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Re: Amibroker Feature Questions



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Tomasz,

Thanks for your reply.

With regard to displaying multiple windows with different time frames 
(my original question #1 below) ...

Can the x-axis be automatically "synchronized" for each window so that 
you can see the same time period for the weekly and daily price plots?

Tim Gadd


--- In amibroker@xxxx, "Tomasz Janeczko" <amibroker@xxxx> wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Thank you for your e-mail.
> 
> Here are my answers:
> 
> > 1. Can you display different time frames for the same issue - 
either
> > in different "inner windows" or overlayed in the same window? For
> > example, I've always wanted to be able to look at weekly candles
> > overlayed/inlayed by a daily bar or line chart for the same issue.
> Currently you can not display different time frames in the same 
window.
> You can however open two windows (Window->New menu) and display
> different time frames in separate windows.
> 
> > 2. Can the formula language explore for crossovers/breaks of 
manually
> > drawn trendlines?
> Yes. This is explained in the newsletter:
> http://www.amibroker.com/newsletter/08-2001.html
> 
> >
> > 3. Can the slope value of a manually drawn trendline be calculated 
in
> > terms of percent change per day?
> Yes. Use AFL function: ROC( Study( "ID" ) );
> 
> > 4. Can the time frame of each bar/candle be user-defined, such as 
a 3
> > or 10-day bar/candle instead of the standard weekly, monthly, 
etc.?
> Currently no.
> 
> > 5. Similarly, can the day of the week to start and end a 5-day
> > bar/candle be user-defined? For example, I'd like to display a 
weekly
> > bar/candle chart that uses Tuesday as the first day and Monday as 
the
> > last day of the week.
> Currently no.
> 
> > 6. Does the formula language support calculations using multiple
> > issues? Could it, for example, rank (through an exploration) the 
5-
> > day rate of change of the relative strength (comparative) line of 
all
> > issues in a folder vs. the S&P?
> Yes. There are built in functions relstrength() and foreign() that 
allow
> construction of multiple-issue indicators/systems.
> 
> > 7. Can you calculate/display a Volume By Price indicator similar 
to
> > that on BigCharts or MegaTech as a histogram on the y-axis?
> Will check it out and get back with details.
> 
> 
> Best regards,
> Tomasz Janeczko
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