Equity is used in the AFL for capital (account amount)
eg
SetOption("InitialEquity", 5000 );-- Cheers Graham AB-Write >< Professional AFL Writing Service Yes, I write AFL code to your requirements http://www.aflwriting.com On 29/05/07, Keith McCombs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Clement -- > I assume you are referring to this code: > ============ > Buy = <your buy formula here> > > > Sell = 0; // selling only by stop > > TrailStopAmount = 2 * ATR( 20 ); > Capital = 100000; /* IMPORTANT: Set it also in the Settings: Initial Equity > */ > > Risk = 0.01*Capital; > PositionSize = (Risk/TrailStopAmount)*BuyPrice; > ApplyStop( 2, 2, TrailStopAmount, 1 ); > ============== > > > Capital is NOT a keyword, just a number. You could have written: > > MyWifesMoney = 100000; /* IMPORTANT: Set it also in the Settings: Initial > Equity */ > Risk = 0.01*MyWifesMoney; > > > And it would have worked just as well. > > > Also note the comment starting with /* IMPORTANT > You should be setting this in AA->Settings->General > Alternatively you could written: > > > MyWifesMoney = 100000; > Risk = 0.01*MyWifesMoney; > SetOption("InitialEquity", MyWifesMoney); /* Overrides Initial Equity > setting in AA->Settings */ > > > BTW, InitialEquity is not a keyword either, just string of characters that > SetOption() recognizes. > -- Keith > > > Clement Chin wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > From a help topic, Back-testing your trading ideas, it seems to me that > Capital is a key word. > > > > When I enter it in AB, it is not shown in bold characters. Is it a key word > to set the initial risk capital? > > > > TIA. > > > > Clement >
