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Fred
I have no idea as I am not really concerned with most of the variable
variability indicators of indicators, or whatever this thing that has been
voted for. I have always worked on the basis of "must know" how something
works before it can be used. In my profession it was vital to do this as
catastrophe could occur if a mistake is made. I am merely a dabbler with the
indicators, taking them very slowly as I try to learn what message they are
telling me. If they are not easy to understand then I pass them by and look
at another. I have always been an "eye" trader regarding charts, preferring
the simpler indicators like price bars (I use candles because they are
easier to see the moves for me due to solid O-C bar and tails), and P&F
charts. Other items are just straight lines drawn on the charts.
I think I have said this before, but I am yet to find a mechanical system
that suits the basket of stocks I follow, that suits me and my psyche.
Further on from before and my profession when I worked, if you could not
find something that did what was needed, then you found a way to modify
things or combine things together to produce the required results. Maybe
this is now my problem as I tend to accept a lot of things as they are, and
rather than get them changed, I work around the shortfalls to get to the
end. If I find a tool that works, I use it. Like the support resistance code
I emailed out today, I originally had multiple formula entries for each line
to be drawn, which to say the least is tedious. I was going to next brush up
my poor script knowledge. But as I was further developing the code the easy
to use, no added script lines required, loop functions were introduced. This
came as a great tool. Maybe it was only included because someone asked for
it, or TJ saw it as a benefit to us, I don't know. Guess I am too laid back
to be a trader.
Like drawdowns, I export the trades list to excel and compile a full system
trade there. It is slow and would work better if I used a database, but I
don't have one on my computer, so I use excel and wait for a few minutes for
the calculation to run. I have the time to wait, don't do much else, and
gives me a chance to keep my office tidy. :-(
Now must check the internet for surfing in the Bahamas, got my curiosity
piqued. Or was that meant to be internet surfing in the Bahamas ;-)
Cheers,
Graham
http://groups.msn.com/ASXShareTrading
http://groups.msn.com/FMSAustralia
-----Original Message-----
From: Fred [mailto:fctonetti@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Saturday, 26 April 2003 10:37 AM
To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [amibroker] Re: Value of INCLUDE was: Poll results for amibroker &
versatility
Graham,
Don't read between the lines, I only want the product to work as it
is described to work or to at least understand how it does work. I
am at a loss to understand how the rest of you apparently write
systems and trade real money not knowing what the calculations are
actually doing or how large the drawdowns are for trading a portfolio
of stocks.
I was not the one who requested variable periodicity although I did
state when the topic came up that it would be a good idea to have not
ASAP or IMMEDIATELY or that it was URGENT. This was followed by my
being told that this functionality already existed in some of the
indicators which would have allowed one to build a lot of ones own
variable periodicity based systems and/or indicators. However when
tested 3 work as expected (REF/SUM/MA), 4 clearly don't work
(HHV/LLV/HHVBars/LLVBars) and I have no idea how the other MA related
indicators work, do you ?
--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Graham" <gkavanagh@xxxx> wrote:
> I too find the #include valuable. I have a base formula file and
reference
> this from explorations and indicators. Saves a lot of time making
changes,
> only one file to modify.
> But I do have to giggle a little at your comments. Just looking at
what is
> written why would a person trading LARGE sums have any more say
than someone
> trading in small sums in regards to program development. The fee
for AB is
> the same for all. Are you suggesting that there be a scale of fees
for
> different people, giving them greater say in how the program is
developed.
> Yes this is a discussion forum, but I do get tired of some
expecting more
> and more all the time.
>
> Cheers,
> Graham
> http://groups.msn.com/ASXShareTrading
> http://groups.msn.com/FMSAustralia
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ken Close [mailto:closeks@x...]
> Sent: Saturday, 26 April 2003 8:57 AM
> To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [amibroker] Value of INCLUDE was: Poll results for
amibroker &
> versatility
>
>
>
> Fred said: "Regarding #INCLUDE maybe I'm missing the power of this
that
> you
> suggest but I don't see the value of a preprocessor per se."
>
> Fred: I am not sure you will find this informative, but I have just
> completed a project for a FTer in converting a collection of signals
> into a "Master Signal", all the while contending with tweaks and
changes
> to various parts of the components of the Master Signal.
>
> I coded the segments into their own AFL files and assembled the
master
> signal into a collection of INCLUDES
>
> INCLUDE(Signal 1)
> T1=variable
>
> INCLUDE(Signal 2)
> T2=variable 2
>
> Etc
>
> Sum the Ts for a Master signal.
>
> Used the same technique to plot the component parts.
>
> When the logic of a component changes, I alter the one file
containing
> the logic and everything else changes with it, without any
additional
> code changes.
>
> Valuable to me, whether you have a use for it or not, or consider it
> "piggy".
>
> I would never do optimizations thru this mechanism however for the
> reason you suggest.
>
> Ken
>
>
>
>
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