Wouldnt you use ticksize to store it, not the no of ticks per se, but
the ticksize that if multiplied by the no of ticks (fixed) would give
you right range on your range bar.
Volume.... any of those would work
/Paul.
--- In [email protected], Dennis Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> Since I trade with time, volume, and range bars, I need to have a
> place to record the number of ticks for the range bars and volume
size
> for the volume bars on a per symbol basis.
>
> The obvious choice to me is to record it in the Information window
for
> each symbol. However, since it does not have an entry for these,
and
> since I do not use fundamental info, I thought I could use
the "Shares
> Out." for the volume bar spec and the "Shares Float" for the ticks
in
> the range bar.
>
> I don't trade a lot of symbols (just futures contracts), so it is
no
> problem, and actually convenient to be able to change the numbers
for
> these just like parameters.
>
> However, I thought I would check in to see if anyone thought I
should
> not do this for some reason, or had a better idea.
>
> I consider this just a temporary solution until Tomasz implements
more
> flexible settings in some future AB release.
>
> Thanks for your thoughts,
>
> Dennis
>
