Re: [amibroker] Simulating the trading of a system in real time.

[Herman]

Not sure what you mean.. are you talking about the IB Simulated account or the AB Simulator? Using the IB Simulated account (this is the most realistic) your orders will be processed on a tick by tick basis just like in real trading. Unless your code interferes time frames do not play a role. Perhaps i am missing the point :-) herman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When running a simulator, the question I have is: If you have a 5 minute chart and run a simulation, does the simulator use the smallest timeframe of that symbol, that has been saved in the database or does it use a precompressed 5 minute interval as seen in the chart you wish to simulate it in? I think it would be important to use the smallest interval in the database and recreate the compressed 5 minute chart on the fly exactly as it is while trading, otherwise you would get 5 minute data gaps that only produce one OHLC per period missing all the activity it took to create the bar for that period, and you would not get an accurate picture of what the system will do live.. In other words in real life you could have hit your stop many times on a tick chart as it bounces up and down, but since the bar ended as a doji in the 5 minute chart the simulator would pass it by as if you had never been stopped out. jj On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 16:22:37 +0000, you wrote: Hello everybody, I was wondering if AB professional can run a simulation of trading systems on real time data. I'm not talking about "automatic trading" but about having the chance to apply trading rules on real time data coming from the market, and be alerted any time I need to place a new order into the markets, as well as when these orders have been triggered (yes, you already got it: I mean, more or less like "the old" Tradestation 2000i was able to do, if you allow me to say.....). I'm asking because AB updates in real time all sort of quotes and indicators, but - seems to me - there's really no way to "insert a system" in the same way one can insert an indicator. I've been reading I can place alerts in the real-time quote window, and whitin the "AA I noticed a "scan every x minutes" (although I haven't yet trying it) but I feel neither of the two approaches what I'm looking for. Many thanks. 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/ __._,_.___ 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 SPONSORED LINKS Software support Small business finance Business finance online Business finance training Business finance course YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "amibroker" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. __,_._,___