If buying MetaStock 10 and using one of the tested systems
get you to become a millionaire
...
I don't think that is the point the poster was making.
IMO Thomasz is an exceptional developer. AB is getting better and
better, but for who? The average trader? No.
I'd say Amibroker, I have tried both, as well as tradestation and
wealthlab. Amibroker is the number one.
VERY competitive price, VERY good programming language - perhaps steep
learning curve but hey - you are going to want a powerful language
eventually, VERY good charts. Scans, explorations.
What major issue ? - I don't see any major issue - all annotations remain there
untouched
in charts were you plotted them.
If you created NEW chart - then there are no annotations because annotations
are PER CHART ID (see parameters window).
It does not really matter if you insert the same
Checking the difference in Forum activity on Yahoo may be another hint ...
Ton.
- Original Message -
From: Yuki Taga
To: ftstrades
Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2007 8:10 AM
Subject: Re: [amibroker] matastock vs amibroker
Saturday, February 10, 2007, 3:30:51 PM, you
The length and complexity of the code provided in Trader's Tips section in
Technical Analysis of Stocks Commodities Magazine is another clue.
AmiBroker's code is usually the shortest.
--- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, Ton Sieverding [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Checking the difference in Forum
Yuki hit the nail on the head: once you start using AmiBroker to potential you
can rarely go back to another program. This is simply so because AmiBroker has
many features that are either not available or cannot be duplicated using any
other TA software.
best regards,
herman
ex-MS user
hi,
I import a list of symbols each day into Amibroker which I intend to trade.
After first clearing the real time quote window of all symbols I add this new
list of symbols. Then I do backfill all RTQ symbols. Even though most of the
day I leave the symbol in the active window all other
I agree with all of the above posts. I would like to add that I have
spoken to a number of system traders and they have said that if they
had their time over, they would start immediately with AmiBroker and
not bother with MetaStock, for all the reasons mentioned above
(capabilities, cost,
hello,
Thats another problem , though it is shortest and i mean the
shortest ,its very
difficult to produce such short codes unless one is very proficient .Iuser
for sometime now
i still have a problem making such short expert codeing .I do get the
outputs i need mosty
but i have to
Yes, it is warm and we're looking forward to seeing you in Houston.
The flowers are blooming and temps are forecast to be in the 70's on
Tues.
We'll be waiting for you at the gate for the arrival of your flight.
Best regards
Joe L.
- Original Message -
From: msc626
To:
I noticed that you also raised the same question in Yahoo group metastock mail
list , but so far zero response, compared to seven responses on this yahoo
group (Amibroker's group) before my post. It is a huge difference , isn't it ?
In my case, I wanted to find an software to automate my
Terry ..
IB provides a year of daily data. Primary use is for TWS daily charts, but API
users have access too.
It would be a nice feature if we could have both IntraDay and Daily data from
IB in one database like AB does for esignal.
For reference, programs such as QuoteTracker and
Hi,
How do I create an AFL to filter out all my ticker symbols that have .OB?
thanks
Qi
When I run AmiQuote in Yahoo Historical from 1/1/1900 to present on
all stocks (7000+) I'm getting about 700 stocks that are missing
quotes Usaually I get about 300. Sure a few hundred of those no longer
around.
I reun AmiQuote in Yahoo Historical mode again on just that list that
are missing
Last3 = StrRight(Name(),3);
Filter = Last3 != .OB;
- Original Message -
From: Tony Lei
To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2007 7:41 AM
Subject: [amibroker] Yhoo Stock database and .OB
Hi,
How do I create an AFL to filter out all my ticker
Hi all,
I've been checking on my historical database which was recently updated and
notice that the Volume is missing 2 digits (two zeroes). Alot of stock that
have a volume of over 1M shares now have 100K. Anyone experiencing the same
thing in their quote editor?
e.g. AAPL, Volume 307,336
Hello,
The volume is now divided by 100 and it is expressed in HUNDREDS of shares.
(for NEW installations only - old installations (upgrades) are not affected,
unless you install
AmiQuote separately)
It is controlled by
$VOLFACTOR 0.01
entry in aqh.format file
This is to prevent trunaction
Thanks Ara,
Also, what is the best way to remove the stocks with .OB from the database?
I tried using Organize assignments and use the delete key but I still have
.OB stocks in my database.
thanks again
Qi
On 2/10/07, Ara Kaloustian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Last3 = StrRight(Name(),3);
I use to lose data with IB. The non-problem is that sometimes when you save
the database, the collected data for that day or day(s) for a symbol(s) does
not get saved.
A while back there was a post that said before you save your database at the
end of the day, run a simple scan across all of yor
Hi Guys,
How to retrieve current data from yahoo in excel and AFL?
eg.
^TNX ^IRX ...
Thank you.
--- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, sebastiandanconia
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This is a good plain-English description, and you can follow the links
to learn more.
Hi All,
I'm trying to write 14 day WMA of stock as bellow:
WMA(StochK(14)));
Can any one correct this formula.
Thx
--- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, Mohammed [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi All,
I'm trying to write 14 day WMA of stock as bellow:
WMA(StochK(14)));
Can any one correct this formula.
Thx
Sorry Like this one:
Cross(StochK(15), WMA(StochK(14)));
Thanks
Marty
I just looked at your list of tickers, they appear good to me including volume.
BTW, I am using AB 4.89 beta.
Dave
- Original Message -
From: prog200
To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2007 7:59 AM
Subject: [amibroker] Yahoo Data is missing
I'm not using IB, and might be missing the point. but since you
already have tick live feed from IB, what's stopping you from switch
it to daily view?
--- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, tradinghumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, tradinghumble sharp2be@ wrote:
I
Hi all,
Someone from the forum was kind enough to provide me the following code.
Does anyone know an efficient way to delete the .OB ticker symbols ? Also,
when I filter the .OB ticker symbols, there will be times when it does not
filter them all? (e.g. AMGO.OB not showing up in the filter,
Treliff, am I doing something wrong or does HAS have a weakness with
limits? NORMSDIST() only generates probabilities between 0% and 100%,
but HAS is generating numbers outside of that range and some of them are
clearly wrong. (Mathematically correct, I'm sure, but clearly wrong in
terms of
yes, that works.
But intraday backfill is limited to 30 days, and you'd like to have much more
for a daily view.
- Original Message
From: eric tao [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2007 12:10:47 PM
Subject: [amibroker] Re: TJ: Why not Daily
You can bring ^TNX and ^IRX into AB directly, just download them like
any other stock symbol. With Excel, just go to Yahoo!, type in ^TNX or
^IRX into a quote box and follow the link to historical data. At the
bottom of that page of historical quotes there's an option that will
allow you to
I can always count on you, Tomasz, to answer problems with platitudes.
Have a good trip
-Original Message-
From: amibroker@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf
Of Tomasz Janeczko
Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2007 1:08 AM
To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [amibroker]
I was just checking the Wright model (out of curiosity, I'm not too
familiar with macroeconomics :) and noticed the argument in the F
functions perhaps may become negative(?). Just in case then you'd
need to adjust the HAS function because as such it is only valid for
x0.
Also it is a good
Nightmare.
Some of those text filings are megabytes in length. Rarely are they
the same format, even for the same company from year to year.
Different industries have significantly different formats.
The various online services (MSN, Yahoo, AdvFN, etc) can't even agree
how to categorize the
For investors who want to learn the most about systems, the AmiBroker
Conference will be the place to be.
And to learn how to use AmiBroker to its fullest, Bill Barack's
AmiBroker 101 workshop will be the place to be.
Bill will be using V4.9, just released, and Tomasz will be discussing
the
Sebastian, I happened to pick up your earlier msg. Appreciate the
Wright explanation. If this indicator can liberate me from Fed- and
interest rate-talk for good I'd be eternally obliged :) I'll download
some data and check it out, it's interesting.
The Wright concept reminds me somewhat of a
Sebastian, I happened to pick up your earlier msg. Appreciate the
Wright explanation. If this indicator can liberate me from Fed- and
interest rate-talk for good I'd be eternally obliged :) I'll download
some data and check it out, it's interesting.
The Wright concept reminds me somewhat of a
Hi Guys,
I'm using a script to update all symbol info(downloaded from the
newsletter ). but nothing happened.
so I restart my amibroker program, still the same.
only after I exit another brokor.exe thread in window's task list,
then I get the updated result. ( I can see it's saving database
And we can always count on you, Bob, to be the critic (one given to
harsh or captious judgment).
--- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, Bob Jagow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I can always count on you, Tomasz, to answer problems with platitudes.
Have a good trip
-Original Message-
From:
Does anyone know the significance of the value returned by
relstrength(tickername) ? I want to use the value that is returned as
my positionscore for deciding which trades to take when I have
multiple buy signals but I can't find a definition of the value that is
returned so I can compare
But, is there an excel function I can use to retrieve data from yahoo
server? and where can I find excel OLE ref/guide? I tried some
website, but most just show basic samples.
--- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, sebastiandanconia
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You can bring ^TNX and ^IRX into AB
you are missing period argument
try this
WMA(StochK(14), 5);
--- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, Mohammed [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, Mohammed softnews2003@ wrote:
Hi All,
I'm trying to write 14 day WMA of stock as bellow:
WMA(StochK(14)));
Can
I have a significant amount of historical data which has zero values
for OHLC. This was present in the source data that zeroed prices when
volume was zero.
I would like to set these zero OHLC quotes to the previous non-zero
values. I'm sure it can be done in AFL but can't quite figure it out
Why not delete the offending quotes since these are a waste anyway?
Cheers
Prashanth
- Original Message -
From: datamanoz
To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2007 10:45 AM
Subject: [amibroker] Clean up zero price quotes
I have a significant amount
You could try this for each price (OHLC)
O = iif(V==0, valuewhen(V0,C), O);
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Cheers
Graham
AB-Write Professional AFL Writing Service
Yes, I write AFL code to your requirements
http://www.aflwriting.com
On 11/02/07, Prashanth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Why not delete the offending quotes
Thanks Graham,
I'm new to AFL, but I've done some coding.
would you loop through the stocks collection, then for each stock,
would you then loop through the quotations and update as necessary
according to your formula? Or is there some sort of bulk array
command for this?
- dman
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