Re: [amibroker] Standard Deviation

2007-10-26 Thread Keith McCombs
Conard -- BTW, your statement for( i = 0; i Period; i++ ) should be for( i = 0; i ** Period; i++ ). Otherwise whatever is in the following {} will never happen. -- Keith Graham wrote: Use SqDev = StDev(C,20); Filter = 1; AddColumn( SqDev, Standard Dev); then you control what is

Re: [amibroker] documentation issues

2007-10-26 Thread Tomasz Janeczko
Hello, They are self-documenting. Count - is the count (number of elements) in the collection (windows, documents, etc) Add - adds an item to the collection (windows, documents, etc) Item - accesses given item in the collection Close - closes active item (document, window) Name - is the name of

[amibroker] Re: Jscript question? How to save off multiple 15 minute charts?

2007-10-26 Thread murthysuresh
AB.Documents.Open opens the chart in the base time frame. -- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, rlfoxworth2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Jscript question? How to save off multiple 15 minute charts? I've tried this code that was posted on the board and it seems to work and save the files

[amibroker] QuotesPlus fundamental data

2007-10-26 Thread danielwardadams
Is there anything special I have to do to get fundamental data from QuotesPlus? I've gotten it before but am not getting it anymore. I don't even get full company names. Any help appreciated. Dan

[amibroker] Charting a Spread

2007-10-26 Thread stevenkngsly
Is it possible to Chart a spread between too markets - i.e A minus B? I am able to do this via metastock and can create a new index but it wont open via AB. Cheers Steven

Re: [amibroker] QuotesPlus fundamental data

2007-10-26 Thread James Hutchison
At 09:52 AM 10/26/2007, you wrote: Is there anything special I have to do to get fundamental data from QuotesPlus? I've gotten it before but am not getting it anymore. I don't even get full company names. Any help appreciated. Dan Dan I use this to get information into the Interpretation

Re: [amibroker] Charting a Spread

2007-10-26 Thread Ara Kaloustian
Just create an indicator of the difference: Diff = Foreign(Symbol1,C) - Foreign(SymbolB,C); Plot(Diff ); - Original Message - From: stevenkngsly [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 7:32 AM Subject: [amibroker] Charting a Spread Is it

[amibroker] Re: Jscript question? How to save off multiple 15 minute charts?

2007-10-26 Thread rlfoxworth2006
If the Base Time Interval is 1 Minute and you change it to 15 minutes does that mean the data coming in updates every 15 minutes and there is no pulling charts less than 15 minute intervals? Example of looking at charts say 3 min , 5 min, 10 min...? Is there some way to tell the program to use

[amibroker] Re: QuotesPlus fundamental data

2007-10-26 Thread danielwardadams
Thanks Jim. Much more complicated than I expected though. Do you know if there's any way to get te full company name? I didn't see it as a parameter for GetExtraData or GetFnData. Thanks again. Dan --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, James Hutchison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 09:52 AM

Re: [amibroker] Charting a Spread

2007-10-26 Thread Tomasz Janeczko
Hello, Of course it is possible: http://www.amibroker.com/kb/2007/03/26/how-to-chart-spreads/ Best regards, Tomasz Janeczko amibroker.com - Original Message - From: stevenkngsly [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 4:32 PM Subject: [amibroker]

[amibroker] Paint a candle

2007-10-26 Thread Mohammed
Hi folk; Is there is any way to paint the candle for specific condition. For bar style I know how to do that, But I need it for candle style All the best

[amibroker] need some info on the .chart template

2007-10-26 Thread murthysuresh
hello TJ when i look at the .chart template, it stores both the formula and the path of the formula file. when i restore the template, would it use the formula stored in Formula or the formula stored in FilePath Both could be different when i rettore the template if i had changed teh logic

Re: [amibroker] MACD Histogram

2007-10-26 Thread wavemechanic
Based on your question, I assume that your formula is: buy = condition13 + other conditions; What are the other conditions? Is there an interaction between condition13 and other conditions? You haven't provided enough information. Bill - Original Message - From: professor77747

[amibroker] Re: QuotesPlus fundamental data

2007-10-26 Thread danielwardadams
My problem was that the full names wern't in the database. The only way I could get them was via importing from Yahoo Basic data with Amibroker. I don't remember having to mess around with QuotesPlus this much before (I just renewed my subscription after a several month lapse). Thanks once again.

Re: [amibroker] Re: QuotesPlus fundamental data

2007-10-26 Thread James Hutchison
At 11:32 AM 10/26/2007, you wrote: Thanks Jim. Much more complicated than I expected though. Do you know if there's any way to get the full company name? I didn't see it as a parameter for GetExtraData or GetFnData. Thanks again. Dan When the QP Database the Full Name is into the

[amibroker] MACD Histogram

2007-10-26 Thread professor77747
I have tried to use the difference in the MACD Histogram from one day to another, but it is not working correctly. Hist1 = MACD() - Signal(); Condition13 = Hist1 Ref(Hist1, -1); What I would like to do is use Condition13 as one of the conditions to buy or sell. If the Histogram is less than

[amibroker] Re: Jscript question? How to save off multiple 15 minute charts?

2007-10-26 Thread murthysuresh
NO. it only means that there is a bar for every 15 minutes. the data in the bar would be refreshed based on the properties u ahve setup in the refresh times in preferences. the 1 minute indicates the lowest resolution of the data stored in ab. so if you goto quote editor, it will show the data

Re: [amibroker] MACD Histogram

2007-10-26 Thread professor
Bill, Thank you for your reply. To check out this condition, I reduced wrote a formula with just 2 conditions. Here is the formula, _SECTION_BEGIN(2 conditions only); Filename = StrLeft(_DEFAULT_NAME(),StrLen(_DEFAULT_NAME())-2); // next 4 lines are for ER2 futures PointValue = 100;

[amibroker] Re: Jscript question? How to save off multiple 15 minute charts?

2007-10-26 Thread rlfoxworth2006
BTW that worked great! Now, how do I change the Base Interval say to 20 minutes? The Base Time Interval only has 1, 5, 15 minute listed. Thanks, RichardF. --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, murthysuresh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: NO. it only means that there is a bar for every 15 minutes.

Re: [amibroker] need some info on the .chart template

2007-10-26 Thread Tomasz Janeczko
Hello, It is smart and will know that you have changed your logic. See the docs: http://www.amibroker.com/guide/h_sheets.html When you load the chart in new format AmiBroker: a) sets up the sheets/panes according to information stored in the file b) for each formula stored in the file it checks

[amibroker] RSI formula

2007-10-26 Thread amon_gizeh
Hi. Who can translate RSI into code language? I write this: n=Param(period,10,1,50,1); /*period*/ A=0; D=0; for( i = 0; i n; i=i+1 ) { A=IIf(Ref(Close, - i)Ref(Close, - i-1), A+Ref(Close, - i)-Ref(Close, - i-1),A); D=IIf(Ref(Close, - i)Ref(Close, - i-1), D+Ref(Close, -

Re: [amibroker] MACD Histogram

2007-10-26 Thread wavemechanic
I don't think so. Your buy = macd ref(macd) and hist ref(hist). However, the data you presented has macd ref(macd) and hist ref(hist) so the buy condition was not satisified. Bill - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday,

[amibroker] Re: TTM trend/heiken ashi

2007-10-26 Thread Alpha
--- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, Alpha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anybody know what happened to the TTM trend indicator that was referred to in a previous post and linked to the library? thanks I found some other code. This is a very useful indicator for trend. Please would a kind

[amibroker] New IQFeed plugin

2007-10-26 Thread Tomasz Janeczko
Hello, New IQFeed plugin version 1.9.2 is released now: http://www.amibroker.com/devlog/2007/10/26/iqfeed-plugin-192/ Best regards, Tomasz Janeczko amibroker.com Please note that this group is for discussion between users only. To get support from AmiBroker please send an e-mail directly to

[amibroker] New IQFeed plugin

2007-10-26 Thread Tomasz Janeczko
Hello, New IQFeed plugin version 1.9.2 is released now: http://www.amibroker.com/devlog/2007/10/26/iqfeed-plugin-192/ Best regards, Tomasz Janeczko amibroker.com Please note that this group is for discussion between users only. To get support from AmiBroker please send an e-mail directly to

[amibroker] Re: Jscript question? How to save off multiple 15 minute charts?

2007-10-26 Thread murthysuresh
you cannot do it. however you can manuplate the intraday interval using preferences/ intraday /custom time intervals to whatever settings u want. --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, rlfoxworth2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BTW that worked great! Now, how do I change the Base Interval say to

Re: [amibroker] Re: Jscript question? How to save off multiple 15 minute charts?

2007-10-26 Thread Tomasz Janeczko
Hello, Base time interval is something that you should set at database creation time and leave untouched. It is a base of all other timeframes you may need to use, therefore we strongly recommend to use base time interval of 1-minute as it allows then to view/analyse ANY X-minute interval or

Re: [amibroker] MACD Histogram

2007-10-26 Thread professor
Bill, Thank you. I didn't notice that. I guess that I am doing this all wrong. What I want is to have the condition met when the gap between the MACD and Signal is closing. I want the buy condition to be when the MACD is below the Signal and the gap is closing and the sell to be when the

[amibroker] Code Translation Help

2007-10-26 Thread ricko8294_98
I found this Tradestation code for Percentage Trend Indicator which I am having trouble translating. Here is the Tradestation code. Inputs: K(15), {%Coeff. of correction} Max_per(50); {Max. Dynamic Period for Trend Calculation} Vars: Trend(C), Period(0) ; {Trend Calculation} Condition1= C

[amibroker] 3.0GHz Core 2 Duo or 2.4GHz Core 2 Quad?

2007-10-26 Thread Curt
I'm getting a new system and it will either have an Intel E6850 CPU (Core 2 Duo 3.0GHz) or an Intel Q6600 CPU (Core 2 Quad 2.4GHz). Does AMIBroker take advantage of the Quad cores? For AMIBroker alone, am I better off having the higher CPU frequency? Does the Quad cores help if running

[amibroker] Re: RSI formula

2007-10-26 Thread gp_sydney
See earlier message #113409 on this topic. http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/amibroker/message/113409 Regards, GP --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, amon_gizeh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi. Who can translate RSI into code language? I write this: n=Param(period,10,1,50,1); /*period*/

[amibroker] Re: Jscript question? How to save off multiple 15 minute charts?

2007-10-26 Thread murthysuresh
TJ How do you then programatically open chart in other timeframes other than base interval. Is there any specific function. If you do AB.Documents.Open(ticker), it will always open the chart in base interval. If --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, Tomasz Janeczko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [amibroker] 3.0GHz Core 2 Duo or 2.4GHz Core 2 Quad?

2007-10-26 Thread Tomasz Janeczko
Hello, Memory access speed is what it counts when backtesting. Even single core is faster than memory can deliver data. Best regards, Tomasz Janeczko amibroker.com - Original Message - From: Curt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2007 3:41 AM

[amibroker] opening ab session when one is open already

2007-10-26 Thread murthysuresh
If i have a ab session open and i try to open a new one programatically it does a lot of flashing of the iqfeed plugin and opens it in the same instance. Is this normal. Why does it have to do the flashing of the plugin and how do i avoid it application = WIN32OLE.new(Broker.Application)

Re: [amibroker] MACD Histogram

2007-10-26 Thread wavemechanic
Your code and words don't match. I assume that your words are correct. I want the buy condition to be when the MACD is below the Signal and the gap is closing buy = macd() signal() and hist ref(hist, -1); and the sell to be when the MACD is above the signal and closing sell = macd()

Re: [amibroker] MACD Histogram

2007-10-26 Thread professor
- Original Message - From: wavemechanic To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 7:26 PM Subject: Re: [amibroker] MACD Histogram Your code and words don't match. I assume that your words are correct. I want the buy condition to be when the MACD is

Re: [amibroker] MACD Histogram

2007-10-26 Thread professor
Bill, Thank you so much. I made the changes that you suggested and it seems to work. Tom From: wavemechanic To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 7:26 PM Subject: Re: [amibroker] MACD Histogram Your code and words don't match. I assume that your words are

[amibroker] Loking to pay for some programming help

2007-10-26 Thread bobby_boby_bob
Hi, Can anybody out there recommend a programmer who can get a few things done for me over the next two weeks? Can you email me at Bobby_boby_bob (@) yahoo (dot)com Best regard, Bob

Re: [amibroker] Re: RSI formula

2007-10-26 Thread Amon Ra
Thank you. It work well. gp_sydney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: See earlier message #113409 on this topic. http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/amibroker/message/113409 Regards, GP --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, amon_gizeh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi.