Chris, As the Sell array can only contain 0 or 1 (False or True), I figured that True would be completely wrong as I don't want an exit signal on every bar. So, that just leaves False as the solution... and it seems to work. But I am not really sure if this is the proper way to do it...
--- In [email protected], "Chris DePuy" <cde...@...> wrote: > > rise, > > I'm literally working with this same thing now. yes, you have to tell > amibroker to put a 0 in each of the Sell array locations, otherwise it will > sell. but, if you don't put a value in there, the backtester won't work. > > Chris > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: rise_t575 > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 1:19 PM > Subject: [amibroker] Sell & ApplyStop > > > > Hello, > > I guess I have a small problem with understanding the ApplyStop function. > > If I want to use the stop defined by the ApplyStop function as my only stop > (e. g. stopTypeNBar for exiting after n days), the backtester still wants > some condition for the "Sell" array (sell = ...), although I don't need > another condition for selling. > > Is it correct in this case to assign just a "False" to the Sell array? > Seems a bit strange to me... > > Sell = False; > ApplyStop(stopTypeNBar, ...); > > Thanks in advance! >
