To reiterate ... your a) can be done like this ...
WLNum = 63;
IPList = GetCategorySymbols(categoryWatchlist, WLNum);
for (i = 0; i < 999999; i++)
{
TickerNext = StrExtract(IPList, i);
if (TickerNext == "")
i = 999999;
else
CategoryRemoveSymbol(TickerNext, categoryWatchlist, WLNum);
}
--- In [email protected], Ken Close <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Joe: thanks for this detail. I have been searching and capturing
published
> code around these very issues, but had not seen the messages from
NW Trader.
>
> I am still on my quest to a) empty a watchlist; b) load a tls of
symbols
> programmatically; c) calculate an ATC average on this newly loaded
list of
> symbols, and d) save the ATC to another watchlist.
>
> This speaks to my objective to produce ATCs of all the major ETFs
(from
> their holdings), which exceed the number of Watchlists available.
If I can
> accomplish the above steps, then Watchlist number should not be a
> limitation.
>
> Can you or anyone give me an example of how to load a tls or txt
file of
> symbols programmatically and then perform an ATC on them.
>
> I asked this several weeks ago, got no replies, and did not press
for help
> because of other tasks at the time. I really would like some help
on the
> step b) above as I think I can accomplish the other steps from all
of the
> code snippits I have gathered.
>
> Please help.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ken
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf
> Of Joe Landry
> Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 6:56 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [amibroker] I need a little help with an ATC
>
> Don - The routines from a thread dating March of 2006 may help you
to
> Clear, Repopulate, and Add Exploration issues to watchlist. There
are
> several contributions to that thread ending with the one by
Patrick. Other
> contributors in the area have also been Dan Clark, Jeff, Steve
Dugas. I'm
> not in the Yahoo file so I don't know the message numbers. Search
on
> NWTrader or Dan Clark.
>
> In some of the writing I just found I noted some folks start with
their
> "universe" of stocks numbering 8000 -10,000 or All Issues. As
the TC2000
>
> Worden Bros. folks have taught, you're probably be better to start
with a
> list of stocks that are tradeable( your definition) with criteria
like
> closing price and traded volume. Here's my range >$5, > $10 or
> >$15.....Volume > 50K, >100K or >200K. This will reduce the
number of
> stocks that have to be loaded into your internal database (the 1st
time
> through) to 1/3 and screened. I start with this daily from QP with
the
> criteria => 1) Is stock?, 2)Price > 5 and 3)Volume > 50K and work
with a
> "universe" of just over 3500. You can do this programmatically
with AB as
> the first
> job step.
>
> Thanks for the recent posting to the Yahoo files. Another place
you can
> post is in the AFL Library.
>
>
> HTH
> Joe L.
>
>
> Hi Dave,
>
> I'm joining the party late, so apologies if this has already been
suggested
> and tried or if this isn't close to what you're looking for -- of
late I've
> had no time to keep up with reading the group or do any AB work.
This is
> something I believe I got the basics of from Dan, adapted long ago
and
> perhaps there are newer and better ways to do, but it works for my
> watchlists. Via the parameters, you may clear, replace or add to a
> watchlist which you can select by number. The default is to not
clear, and
> if clearing then to refill.
>
> As I use it, in other explorations, it allows me to manage
watchlists daily
> and weekly -- altho I've not had time to do much in explorations
and have
> been existing on a diet of daily trades in stocks I know well and
which have
>
> good % moves daily. This is a trimmed down version of the output,
but one
> can add ATR, Avg Range, RSI, ADX and a host of other columns to
help refine
> the information. The multiple column sort now makes this a very
viable way
> for me to ID trading candidates.
>
> AA Code is below and attached. Enjoy.
>
> Peace and Justice --- Patrick
>
>
>
> // Basic Watchlist Management
>
> // Code to clear a watchlist, repopulate that watchlist or add
exploration
> results to an existing watchlist
>
> w = Param("Empty Watchlist First? Yes = 1, No = 2" , 2, 1, 2, 1);
>
> w1 = Param("Autofill Watchlist? Yes = 1, No = 2" , 1, 1, 2, 1);
>
> x = Param ( "Add Results to an Existing Watchlist? Yes = 1, No =
2" , 2 , 1
> , 2 , 1 ) ; // select whether to add results to watchlist or not
>
> y = Param("Set Watchlist Number", 2, 2, 60,1); // sets the
watchlist number,
>
> but reserves the first 2 and last 4 watchlists
>
> Clear = IIf(w ==1, x==2, 0); if( LastValue(Clear) )
> {CategoryRemoveSymbol("", categoryWatchlist, y); }
>
> // -------- Parameter Variables for
> Exploration --------------------------------
>
> TCH = Param("High close value ", 20, 5, 300, 0.5);
>
> TCL = Param("Low close value " , 5, 1, 10, 0.25);
>
> AVP = Param("Period for Avg Vol " , 21, 5, 240, 1);
>
> SV = Param("Stock minimum Avg Vol " , 125000, 50000, 1000000, 5000);
>
> My_Conditions = Close >= tcl AND Close <= tch AND MA( Volume, avp )
> sv;
>
> Filter= My_Conditions;
>
> Buy= Filter;
>
> autoFILL = IIf( w1==1, Filter,0 ) ;
>
> Add = IIf( x==1, Filter , 0 ) ;
>
> if( LastValue( Add ORautoFill ) )
>
> { CategoryAddSymbol( "", categoryWatchlist, y ); }
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Don Lindberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 2:33 AM
> Subject: [amibroker] I need a little help with an ATC
>
>
> > Group.
> >
> > I have created several ATC's to build composite indexes of some of
> > my WatchList. Here is the code I used.
> >
> > /* AddToComposite statements are for Automatic Analysis -> Scan */
> > /* add Close price to our index OHLC fields */
> > AddToComposite(Open, "~CAN SLIM Select Index", "O" );
> > AddToComposite(High, "~CAN SLIM Select Index", "H" );
> > AddToComposite(Low, "~CAN SLIM Select Index", "L" );
> > AddToComposite(Close, "~CAN SLIM Select Index", "C" );
> > AddToComposite(Volume, "~CAN SLIM Select Index", "V" );
> > /* add one to open intest field (we use this field as a counter)
*/
> > AddToComposite( 1, "~CAN SLIM Select Index", "I" );
> > Buy = 0; // required by scan mode
> > /* this part is for Indicator Builder */
> > PlotForeign("~CAN SLIM Select Index", "~CAN SLIM Select Index",
> > colorBlack, style=styleLine);
> > Plot(Foreign("~CAN SLIM Select Index","C"),"~CAN SLIM Select
> > Index",1,8);
> >
> > It works fine, however I have to define a filter every time I run
> > one of these against a particular Watchlist (In this example the
> > Watchlist is caled CAN SLIM Select).
> >
> > My question is.... Can I put a line of code in this AFL that will
> > make it use a specific Watchlist without my having to define a
filter
> > on the AA screen. I'm sure one of you programming Guru's can show
me
> > how to do this.
> >
> > Your help is greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Don Lindberg
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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