'No Free Lunch on WallStreet', Louis. So your idea 'Wouldn't it be better
simply to scan and avoid high volatily stocks to reduce the drawdown
possibility? ' will indeed give you stocks with less risk ... but also a lower
return ...
Regards, Ton.
- Original Message -
From: Louis
Hi Steve --
I thought it was good. It was a two-day workshop focusing on trading
systems design, testing, and validation, followed by a day-and-a-half
conference that combined topics from both FastTrack and AmiBroker, along
with a lot on exchange traded funds. The side discussions over breaks
Many thanks Bill. I found it.
What threw me off was the description on Amibroker site which says:
Quote
Go to Tools-Automatic Analysis
Click Settings button, then switch to Walk-Forward tab
Unquote
Best regards
Raj
--- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, wavemechanic [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Howard,
Any time someone suggests a growth of more than about 40% per year,
take that with a very large grain of salt.
I expected you to disagree with my statement.
I'm sure a lot of traders would be aghast at the numbers I quoted as
the theoretical potential.
At his website Professor John
Louis,
Thanks for the suggestion. I must do something wrong however
because from
the code I wrote
I get only results of ATR 3-4. Only Indu.x is under 2; all the
other one
are over 3-4, and sometimes 6-7 and more.
I tried your code and didn't see any problems.
For the Dow constituents
Outstanding! I loved it.
I sent it out, not as a drill, but as material to be played in the car pooling
minivans as all the moms, grandmoms, moms_ to_ be and dads in my medium sized
family circle as they ferry some of my descendants to school.
Good to hear you on the forum, again.
Joe L.
I draw your attention to the following article, especially item 3:
Who is the most unusual trader you ever interviewed?
http://www.moneybags.com.au/profile.asp?id=1363
Two consecutive 300%PA plus public performances from Mark Cook.
It is possible that he was just incredibly lucky (are we
I use Title() for the same purpose. Wish we had a button that automatically
displayed the values.
Bill
- Original Message -
From: Ed Hoopes [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 1:37 AM
Subject: [amibroker] Re: What language is AFL written
Instead of Interpretation window I sometimes find that Title() is a
faster/easier route but both get the job done in a somewhat cumbersome way.
Wish we had a built-in button that displayed the values without having to code
them into printf or Title(). From time to time, I have tried to
The problem is not how the variable values are displayed (interpretation,
title, or as you note tooltip) but having to type them into printf, title(), or
tooltip as one is developing code. Maybe it is impossible, but ideally once
variables are defined their values could be displayed with a
A profit of 1% per day, every trading day, grows so fast that the
account balance is larger than all the real estate in the US in just
a few years.
Hypothetical numbers can be quoted to create a desired effect e.g. if
we put it this way, things look a lot different:
A trader starting with
I am using it with an Esignal plugin. I follow too many stocks to
check prices one by one. I backfill them the following morning before
the open or at night. Then I export the closing prices to excel and
enter basket orders from there. This is the SECOND time that I got my
ass handed to me in
100% can be made in the early years but as the account grows returns
diminish.
Dave
--- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, brian_z111 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A profit of 1% per day, every trading day, grows so fast that the
account balance is larger than all the real estate in the US in just
How would I code buy when price (close) is at least 10 cents below
MA? I would like to optimize the 10 but I think I can figure that
part out...I think. ;-)
Thanks.
Grant
Ok thanks! :-)
Louis
2008/2/25, brian_z111 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Howard's book has a chapter on issue selection (filtering by
liquidity). The concepts are the same so it should help in that
regard.
The main function of this forum is to help learn and apply AmiBroker
so most of the time you
I don't have an answer for you but I can say I've witnessed similarities
over the past week or so. I'm using Yahoo! EOD and have noticed too
frequently that the date of certain issues are as many as two or three days
old.
I've re-run AmiQuote as many as three consecutive times in order to
Hi,
I am not 100% sure, but what about this:
Close(MA (C, 14))-0.1
Louis
2008/2/26, longarm61 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
How would I code buy when price (close) is at least 10 cents below
MA? I would like to optimize the 10 but I think I can figure that
part out...I think. ;-)
Thanks.
Grant
Not interested in array changes just the value at a selected point (could be
last bar) which is useful in the code development stage.
- Original Message -
From: Herman
To: wavemechanic
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 9:47 AM
Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: What language is AFL
Think through the process. First you define the variable and then enter into
tooltip. Later you add/delete variables and then modify tooltip. The goal
being discussed is to have variables and their values automatically
added/deleted during coding (that's the point you are missing) and
No need to argue the point. Everyone is right, depending on the
particular circumstances.
As I have pointed out before, very high returns (3%/day average) are
being made by some traders I know using hardly more than a ruler for
their TA --trading trend lines and support and resistance
Hi Tuzo,
Thanks for those explanation. I kind of missed your reply with all the
messages on the board, but it really helps me to understand how it works.
I think I now understand that this is a loop and that each value of [i] is
simply the bar and that it goes up and that each time the program
Another thought that might clarify - often the variable of interest during
coding is an intermediate variable rather than one that generates a final
value for display purposes (e.g., support value). As a result, need display of
all variables.
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From:
Is it possible that there is an error in the code?
isInTrade = False;
priceatbuy = 0;
highsincebuy = 0;
exit = 0;
for ( i = 0; i BarCount; i++ )
{
// if we are not in a trade and we have a buy signal then set the buy
price
if ( NOT isInTrade AND Buy[ i ] )
{
// now we are
I use Title, but for debugging, I have also found the Say() command to
be invaluable. Just tell me what state, or the value of a variable
under certain conditions. The only problem with this is that another
Say() will clip the previous one so that you only really get the last
one said
What house in San Jose can't be bought for $102,400,000?
$100k compounding at 100% per year for 10 years = $102 million.
start100,000
1200,000
2400,000
3800,000
41,600,000
53,200,000
66,400,000
712,800,000
825,600,000
9
This discussion is really interesting.
I have had some thinking and I still can't make up my mind on the best
strategy for someone like me who can't afford to be there all day long (for
now). I hesitate between two strategies, both using EOD data and buy at
open/market orders:
1) Using MA,
I agree that this facility looks like a great leap forward for
Amibroker.
I haven't tried it yet within Amibroker but have experimented to a
limited extent with the manual method as described in QTS by Howard
Bandy. HOWEVER, my experience with the CMO oscillator as used in his
example is that it
--- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, Ed Hoopes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I use printf as a quick and dirty way to see values of variables for
debugging purposes. Like:
printf(MyVar = + MyVar + \n );
The output comes out in the Interpretation window.
Shorthand notation for above code that
I'm trying to create a comparative relative strength
ranking that is similar to that of Investors Business Daily - that is
between 0 and 100. The AFL I'm using is:
Filter = C 5 AND V10;
RS_Rank = C - Ref(c,-63))/Ref(c,-63) *.4 + (C - Ref(c,-126))/Ref
(c,-126) * .2 + (C -
Aren't some futures moving from cbot to cme?
Does IB support the new tickers? I can't seem to find them.
Thanks
--- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, brianboofhead [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My question is - is this a suitable forum for discussion on the entry
and exit systems that Amibroker users consider to be robust???
Try the amibroker-ts group.
--- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, Louis Pr�fontaine [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Is it possible to get a 40$ return with a EOD system when each
transaction
I think you should be able to squeak out a 40 dollar gain. ;)
Tuzo
Haha! ;-)
Think I should re-read myself more often!
But you know what I mean! %%%
Louis
2008/2/26, tuzo_wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
--- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com amibroker%40yahoogroups.com, Louis
Pr�fontaine [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Is it possible to get a 40$ return with a EOD
Thanks, Louis, appreciate it.
Can anyone tell me how to optimize the 10 cents below part? I
thought I could figure it out, but I'm not getting anywhwere.
Thanks,
Grant
--- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, Louis
Préfontaine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
I am not 100% sure, but what about
Is it possible to send orders with Amibroker off of the chart? In other
words I want to be able to draw lines on my chart and if price goes thru
line an order is sent to IB.
Can you point me in a direction on how to do that?
Thanks,
Bruce
From:
Lee - I don't the context of your question but hope none of what I wrote below
strikes you the wrong way. Thought I'd give you the background that I have
when I went chasing after the same metric.
The RS that you've got is a measure of the price change for a specific stock
over 12 months with
very high returns (3%/day average) are being made by some traders I
know
Even if they are only using $100,000 to trade with they are making
$750,000, year in and year out. Same as a 75% return on a million
dollars.
--- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, Dennis Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
No
Now you understand! :-)
On Feb 26, 2008, at 3:29 PM, dave_88_1961 wrote:
very high returns (3%/day average) are being made by some traders
I know
Even if they are only using $100,000 to trade with they are making
$750,000, year in and year out. Same as a 75% return on a million
Hello Dave,
Yes, that is my view but I hadn't spelled it out.
100% PA is quite achieveable for small traders but that would become
more difficult as the account grows.
I assume 90% of traders would be happy to cap their trading account
at a manageable level and live off the proceeds, plus
Have you tried to use Plot()? What do you get?
http://www.amibroker.com/guide/afl/afl_view.php?id=114
- Original Message -
From: Mohammed
To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 3:42 PM
Subject: [amibroker] Changeing Code from [graph0, graph1] To
Hi Tuzo,
Here is the code I managed to build (with your help):
Buy = RSI (14)30;
Sell = 0;
// the system will exit
// 50% of position if FIRST PROFIT TARGET stop is hit
// 50% of position is SECOND PROFIT TARGET stop is hit
// 100% of position if TRAILING STOP is hit
FirstProfitTarget = 10; //
Dennis,
No need to argue the point.
I believe there is a need to argue the point because negative
comments from other traders affect the way we trade and shouldn't go
unchallenged, especially if they not accompanied by objective
evidence.
I stand by my comment that 300-400%PA is the
What do you think is the best way to get high-returns... Is it trend
following, or switching from a breakout to another, or... For now I need
to work on EOD data because of work I can't be there all day long, but what
kind of system do you believe is the most profitable?
Thanks,
Louis
OK.. thanks... same tickers, same exchange?
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From: blakerandy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 5:44 PM
Subject: [amibroker] Re: ecbot to cme/globex?
--- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, cstrader [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Louis,
That would require a book ;-)
A few starting tips:
EOD is an excellent place to start and to cut your teeth.
Daily bars are the natural rythm of the market.
Eventually you have to account for intra-day behaviour.
What do you think is the best way to get high-returns... Is it
trend
Thanks,
I am still developing after approx 4 years so 300-400 is a tentative
figure (I didn't pluck it out of thin air - it forced itself upon me
by observation). For that reason this is 'newish' thinking for me so
your comments are a perfect help for me to foramlise my thinking on
the
The Crucial RAM people just told me that when you have 4GB of installed RAM,
Vista can only see about 3 to 3.5 GB of the installed 4 GB.
XP has the same problem.
Has anyone heard WHEN and or IF this will be fixed??Ron Davis
--- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, Louis Pr�fontaine
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If you are using the boolean value (IsInTrade) then you need to reset it
when you exit the trade. See near the end of the formula. Although if
you now understand the buyatprice == 0 then you could revert to the
Refer to Optimize reference here:
http://www.amibroker.com/guide/afl/afl_view.php?id=107
e.g. Continuing with the example at hand...
Optimize for periods between 50 - 100 days, incrementing by 25 days
(with a default of 50 days when not optimizing), and a drop of 10
cents - 25 cents,
If you have Windows XP 64 bit or Vista 64 bit edition and 4GB RAM and your
motherboard's BIOS supports Address Hole Remapping then you can access all
4GB of RAM.
Under any 32 bit version of Windows, you will only ever see 3 - 3.5GB of RAM
due to limitations in the way your video card requires
Hi Brian,
Just a completely naive question here. If one could make 300-400% a year,
why would he still be here on the internet helping others and trying to make
his program better. 300-400% a year would allow me to buy the Montreal
Canadiens in ten years! I would be as rich as Bill Gates in
Just a completely naive question here. If one could make 300-400%
a year,
why would he still be here on the internet helping others and
trying to make
his program better.
That is a fair question.
I might be crazy.
Most of the AB users who are doing 50% aren't talking about it.
They don't
Hi Brian,
I think I understand your point, but even 100%, that can be a lot of money.
100% of 500K is 250K each year and that's enough to live with some comfort.
Maybe it's the difference of age or the fact that we are not at the same
point in life or trading, but when you talk about trading been
The best system is one in which you control your emotions and emotional
responses. Learn the basics of TA, stick to the simple stuff, and most
importantly concentrate on money management. With that in hand, you can flip a
coin and beat most.
Bill
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From:
That's OK.
I understand your subtle points and your humour.
Rather a false paradise (cold comfort that you share it with 90% of
humanity).
Dennis and I are not focused on the money.
We are in pursuit of the perfect trade (like Federer when he is
playing tennis - he watches the ball and
I give up... Tried everything I could, but really I can't do it.
( exit == 1 AND Close[i] EMA (Close[i],50) )
I want to a close that is lower than ema 50 close of [i]. That shouldn't be
that complicated! Grrr...!
If anyone can help. Thanks,
Louis
Louis,
The advice from Bill below about trading is the best general advice
you are likely to receive.
I might also recommend a book to you Trading in the Zone by Mark
Douglas. This should be read every few months.
The TA is only 25% of successful trading, and must be accompanied by
Not really sure what you want...
#1
(exit and c ema(c,50));
or
#2
(exit and ref(c,-i) ref(ema(c,50),-i)
or
#3
(exit and valuewhen(Close EMA(Close,50),close));
...I think you might mean #3
Walt
--- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, Louis Préfontaine
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I give up...
Ron,
My understanding is that the rate of speed of the processor is the more
important so you might want to consider getting something closer to a 2.0 GHz
than the 1.5 GHz Acer and the 1.80 GHz Toshiba. Or, at least when we were
getting our new, faster, notebook, that's what the hubby said
When using looping to calculate things bar by bar do not include array
processing functions within the loop
Create a variable before the loop and use this variable inside the loop
exit = 0;
LL = LLV(C,10);
for(i=1;iBarCount;i++)
{
if(exit==0 AND C[i]LL[i-1])
{
or if you absolutely need
Check on what video chipset the laptop has...
That will determine how well the 22 monitior will work.
2 Gigs is plenty... go for faster CPU; AMD will be less expensive
and works better (IMHO)...
Good luck getting XP... Vista was my only choice and I fought with
it for 6 months before
We had the same problem -- everything now comes with Vista whether you like it
or not -- we didn't but it is dedicated only to Forex so we don't have to adapt
to email, downloads, etc., so seems to work fine for this limited use.
Judith
- Original Message
From: hairy_mug [EMAIL
--- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, Louis Pr�fontaine [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
I want number 3 but I must absolutely use array but I don't know how
to do
it.
Graham has given the answer on the other thread: assign to an array
outside of the loop and then access by index within the loop.
e.g.
Hello wavemechanic,
Yes I Do, I post my request after I try it, it plotted the indicator
as a line, I try to change the style to style Histogram, but that
didn't work.
Please help.
--- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, wavemechanic [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Have you tried to use Plot()?
Thanks! You are a genius! ;-)
2008/2/26, tuzo_wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
--- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com amibroker%40yahoogroups.com, Louis
Pr�fontaine [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
I want number 3 but I must absolutely use array but I don't know how
to do
it.
Graham has given the
Thanks a lot. It works! ;-)
Louis
2008/2/26, Graham [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
When using looping to calculate things bar by bar do not include array
processing functions within the loop
Create a variable before the loop and use this variable inside the loop
exit = 0;
LL = LLV(C,10);
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Williams_(trader)
http://www.robbinstrading.com/worldcup/standings.asp
Scroll down for historical results.
--- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, brian_z111 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Howard,
Any time someone suggests a growth of more than about 40% per
year,
What code did you use for Plot()?
- Original Message -
From: Mohammed [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 10:18 PM
Subject: [amibroker] Re: Changeing Code from [graph0, graph1] To Plot.
Hello wavemechanic,
Yes I Do, I post my request
Harry and Judith, hanks for the advice. Tiger direct will custom make one
with XP, but THEN A GOOGLE SHOWED some posts with some complaints, but you
can find complaints about anything.
Also, HP will custom configure one with XP, but I only saw a 15 screen. I
will try Dell next.
I WILL
I use:
UpColor = colorLime;
DownColor = colorBlue;
StochDColor = colorRed;
style = styleLine;
outsidebar = Outside();
insidebar = H = Ref(H,-1) AND L = Ref(L,-1);
upbar = H Ref(H,-1) AND L = Ref(L, -1);
downbar = L Ref(L,-1) AND H = Ref(H,-1);
barcolor=IIf(outsidebar, 1,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Williams_%28trader%29
--- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, brian_z111 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Williams_(trader)
http://www.robbinstrading.com/worldcup/standings.asp
Scroll down for historical results.
--- In
Not to confuse you even more, but you might also want to have a look
at the 17 HP Pavilion. Price lands right in the middle, has more
hard disk space and expands to 4GB memory. My father in law is pretty
happy with his, though he had to tweak the color settings (gamma) to
his preferences.
The
Would you consider there is more money to be made from futures than from
stock?
Louis
2008/2/26, brian_z111 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Williams_(trader)
http://www.robbinstrading.com/worldcup/standings.asp
Scroll down for historical results.
--- In
Any site where we can see the proceedings?
On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 3:35 PM, Howard B [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Steve --
I thought it was good. It was a two-day workshop focusing on trading
systems design, testing, and validation, followed by a day-and-a-half
conference that combined
Thank you very much, Mike. I was close, but the negative values threw
me off. I had it like so:
Offset = Optimize(Offset, -.10, -.10, -.25, .05);
Buy = Close = MA(Close, Periods) Offset;
Apparently AB doesn't like it that way. ;-)
Thanks again,
Grant
--- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com,
The problems with Vista is getting the programs you want to install to work
with Vista.
We had a few compatibility problems with our Forex program for which we
purchased the computer. After they were resolved by the company that has the
software, no problems. But we are NOT using it for
dear,
you said aronson is very good at sytem design. can you be more spacific about
aronson.
web address or book name or full name of author ?
http://ss1.richmedia.in/recurl.asp?pid=221
Louis,
I trade stock, options, and futures.
Futures are leveraged. That means that you are essentially borrowing
the money to buy and sell an index with a small down payment. Say
you wanted to trade the SPX SP 500 index ($1381.29 close today). You
could trade the SPY ETF for
The bar color can be changed on a bar by bar basis. I believe you were
on the right track.
Here is an indicator that I created which tried to duplicate the way
that Stockcharts.com colors their candles.
_SECTION_BEGIN(Price);
SetChartOptions(0,chartShowArrows|chartShowDates);
_N(Title =
Hello,
take a look on my website: www.PatternExplorer.com
Thomas
www.PatternExplorer.com
From: amibroker@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of chorlton_c_hardy
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 5:18 AM
To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [amibroker] Pattern Searching
daftarnya untuk yg jenis apa pak Dendo? Ultimate apa yg standar ?
Djaya Pertiwa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Apa yang di-seminar-kan, sebulan lalu dihotel Alia Cikini dan
diberi masa coba 1 bulan,bukan aslinya.
Sya ikut daftar juga kalo mamfaatnya banyak.
Regards,
DP.
Dendo
Silahkan download http://www.integrity.co.id/amibroker-4-bei/historical.php
Saya juga mengirimkan berita intraday historical kepada teman-teman via YM
blast setelah file terupload,
apabila anda juga ingin mendapatkan berita secara cepat, silahkan tambahkan
YM id saya dendov pada YM saudara..
Wah mantap kali penjelasan bung KG ini singkat padat dan jelas...
bisa diposting contoh chart AB nya pak?
From: amibroker-4-bei@yahoogroups.com
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Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 9:46 PM
To: amibroker-4-bei@yahoogroups.com
Subject: FW:
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