Mike, Thanks for your time. My code has it. Only my concept of display of parameters was wrong.
On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 9:13 PM, Mike <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The only problem is that there is a missing semicolon after _SECTION_END(). > Once added, the original code, in its entirety, appears to be functioning as > desired. > > Mike > > > --- In [email protected] <amibroker%40yahoogroups.com>, "NW > Trader" <pk47har...@...> wrote: > > > > Hi L V, > > > > Well when I copy your code into the formula editor and try to apply it I > get errors and no chart until I comment out everything from if(arrows) to > the end. > > > > Then I get a line plot of the closing price (which is what your code > specifies) and opening the parameters menu, I have all the parameters for > Price Field color style and Display arrows. > > > > I doubt that this is what you were aiming for, but that's what you've > got. If you wanted a MACD, then you must specify MACD code in the formula > you are adding to a pane. I think you are working with just a snippet of > code, not the entire code. > > > > You could overlay this snippet on a macd formula, but I don't know what > that will accomplish as long as you are plotting the price field. > > > > Peace and Justice --- Patrick > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: L V Gandhi > > To: [email protected] <amibroker%40yahoogroups.com> > > Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 6:56 PM > > Subject: Re: [amibroker] Doubts about Parameters > > > > > > > > > > Thanks Mr.Patrick for your time. > > I did click reset button nothing happened. > > I saw the code in edit formula window by right clicking on the pane.It > shows exactly what I have given above. I have not given any separate code > for MACD. All that is there what is written by me above. I hope it utilizes > inbuilt MACD code. > > Thanks regarding date ranges explanation. > > > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 11:00 AM, NW Trader <pk47har...@...> wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi L V, > > > > An addendum to my last post. If resetting the parameters did not solve > your problem, then check on the following items. > > > > Are you certain that the chart you are clicking on is using the formula > you modified? If you had an existing chart open, then modified the formula > via right mouse click -> edit formula, then saved that formula to custom > folder, the original chart you had open may not be based on the modified > formula. To check either open the chart formula again to see if it is > modified, or open the parameters menu, -> Axes & Grid and examine the file > path under Miscellaneous. If it is not the modified formula, then add that > formula to a chart pane. > > > > Another possibility is that the macd code you are applying doesn't use > the terms Color or style. The built in MACD I have doesn't, instead it uses > MACD Line Color, MACD style, etc. Of course, I may have modified this code > long ago and forgotten I did. If you still have problems, post the entire > macd code you are using, for examination. > > > > As to running an AA (scan, exploration, backtest) on a specific date > range, just set the dates in the from and to boxes and click the radio > button next to from. If you want the last date in your database quickly, in > the to box, click the down notion to open a calendar and click on the red > square at the bottom next to Today: (date of last update in data). > > > > Peace and Justice --- Patrick > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: NW Trader > > To: [email protected] <amibroker%40yahoogroups.com> > > Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 10:00 AM > > Subject: Re: [amibroker] Doubts about Parameters > > > > > > Hi L V, > > > > Did you also click on the Reset all button at the bottom of the > parameters screen? > > > > Peace and Justice --- Patrick > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: L V Gandhi > > To: [email protected] <amibroker%40yahoogroups.com> > > Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 8:44 AM > > Subject: [amibroker] Doubts about Parameters > > > > > > I have copied A Parameter example script as AFL in customs folder given > as below. > > _SECTION_BEGIN("MACDSignal"); > > Buy = Cross(MACD(), Signal() ); > > Sell = Cross(Signal(), MACD() ); > > > > pricefield = ParamField("Price Field", 3); > > Color = ParamColor("color",colorRed); > > style = ParamStyle("style",styleLine,maskAll); > > arrows = ParamToggle("Display arrows", "No|Yes",1); > > Plot(pricefield,"pricefield",Color,style); > > if(arrows) > > { > > > PlotShapes(Buy*shapeUpArrow+Sell*shapeDownArrow,IIf(Buy,colorGreen,colorRed) > ); > > } > > _SECTION_END() > > > > But when I open parameters window, I get parameter for pricefield only. > > 1) What is to be done for getting all parameters? > > 2) If I want to test only between some data say from 1 Jan 2010 to last > trading day in scanning how should I modify this? > > > > >
