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[amibroker] Re: how do i fix holes for composites



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There is no reason to create EXCEL macro, see an amibroker solution.
DT
--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "amiabilityy" <amiabilityy@xxxx> 
wrote:
> 
>  Thanks for the replies.
>    DT, the holes in the data i metioned are from trading halts 
which 
> could be 1 or more days, as long as its not delisted.
>     
>        downhillspeedster, i still get unusual spikes when creating 
an 
> artificial index and dividing it by the count.
> 
>      I will try to create an excell macro that fills the holes in a 
> copy of the historical data.
>      if it works i'll post it in the forum. 
> 
>         peter.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "downhillspeedster 
> <downhillspeedster@xxxx>" <downhillspeedster@xxxx> wrote:
> > An interesting and subtle point.
> > 
> > The behavior of fixup = true NOT filling in consecutive missing 
> bars 
> > to the current bar prevents looking into the future.
> > 
> > Counting occurances and dividing by the count is still the best 
> > solution for A2C averages.
> > 
> > 
> > --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Dimitris Tsokakis" 
> > <TSOKAKIS@xxxx> wrote:
> > >       From:  "downhillspeedster <downhillspeedster@xxxx>" 
> > <downhillspeedster@xxxx> 
> > >       Date:  Tue Mar 4, 2003  6:26 pm
> > >       Subject:  Re: how do i fix holes for composites
> > > 
> > >      
> > >            
> > > 
> > > 
> > >       Utilize Foreign with Fixup = True to generate the input 
> > array for 
> > >       AddtoComposite. This will fill in the holes.
> > > 
> > > 
> > >       Let us see an important detail: 
> > > 
> > > Foreign() function, when fixup=1, fills the holes with previous 
> > data.
> > > But, what is a hole ? 
> > > The meaning here is the "intermediate missing data", I suppose.
> > > My RATL has a hole on Feb19 and then all bars since Feb21.
> > > As you see, the use of fixup=1 filled the Feb19 missing bar, 
but 
> > left unchanged the rest.
> > > So, if one uses Foreign("RATL","C",1) instead of RATL close, he 
> > will still have missing bars for any further calculations.
> > > Dimitris Tsokakis


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