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[amibroker] Re: Question regarding AddToComposite



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There is a simple and safe way to count the population of your 
database.
Run for all quotations the
addtocomposite(1,"~count","v");
buy=0;
Now, the 
pop=foreign("~count","v");
will give you the population vs time.
Dimitris Tsokakis
--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "acesheet" <acesheet@xxxx> wrote:
> I've been using AddToComposite to create various reference indices 
> and industry indices lately and I'm wondering what this statement 
> from the AB help file really means?
> 
> atcFlagResetValues = 1 - reset values at the beginning of scan 
> (recommended) 
> 
> I occassionaly get corrupted values of zero in the middle of the 
> price arrays even though I try to correct for this. Usually it goes 
> away if I completely delete the data in my composite index and 
rerun 
> the composite calculation routine. I would really like to not have 
> to do this as its a manual process. I;d like it to be completely 
> automatic.
> 
> -ace
> 
> Here's my code. Maybe I'm doing something wrong. Feel free to use 
> it. It seems to work quite well.
> 
> //-------------------------------------------------------------
> //             INDUSTRY COMPOSITE CALCULATOR
> //-------------------------------------------------------------
> // AFL Script Version date 12/7/03
> //-------------------------------------------------------------
> // NOTES: Prior to running place your settings to this arrangement
> //        1. Set the 'Apply to' filter to a watchlist containing 
one 
> //           stock from each industry group and click 'use filter'
> //        2. Set the 'Range' to 'n last quotations' where n=1
> //        3. Run a 'Scan'
> //-------------------------------------------------------------
> function CreateIndustryAverage( listnum, price )
> {
>  // retrieve comma-separated list of symbols in watch list
>  list = GetCategorySymbols( categoryIndustry, listnum );
>  Average = 0; // just in case there are no watch list members
>  m=0;
>  for( i = 0; ( sym = StrExtract( list, i ) ) != ""; i++ )
>  {
>     Val = Nz(Foreign( sym, "Close" ));
>     n=Nz(IIf(Val!=0,1,0));
>     m=m+n;
>     f = Nz(Foreign( sym, price ));
>     if( i == 0 ) Average = Average;
>     else Average = Average + f;
>  }
>   // 'm' is the running total of the number of stocks in the
>   // group vs. time. This account for differing lengths of
>   // historical data by stock
>  return Average / m; 
> }
> //-------------------------------------------------------------
> // Create the industry averages and store the values in temporary
> // price arrays
> //-------------------------------------------------------------
> indticker="~"+IndustryID(1);
> IO=CreateIndustryAverage( IndustryID(0), "O" )*10;
> IH=CreateIndustryAverage( IndustryID(0), "H" )*10;
> IL=CreateIndustryAverage( IndustryID(0), "L" )*10;
> IC=CreateIndustryAverage( IndustryID(0), "C" )*10;
> IV=CreateIndustryAverage( IndustryID(0), "V" );
> list = GetCategorySymbols( categoryIndustry, IndustryID(0) );
> //-------------------------------------------------------------
> // Get Running total for number of stocks in the group vs. time
> //-------------------------------------------------------------
> m=0;
> for( i = 0; ( sym = StrExtract( list, i ) ) != ""; i++ )
>  {
>    Val = Nz(Foreign( sym, "Close" ));
>    n=Nz(IIf(Val!=0,1,0));
>    m=m+n;
>  }
> sf=1;
> //-------------------------------------------------------------
> // Create scale factors to correct for step changes in the 
> // number of stocks in the group
> //-------------------------------------------------------------
> for( i = 1; i<LastValue(Cum(IIf(m!=0,1,0))); i++ )
> {
>    if(m[i]>m[i-1]) sf[i]=sf[i-1]*IC[i-1]/IO[i];
>    else sf[i]=sf[i-1];
> }
> IO1=sf*IO;
> IH1=sf*IH;
> IL1=sf*IL;
> IC1=sf*IC;
> IO=IIf(IO1==0,Ref(IO1,-1),IO1);
> IH=IIf(IH1==0,Ref(IH1,-1),IH1);
> IL=IIf(IL1==0,Ref(IL1,-1),IL1);
> IC=IIf(IC1==0,Ref(IC1,-1),IC1);
> IV=IIf(IV==0,Ref(IV,-1),IV);
> //-------------------------------------------------------------
> // Now correct for any zero values
> for( i = 1; i<BarCount; i++ )
> {
>    if(IO[i]==0) IO[i]=IO[i-1];
>    if(IH[i]==0) IH[i]=IH[i-1];
>    if(IL[i]==0) IL[i]=IL[i-1];
>    if(IC[i]==0) IC[i]=IC[i-1];
>    if(IV[i]==0) IV[i]=IV[i-1];
> }
> AddToComposite(IO,indticker,"O", 3);
> AddToComposite(IH,indticker,"H", 3);
> AddToComposite(IL,indticker,"L", 3);
> AddToComposite(IC,indticker,"C", 3);
> AddToComposite(IV,indticker,"V", 3);
> 
> Buy=0;
> Sell=0;


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