Re: [amibroker] Re: Multiple AB instances with eSignal

2009-06-19 Thread Tomasz Janeczko
Hello, Refresh rate is not stored in the registry. It is stored in a file (broker.prefs) documented in http://www.amibroker.com/guide/x_files.html that is located in AmiBroker directory. You can have 2 different preferences if you install AmiBroker twice into different directories. Note that

[amibroker] Re: Multiple AB instances with eSignal

2009-06-19 Thread sumangalam
Hello Mr. Tomasz Janeczko, The link you suggest, says that there are two files by the name of Broker.charts and broker.bcharts. However, I do not see these two files in my installation of Amibroker. Am I missing something. With Regards Sanjiv Bansal --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, Tomasz

Re: [amibroker] Re: Multiple AB instances with eSignal

2009-06-19 Thread Tomasz Janeczko
Hello, In all new installations, these files are replaced by one file in a new format broker.newcharts. Best regards, Tomasz Janeczko amibroker.com - Original Message - From: sumangalam sumanga...@vsnl.com To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 1:53 PM Subject:

[amibroker] Re: Multiple AB instances with eSignal

2009-06-19 Thread sumangalam
Thanks. With Regards Sanjiv Bansal --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, Tomasz Janeczko gro...@... wrote: Hello, In all new installations, these files are replaced by one file in a new format broker.newcharts. Best regards, Tomasz Janeczko amibroker.com - Original Message -

[amibroker] Help

2009-06-19 Thread meored8888
can you help me setup data mt4 plugin amibroker in windows vista.when i setup it in windows xp, it run but when i setup it in windows vista amibroker don't load data from mt4. thanks

[amibroker] Re: ZigZag code

2009-06-19 Thread corvidsystems
Hope this helps: Opt1 = Param(%Zig(Change),0.1,0,1,0.05); Opt2 = Param(Min.AllowableDuration,1,1,20,1); Z = Zig(C,Opt1); Buy = Z Ref(Z,1) AND Z Ref(Z,-1); Sell = Z Ref(Z,1) AND Z Ref(Z,-1); Buy = Buy AND BarsSince(Sell) Opt2; Sell = Sell AND

[amibroker] error 326

2009-06-19 Thread dubi1974
Has someone ever seen this error 326? unable to connect as the clientid is already in use? Retry with a unique client id... It comes from the IB controller. The problem is, there is no menu where I could change the UserID Thanks, dubi

[amibroker] Re: ZigZag code

2009-06-19 Thread lucianomt
Thanks guys, but I'm looking for the code for the ZigZag function itself (not a strategy that uses the Zig function). --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, corvidsystems corvid...@... wrote: Hope this helps: Opt1 =

[amibroker] Sigscalein

2009-06-19 Thread jim fenster
Im trying to learn how to use the Sigscalein function but having a hard time. I want to start by coding a simple strategy that buys when price goes down x%. If price goes down x% down from there, double up. Again it goes down x% double up again. Up to say 5 times. I tried to check out the code

[amibroker] Re: Date Axis Question

2009-06-19 Thread whitneybroach
Same concern here. :) I guess this was answered in another forum? --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, steve_almond ste...@... wrote: I'm using EOD data. The date (X) axis shows only the month value, no matter how much I zoom the scale in using 'daily view'. Can I make intermediate dates

[amibroker] Re: Benchmarking

2009-06-19 Thread brian_z111
So, in my first ever attempt at optimization I am presented with a conundrum. If I opt MACrossver(C,X), and look down the list of top candidates (using the AB default objective function), I see that historically this system was both a 'trend following system' and a 'reversion to mean' system.

Re: [amibroker] Re: Benchmarking

2009-06-19 Thread Dennis Brown
Brian, When I optimize (and I am only working with ES), I watch the complete equity curve over more than a thousand trades under all market conditions of volatility and trends in both directions (last Fall was a great addition to the max volatility set). I also block out the best

[amibroker] Re: Multiple AB instances with eSignal

2009-06-19 Thread Julian
Hi Tomasz, that doesn't negate that you can have two different refresh rates running two instances of the same installation though does it? I seem to be able to do this with no trouble. My purpose for this post is that I was hoping to be able to chart what you're outputting in the Time Sales

[amibroker] Re: Benchmarking

2009-06-19 Thread brian_z111
Thanks .. its great to get some feedback about how people are actually going about their evaluation. I notice that you are using visual methods, rather than a metric, to select your top model. For my first optimization I didn't look at any eq curves ... this is not the default in AB's opt?

[amibroker] Is it just me?

2009-06-19 Thread giggollo99
I find that by far the most common operation i do in Amibroker is to click Settings in the Automatic Analysis window and go to the Report tab and switch between Trade List and Summary. I do this hundreds of times per day because i am constantly switching between doing individual backtest on a