[amibroker] Re: Patternz, Bulkowski and the CPI

2010-02-20 Thread droskill
Appreciate the feedback - I was interest if anyone had programmed the core of the CPI to check it on, say, the SP500. --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, Jeff Henderson jeffro...@... wrote: Bulkowski is a joke. CPI is a joke because hr doesn't update it till after the fact. I've tried to

[amibroker] Batch symbol info updates

2010-02-20 Thread analyzer1274
I'm adding 10 years of a single futures commodity, 80 different contracts. There has to be a quicker way to update the margin requirements and point value than doing each individually. Thanks.

Re: [amibroker] Walk Forward IS/OOS Period Optimization?

2010-02-20 Thread Howard B
Hi Joris, and all -- If the typical time a trade is held, and trading frequency is fairly constant, both of which I recommend, then constant time periods will have similar number of trades. Some of us carry on a lot of our lives using time to schedule -- how many dollars per year we earn, how

[amibroker] Project Freedom - Jesse Livermore Secret Market Key

2010-02-20 Thread Bob Waits
Has anyone looked at and backtested the above system?

[amibroker] Re: Explorations referencing portfolio equity

2010-02-20 Thread Ronen
Tomasz Will this be available in a future version? Is there anyway to get the same results with the current version (5.20)? Thanks --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, Ronen ronen.ma...@... wrote: Is there a way to reference Account Manager through an exploration? I'm trying to create a

[amibroker] Help needed I update 5 day intrady into my AMI database called 5daydata after

2010-02-20 Thread ford7k
Hi friends,seniors, kindly give me some suggestion please me a novice beginner I use a thirdparty datafeed for intraday. I get 5 min data into my intraday database called 5dayindata. I hit update in my datafeeder it comes into Amidatabase. i see charts are ok after 5 min or 10 min i see it is

Re: [amibroker] Help needed I update 5 day intrady into my AMI database called 5daydata after

2010-02-20 Thread Gautam C Bajaj
Hi Ford Try downloading myquotes from volumedigger.com create a seperate database - end of day download intradaydata from myquotes (you can add symbols from yahoo or google for 1 min / 5 min charts). copy all files and folders from the new database and past it into the database you currently

[amibroker] Bar number of first trade in CBT

2010-02-20 Thread Markus Witzler
Hello, I need to retrieve the bar number of first trade in CBT (low level)., i.e. when first trade was opened. Any clue how to accomplish this? The only thing I know is I must do this in closed trade list. Thanks Markus

[amibroker] amiquote registered version

2010-02-20 Thread jackene
what is the advantage of buying the registered version? I am new to amibroker (pro) version, so please excuse dumb questions. also, any suggestions on what is best way to learn the software Thanks

[amibroker] How to overlay a line on price?

2010-02-20 Thread Ding
Hi, I have a data series in excel. The first column is date and the second column is the data. I want to overlay the data series on the price daily chart. How can I do this in Amibroker? thanks Ding

Re: [amibroker] Bar number of first trade in CBT

2010-02-20 Thread Thomas Z.
You could iterate through all bars and at every through the list of open positions and set a flag when an open trade is available. Best regards, Thomas Web: www.PatternExplorer.com http://www.PatternExplorer.com/ Am 20.02.2010 20:05, schrieb Markus Witzler: Hello, I need to retrieve the bar

[amibroker] Re: Bar number of first trade in CBT

2010-02-20 Thread Mike
Hi, If you're doing low level backtest, then either: - you're the one entering the trade, in which case just take note of what bar you're on when you do. - or you're calling ProcessTradeSignals(i) at the end of each bar, in which case just call GetFirstOpenPos(); when it returns non null

Re: [amibroker] How to overlay a line on price?

2010-02-20 Thread Thomas Z.
One way would be to import the data through the import wizard and overlay them thereafter through the foreign() function. Best regards, Thomas Web: www.PatternExplorer.com http://www.PatternExplorer.com/ Am 20.02.2010 22:44, schrieb Ding: Hi, I have a data series in excel. The first column

Re: [amibroker] amiquote registered version

2010-02-20 Thread NW Trader
Hi Jackene, I don't want to offend, but do you expect to go through life for free? OK, with that observation aside, let's consider the advantage of registering the program (by paying a small fraction of what similarly powerful programs cost). The rest of what follows assumes that you find

Re: [amibroker] Amiquote registered version

2010-02-20 Thread -= Chris =-
what is the advantage of buying the registered version? I am new to amibroker (pro) version, so please excuse dumb questions. Hi Patrick, Very well formulated reply. However it does not answer the original question, and appears to be a knee jerk reaction. I too wondered sometimes about the

Re: [amibroker] Amiquote registered version

2010-02-20 Thread -= Chris =-
Ummm - I'm confusing myself when I read my own message. The REAL issue is Amiquote, NOT Amibroker. In the subject matter the original writer is asking about Amiquote, and what is gained by registering the program? I guess 'ass'uming that he/she paid for one of the Amibroker version, and would

[amibroker] Associating the correct date with barindex

2010-02-20 Thread ta
Can somebody please tell me how I can associate the correct date with barindex when data is compressed? In the following example I am compressing the closing price of equity curve to monthly. However the trace statement shows incorrect date for the monthly prices.TIA dt = DateTime();

Re: [amibroker] Amiquote registered version

2010-02-20 Thread NW Trader
Hi Chris, You are right, my response was a bit of knee jerk. For which I apologize to Jackene. I too failed to read the actual question. I really have no defense, except to note that of late there have been a number of new users who apparently are using unlicensed, cracked versions and so

Re: [amibroker] Amiquote registered version

2010-02-20 Thread -= Chris =-
I think TJ needs to add a little addendum, so that it is clearer as to what features are enabled once Amiquote is registered. FWIW, yesterday I was told I just won a contest giving me a 6 month subscription to Worden Telechart Gold, which writes/exports to Metastock format, so now I'm wiping

Re: [amibroker] Amiquote registered version

2010-02-20 Thread NW Trader
Hi Chris, I don't think you need to do that two step shuffle. There is a plug in that allows AB to directly read the Telechart Gold (TC2007) data (free with AB) and I would think it works for their mutual fund data although I do not use that so don't know for sure. If it does, the only

[amibroker] Re: Pyramiding / ScaleIn Questions

2010-02-20 Thread Richard
Howard, Thank you for your comprehensive answer. Regards, Richard --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, Howard B howardba...@... wrote: Hi Richard, and all -- I categorize exits in several general ways. 1. The exit from the logic of the trading system. This is usually the best exit.

Re: [amibroker] Amiquote registered version

2010-02-20 Thread -= Chris =-
Thank you Patrick. still a 24hr+ newbie at this TC stuff great hint. This is were they get you... free for 6 months, and after the learning curve you are hooked! I think Bill G had the right idea when he gave away v1.0 at PC clubs (via lottery), saved paying a salesman g. Again

Re: [amibroker] Re: Exporting data to Amibroker for charting purposes...........

2010-02-20 Thread Rajesh Sanghrajka
I found this somewhere , Hope this is useful. Due credit to Hetal. Hello Everyone, This is the way I take free REALTime Data from yahoo ( free of any 3rd party progs or plugins) only with amiquote and amibroker. VERY VERY IMP FIRST YOU TAKE A FULL BACKUP OF YOUR AMIBROKER DIRECTORY . This

Re: [amibroker] Amiquote registered version

2010-02-20 Thread NW Trader
Hi Chris, Glad to help and just give a shout if you need anything else. If you do stocks at all, TC Gold does update (20 min delayed) throughout the day with the end of day data generally available by 5:30 PM or so (I generally wait until after 6:30). You will know it is the day's final data