Thanks for the answer. But I don't understand, yet. I'm sorry, but, suppose the next purchase: Using end-of-day bars: The system triggers a buy signal. Then I buy on next day bar, just in the open. Then, the stoploss should 'look the price', selling in the same bar if loss is reached.
How could the system knows if the stops triggers before or after the buyprice? Well, If I buy the open price, if the low is less than the stoplevel, the system sells. Is that simple, I think I could programm. But I thought that was easier with the stops commands.. Where is the mistake? Thanx --- In [email protected], Progster <progs...@...> wrote: > > Gonzaga, > > If a chart bar is the smallest data unit under test, your test cannot be > accurate if price-based entries and exits take place in the same bar. > This is because the path of price inside the bar is not known. > > Some platforms have an "inside the bar" smallest data unit under test > (e.g. testing actually done to the tick level, assuming tick data > exists, even though you are observing a Daily chart). This can be > somewhat helpful for visualizing and testing some kinds of strategies, > but tests done this way run at tick-bar speed, not at Daily bar speed. > In any case, AB does not work this way. > > I recommend testing your system on a low enough timeframe such that > entries and exits never occur on the same bar. > > I also recommend, if you need Daily TA numbers, then run on, say, a 5m > chart (or even a 30m chart, depending), and write your code to use AB's > time-compression/expansion to do the Daily-level TA. > > - Progster > > > On 6/16/2010 3:50 PM, Gonzaga wrote: > > > > Well, I have to admit that I don't understand at all the stop system > > performed by Amibroker. > > > > I have super-simplified my code, letting only a buy condition, and a > > stop, established in the settings dialog, to avoid any code mistake. > > So, I want to have a stoploss or stop profit, for example 5%. > > I use settradedelays (1,1,1,1); > > the stops execute in the same bar as stop-loss signal, using the > > parameter in settings "exit intraday at stop(1)",which, as help files > > says, "check High-Low prices and exit intraday on price equal to stop > > level on the same bar when stop was triggered". > > I also set "activate stops immediately", which is supposed that if > > it's activated, "stop is activated after current bar signals" > > And I also set to true, (I dont know if it's needed) "allow same bar exit" > > > > Well, my system buys the day after buy signal, at open. And the stop > > should sell in the stoploss limit exactly, at least if the stop > > triggers in the same buying bar. If it is in another bar, there could > > be a gap that make bigger the loss, of course. > > > > Well, there's no way. I obtain any loss, in the same bar, in different > > bars, and never limit to the stop loss number. > > I understand nothing. > > Does anybody know how to enter at next-bar open, and let the stoploss > > triggers in the same bar of the stop signal? > > Or at least, where is a clear paper explaining the exact usage of the > > amibroker's stops?? > > > > Thanks a looot > > > >
