--- In [email protected], "srengret" <lech...@...> wrote: > srengret, Have you tried scrolling down to a price level that's probably 30% or so below the close price? Or perhaps change 3*ATR.. to 1*ATR... or 0.5*ATR and see it nearer the close. Dan
> I have a white background. I'm away from home right now so I'll try the code > you provided anyway when I return. > > Am I overlooking where it may be plotted, i.e. I'm expecting the plot to show > on the same chart as my buy and sell arrows ? > > Thanks. > > > > --- In [email protected], "Joris Schuller" <jschuller@> wrote: > > > > Plot (C-(3*(ATR(10))), "c-3*ATR(10)", colorDarkGreen); > > > > //added; if you don't see line below plotted, you know it is the background > > > > Plot (C, "C", colorDarkGreen,64); > > > > > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > > Of srengret > > Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 5:12 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [amibroker] Plot ATR for backtest - Unable to see the plot > > > > > > > > I'm using Amibroker 5.10. > > I'm writing code to set a trailing stop at 3* ATR. I'm trying to plot 3 *ATR > > as a line to see this, yet I'm unable to plot it after checking references > > and modifying the code. > > The code worked fine using the ApplyStop for a 7% trailing stop. I commented > > it out to use the 3*ATR. Also, green buy arrows and red sell arrows showed > > okay. > > I imagine I've overlooked something obvious - maybe it is positioning of the > > 3*ATR line. I just don't know. > > I used a purchase of PZT (Powershares ETF) on 9/11/2008 as a check to see > > the line, but it didn't show. > > Would someone look at the code below and tell me what is wrong with it? > > > > Buy = > > C > 5.0 AND > > ROC(C,10) > 0 AND > > PDI(10) > MDI(10) AND > > ADX(10)>22 AND > > C > EMA(C,10) AND > > EMA(C,10) > EMA(C,20); > > > > Sell=0; > > //Trailing Stop at 7% Loss > > //ApplyStop(2,1,7,1,False,1); > > //Equity(1,0); //ThIS EVALUATES STOPS > > //Plot(Sell==4,"ApplyStop Sell",colorRed,4|styleOwnScale);//4 is for > > trailing stops > > //Sell = 1.10*Buy; > > > > //Using ATR > > ApplyStop(2,2,3*ATR(10), 1, False,1) ; > > Equity(1,0); //ThIS EVALUATES STOPS > > Plot(Sell==4,"ApplyStop Sell",colorRed,4|styleOwnScale);//4 is for trailing > > stops > > > > //Plot ATR > > Plot (C-(3*(ATR(10))), "c-3*ATR(10)", colorDarkGreen); > > > > Thanks. > > >
