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Re: [amibroker] EQUITY LINE



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Ted,

I meant that you have two choices:
1. Either use delays definable in the settings
2. Or.. use Ref() function in your code to shift signals BUT always set delays to ZERO in the settings.
(this way you can control delays in the formula)

Best regards,
Tomasz Janeczko
amibroker.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ted Chmilar" <tchmilar@xxxx>
To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 10:28 PM
Subject: Re: [amibroker] EQUITY LINE


> Tomasz:
> Re your point 3 on controlling delays.If one has a statement like...
> Buy=ref(BuySignal,-1).. the buy delay setting does have an impact on the
> backtesting results. Am I misunderstanding something?
> Ted
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tomasz Janeczko" <amibroker@xxxx>
> To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 12:30 AM
> Subject: Re: [amibroker] EQUITY LINE
> 
> 
> > Stephane,
> >
> > Yes Equity function uses backtester settings. Otherwise its output would
> > not match the output of the backtester.
> >
> > As for the future - you will be able to control all settings from the
> formula level
> > so then you will be able to use various settings.
> >
> > Please note that even now you can control many settings from the formula
> level:
> > 1. Stops can be controlled via ApplyStop
> > 2. Trade prices can be controlled via BuyPrice, SellPrice, ShortPrice,
> CoverPrice
> > 3. Delays can be controlled by Ref, for example to delay a buy signal one
> day:
> > Buy = Ref( Buy, -1 )
> > 4. Position size can be controlled by PositionSize variable.
> >
> > The only things that you can control yet from the formula level are
> > - initial equity, commission, interest rate and "points only" mode.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Tomasz Janeczko
> > amibroker.com
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "nenapacwanfr" <nenapacwanfr@xxxx>
> > To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 8:43 AM
> > Subject: [amibroker] EQUITY LINE
> >
> >
> > > Tomasz,
> > >
> > > it appears that equity line is dependant of the parameters in the
> > > settings,
> > > so it seems impossible to use the stats results of a primary system
> > > in a second system.
> > > is there a solution to get a independant equity with the settings (
> > > i think you have already written this with Hermann)
> > >
> > >
> > > Hermann,
> > >
> > > if you want for this purpose above I have written a equity plugin (
> > > only for long)
> > >
> > > stephane
> > >
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