You will get a more detailed answer I'm sure... but in a nutshell, yes, yes and yes. You can do all the things you want.
Automated trading through Interactive Brokers only as far as I know. --- In [email protected], "ozzyapeman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This is a newbie question. I am considering purchasing AmiBroker > Professional. I am not a programmer but can handle basic technical > stuff, and will learn AFL. > > I want to know if it is even possible to program something like the "3 > Ducks Trading Method" with FOREX and eventually automate it. > > http://captaincurrency.blogspot.com/2007/01/3-ducks-trading-system.html > > Basically 3 Ducks involves testing SMA conditions on 4 hour, 1hour and > 5 minute charts before determining the entry. Is this even possible or > can AmiBroker AFL strategies only work with one time frame at a time? > > If it is possible to build such a simple multi-time frame strategy, > can I then easily backtest it with historical data in an automated > mode, using intra-day data? Or do I need to manually switch the time > frames as the backtest proceeds? > > Can something like the 3 Ducks system be fully automated in AmiBroker > to trade live? I don't plan on doing that any time soon, just want to > know if it is even possible with this software. > > Thanks! >
