tomorrow's open) with the following statement: SetTradeDelays( 1, 1, 1, 1 );
--- In [email protected], "Paul Ho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Are you sure you haven't "look into the future" with one of your statements > e.g. buy on open with the price of low being known > > _____ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of intermilan04 > Sent: Tuesday, 15 August 2006 4:31 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [amibroker] Buying at open -- In Real Life > > > > Hi all, > > I'm just curious if anyone here are buying and selling securities at > the open with market orders, i.e. orders are placed BEFORE MARKET OPEN > and they get executed as soon as the market opens. > > I have noticed that buying at the open might help you get cheap > shares, but the reverse is also true...you might sell your shares at > really bad bids. > > The reason why I'm bringing it up is, my system on Amibroker is > designed to trade at the open. And strangely enough, my system isn't > doing too well ever since I started using it...perhaps it's because > I'm getting bad bids and asks by placing market orders overnight? > > I'm not quite sure how the first trade occurs, in theory I sell to the > highest bidder but with low liquidity of pre-market trading, what if > the highest bid is absurdly low? > > Any thoughts on this is greatly appreciated. > > Regards, > > intermilan04 > 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 check also: http://www.amibroker.com/support.html Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/amibroker/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
