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[amibroker] Re: Ability to set AA Settings "Periodicity" from AFL?



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That makes sense... I'll go to using aa-setttings files...

thanks,
chris

--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, William Peters <williampeters@xxxx> 
wrote:
> 
> I submitted this as a feature request some time ago and TJ came
> back with a reason why periodicity couldn't be set via AFL. If 
memory
> serves me correctly this is one setting that needs to be known 
before
> AFL begins its run.
> 
> But you do have the loadsettings method of the backtest object 
option,
> so that's one good method to achieve the same result.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> William Peters (AmiBroker Group Moderator)
> www.amitools.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Tuesday, February 1, 2005, 4:29:08 PM, you wrote:
> 
> 
> C> I'm playing around with AT systems, and have setup an Excel 
spread 
> C> that 'simulates' AT.  Sometimes, like today, I forget to switch 
> C> from "daily" to "5-min", b/c I'm currently trading EOD only.  
Without
> C> switching it, my 'experiment' doesn't produce any trades, and 
kinda
> C> wastes the day.
> 
> C> (I know I can always just backtest, but I've found paper-trading 
to
> C> be invaulable to see the real world potential to systems)
> 
> C> It would be great to have access to Periodicity, since a good 
number
> C> of other AA Settings can be manipulated from AFL (and also 
allows me
> C> to disregard the use of loading/saving/maintaing AA settting 
files)
> C> I can pretty much just 'pick/load' my AFL file, and not have to 
worry
> C> which AA settings file I have to load next.
> 
> C> Ok so basically, I'm lazy, but what do other people think?  
Wouldn't
> C> it be slicker if there were more "field-types" added to the 
SetOption
> C> AFL function?
> 
> C> Thanks for the reply William.
> 
> C> - chris
> 
> C> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, William Peters 
<williampeters@xxxx>
> C> wrote:
> >> Hi Christoper,
> >> 
> >> No, the periodicity setting cannot be set via AFL.
> >> 
> >> What is it that you are wanting to achieve, there may be another 
way
> >> of doing it.
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Regards,
> >> William Peters (AmiBroker Group Moderator)
> >> www.amitools.com
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Tuesday, February 1, 2005, 4:06:39 PM, you wrote:
> >> 
> >> 
> >> C> In AA Settings, there is a Periodicity drop-down (daily, 
weekly,
> C> x-
> >> C> minute).  Can we set this via AFL?
> >> 
> >> C> Thanks,
> >> C> Chris





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