Fast response! Thank you. Can you be more specific on how to access rankings 
using custom backtester?

--- In [email protected], Tomasz Janeczko <gro...@...> wrote:
>
> Hello,
> 
> Oh my God! It does not only re-iterates for all stocks BUT repeating it 
> for ALL bars
> A MUST-READ is this: http://www.amibroker.com/guide/x_performance.html
> 
> Follow advice given in the article and MOVE LOOP INVARIANTS OUTSIDE THE 
> LOOP !
> 
> Better yet REMOVE THIS code altogether.
> You don't need this.
> Instead use PositionScore that does the ranking for you !
> This is a 2nd must read:
> http://www.amibroker.com/guide/h_portfolio.html
> 
> If you need to access rankings use custom backtester - the signal array 
> will have all symbols sorted by absolute
> value of position score on bar by bar basis - it will be many orders of 
> magnitude
> faster than your code.
> 
> Best regards,
> Tomasz Janeczko
> amibroker.com
> 
> On 2010-04-08 21:52, mkecera wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I am using the function below to get ranking of particular stock in the 
> > watchlist according to defined function. Problem is that for backtest its 
> > too slow as it recalculates for each stock.
> >
> > Is there a way to store the rankings once and then just read them or pass 
> > them between different stocks during portfolio backtest?
> >
> > Any pointers are greatly appreciated. Thank you.
> >
> > function GetValue(index)
> >     {
> >     return C[index];
> >     }
> >
> > for (z=1; z<=BarCount-1; z++)
> > {
> >     local List;
> >
> >     List = CategoryGetSymbols( categoryWatchlist, WatchlistNumber );
> >
> >     for( i = 0; ( SymbolNumber= StrExtract( List, i ) ) != ""; i++ )
> >     {
> >     SetForeign(SymbolNumber);
> >     TemporaryValue = GetValue(z);
> >     RestorePriceArrays();
> >     TickersValue[i] = TemporaryValue;
> >     }
> >
> >     MyPosition[z]=0;
> >     for( n = 0; n<=i; n++ )
> >     {
> >     
> > MyPosition[z]=IIf(MyValue[z]<TickersValue[n],MyPosition[z]+1,MyPosition[z]);
> >     }
> > }
> >
> >
> >
> >
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