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OOPS, the section name should be _SECTION_BEGIN("My Foreign DEMA");
or something that makes sense to you. I got lazy an just copied it
from another indicator and forget to change the name.
Barry
--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Razzbarry" <razzbarry@xxxx>
wrote:
> The actual formula is for a backtest and plot follows. Just copy
and paste it into an AB formula window and test it. I assume you
have AB release 4.70. But you will need sell logic to use this in
back test. Anyway this may get you going in conversion form MS.
>
> If you use this as an indicator to see if the results are the same
as MS. Once you have created and saved the formula just go to
Workspace/Charts, find the formula and click on it and take Insert
linked. It will add a chart to the bottom of the page. then drag and
drop a DEMA to the price chart and you will see the buy points. The
formula produces positive spikes at the buy points.
>
> Actually I went the same route, MS first and then AB. I think you
will be very you switched. You will; have to convert all your MA
logic if memory serves me well. I think MS has a generic moving
average formulas and a parm tells it which type to use. AB has
separate MA types so that is what you will have to convert.
>
> You can import your NASDAQ and rimm data into AB to test this.
When you paste this make sure the comments, green below, are all on
one line or the program will fail.
>
> Happy to help a MS defector.
>
> Happy coding,
> Barry
>
> _SECTION_BEGIN("ADX + EMA + MACD");
>
> // this will work with any stock
> ixic = Foreign("^IXIC", "C"); // I use ^IXIC for the NASDAQ
> period = Param("NASDAQ DEMA period", 200, 20, 400, 10); // default
= 200, range = 20-400, step = 10
> ixicDema = DEMA(ixic, period);
> stkPeriod = Param("Stock period", 20, 1, 100, 1);
> LclDema = DEMA(C, stkPeriod);
>
> Buy = Cover = C < LclDema AND ixic > ixicDema;
>
> // this is not needed for backtest but it will plot the conditions
in a window so you can see all the conditions on a page.
> // drag and drop a DEMA to the price chart and the green spike
will show where all the conditions meet.
> Plot(ixicDema, "ixicDema", colorBlack);
> Plot(ixic, "ixic", colorBrown);
> Plot(Buy * ixic, "BUY", colorGreen);
>
> // explore
> Filter = Buy;
> AddColumn(Buy, "Buy", 1.0);
>
> _SECTION_END();
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Terry
> To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 10:25 AM
> Subject: Re: [amibroker] Reference to another security
>
>
> There are a couple of ways to do this, one is SetForeign and the
other
> is simply Foreign, which seems easiset in your case. You can
look it up
> in help.
>
> DEMA(Foreign("$COMPQ","C"),200) gets you the 200 day DEMA of the
Nasdaq
> Composite.
>
> Terry
>
> sebastiandanconia wrote:
>
> >
> >Hi, all.:) I'm seriously considering Amibroker (a fed-up
Metastock
> >defector), but have a simple question I haven't found the
answer to:
> >Using the back-tester, is it possible to refer to another
security?
> >For example, "buy RIMM at a retracement to a 20-dema, but only
if the
> >Nasdaq Composite is above a 200-dema."
> >
> >
> >TIA and luck to all,
> >
> >Sebastian
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