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Re: [amibroker] Bill re: Coding Question



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Dean,

1)I sent to your email address a revised program which doesn't require you  
to enter tradedates.
1)The "Now(3)" restricts the output to the current day only.  You don't  
have to change it.


On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 17:45:32 -0000, Dean Hodgins <deanhodgins@xxxxxxxxx>  
wrote:

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> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "W Schmidt" <william.schmidt@xxxx>
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>> Dean,
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>> To answer your question, a price move accompanied by volume higher
> than average seems to be more significant than a price move on lower
> than average volume. Watching intraday volume without the reference
> of an  average doesn't mean much since volune is typically greater at
> the beginning and end of the day than in the middle.
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>> I added the plot function to the code below. Just paste it into
> Indicator
>> Builder.
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>> --Bill
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>> Many thanks again Bill - you're right of course - price movements
> accompanied by volume increases are likely to be more significant
> than price increases with little volume increase. I must admit I'm
> one of many who don't pay as much attention to volume as I should.
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> The code you were kind enough to share is very useful in terms of
> further refining my scans which (until now) have not really
> considered volume as a determining factor. Indicator code also very
> useful.
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> Two questions if I may ....
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> I assume that I need to change the dates each day accordingly on the
> following lines of code as appropriate:
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> TradeDate1 = 1041117; // trade date 1 day ago
> TradeDate2 = 1041116; // trade date 2 days ago
> TradeDate3 = 1041115; // trade date 3 days ago
> TradeDate4 = 1041112; // trade date 4 days ago
> TradeDate5 = 1041111; // trade date 5 days ago
> TradeDate6 = 1041110; // trade date 6 days ago
> TradeDate7 = 1041109; // trade date 7 days ago
> TradeDate8 = 1041108; // trade date 8 days ago
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> Question 2 - Do I need any modifications to following line on an
> ongoing basis? Guess I'm not sure how/if the "(3)" in this line of
> code affects the scan or whether I need to concern myself. (Getting
> up to speed on AFL language but still much to learn.)
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> Filter = DateNum()==Now(3)
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> Thanks again & best regards,
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> Dean
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