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[amibroker] Re: dumb newbie question - getting today's opening price



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--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "mikelaurataylor"
<mikelaurataylor@xxxx> wrote:
> 
> I'm trying to set a condition on a chart that I'll be tracking 
> minute by minute and only want this to occur if todays opening price 
> (9:30am) is 3% more than yesterday's close (4pm).
> 
> I have backfilled data from 1/3/05.
> 
> When I test this with a date range of one day (1/25) and say:
> 
> openprice = 0pen [0]
> 
> I don't get the price from 1/25 I get the price from 1/3.
> 
> On an ongoing basis how can I ask the system for todays opening 
> price and yesterdays closing price?
> 
> Thanks so much.
> 
> Mike

I think your problem is you are referencing the entire array of data,
so it goes back to the first bar.  You want something like this:

Buy = iif( O > ref (O, -1)* 1.03, 1, 0);

Hope this is right.  I'm still a newbie so it would be nice for
confirmation, or just try it and see.





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