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Re: [amibroker] Re: WOW....This may be TOO much



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Larry heres on I use just change the price range to suit


/*pricerangefinder
David Holzgrefe
24.02.2001*/

lowprice = close>1.00; //low price
hiprice= close<5.50; // high price
hirange = lowprice <= hiprice;
lowrange = hiprice >= lowprice;

buy = hirange and lowprice;

sell = 0;


Regards David
----- Original Message -----
From: <acs64@xxxx>
To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 3:47 AM
Subject: [amibroker] Re: WOW....This may be TOO much


> Hi Carlton,
>
> Can you give me an example of the filtering script you use? Thanks
>
> Larry
>
> --- In amibroker@xxxx, "Carlton McEachern" <carlton.mceachern@xxxx>
> wrote:
> > I carry the entire Toronto and Vancouver Stock Exchange list in my
> database.
> > I also carry a database of all mutual funds available in Canada.
> Data
> > import used to be pretty slow but Thomaz fixed that early on in the
> > development of AmiBroker. One thing I do with analysis is filter
> out
> > equities not in my price range - ie I usually exclude equities over
> $40 CAD
> > but I still want them in my database for the day I can afford them
> in volume
> > (eternal optimist). I usually filter out equities under $1.00 as I
> am not
> > interested in the penney market but I still want them in my
> database as
> > there are a lot of tech startups and biotechs in that price range
> which may
> > be the next big thing. In short, I want a complete database but I
> filter
> > out by price to suit my trading patterns. Filtering with AFL is
> easy in the
> > analysis window using the < > functions. If you have the hard
> drive space
> > and computing power you might want to consider doing the same.
> >
> > THE CRAZY CANUCK
> >
> >
> > CARLTON McEACHERN
> > BOX 259, RR #1
> > ASTORVILLE, ONTARIO
> > P0H 1B0 CANADA
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: acs64@xxxx [mailto:acs64@x...]
> > Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2001 9:18 PM
> > To: amibroker@xxxx
> > Subject: [amibroker] WOW....This may be TOO much
> >
> >
> > Hello All,
> >
> > Now that I have this mega-database of over 9,000 stocks, what do I
> do
> > with it? I'm thinking that daily updates with this size of database
> > may be too time consuming. Historical updates sure have taken some
> > time. Any suggestions out there for culling it back to a more
> > manageable size and what a manageable size might be based on your
> > experience?
> >
> > I'd like to keep key representatives from different sectors and
> > industries maybe.....Is it possible to automate, with any of Ami's
> > language, a means of keeping the best and dumping the rest? I'm
> very
> > curious what others may have done or what their approach to data
> > overload is. Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Larry
> >
> >
> >
> >
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