Patrick, Forgot to ask.
Re the downloads: At the /dcom/ site do I have to do anything? I understand the Rserver is referenced online or do I download and install as a virtual server on my local drive? (I have used a local apache server before). Where do I put the c++ runtime exe i.e. which directory? TIA brian_z --- In [email protected], "brian_z111" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Fantastic work Patrick. > > I ordered the "Optimal Portfolio Modeling" etc book by Philip > McDonnell, a couple of days before you posted, specifically because > it contains examples of R functions etc - somewhere I could start. > > I have to wait weeks to get it. > > This is like going from black and white to colour TV and your plugin > couldn't have come at a better time for me (I'm starting to climb the > mountain of portfolio modeling). > > I like the Carl Jung.... I think you changed a couple of words > though. > > Carl Jung is my world hero. > > Ralph Vince is my trading hero. > > Haven't got an AB hero yet but there are a couple of candidates. > > Thankyou for your big hearted generosity. > > brian_z > > > --- In [email protected], "vlanschot" <vlanschot@> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > This mail is to inform you that I have just uploaded the zip-file > > RPlugIn. It contains two files. The first is the file RMathAFL.dll, > > the RMath plug-in for AB. The second is the Word-document R_Plug- > > in_Amibroker.doc, the accompanying manual. The manual briefly > > describes the functionality of the RMath plug-in for Amibroker > which > > I make freely available to all AB-users. Its purpose is to allow > you, > > the AB-user, to efficiently interact with R, the open-source and > > freeware statistical/ mathematical package based on the S- language > > (i.e. S-Plus). For more details on R , please visit the official > > website: http://www.r-project.org/. Here you will also find manuals > > and other contributed papers on R. Specifically, see this web- page: > > http://www.stats.bris.ac.uk/R/. > > > > It is impossible to discuss the full scale of the R-functionality > > that the plug-in makes available to the AB-user. It simply is > > massive, and even I have only explored a tiny bit of it. Instead, > the > > manual will describe a small subjective selection of the > > possibilities available, with the aim to get you going. I have no > > pretension that my examples are of any use to you. What I do hope, > > however, is that they can get you going, and that this plug-in will > > enhance your trading/analysis skills, like it has mine. > > > > The plug-in has been kindly developed by a programmer-friend for > > which I am very grateful (and no, it is not Tomasz). There will be > NO > > technical support for it, and (in all likelihood) no upgrades, if > > only because the functionality embedded is: > > - very extensive and flexible in terms of accessing R's core > > functionality (I would say almost unlimited, particularly if you > > write your own R-functions separately in R, which subsequently can > > then be called from AFL); > > - unlikely to be (negatively) impacted by changes in R itself; > > > > In the manual you will read about my motivations to have this plug- > in > > developed, the main one being to thank, first and foremost, Tomasz > > Janeczko for developing AB into what it is has become: an industry- > > standard investment and trading platform. It has enabled me to > > transform my investment thinking into practical applications, > making > > some money along the way. Extended thanks go to the AB-community in > > general. I am very grateful to the guidance, sample code, and other > > help (including support from Marcin) I have received over the past > > few years. > > > > PS > > >
