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Re: [amibroker] AFL basic help needed please - Anyone?



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It sounds like the ValueWhen() function would help you - it will give you 
the value of an array on the n-th most recent occurance of the conditions 
you specify. You can find more info on it by doing a search in the help 
files.

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "carstuff" <grpmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 5:34 PM
Subject: [amibroker] AFL basic help needed please - Anyone?


> Hello,
>
> I am trying to write a system for back testing a Gap system. The problem I
> run into is that I want to buy only when the stock reaches Today's High +
> the Gap amount, Today's High being the High when the buy is triggered. 
> Since
> I cannot put that figure into a static variable, and that amount may not 
> be
> triggered for several days, how do I accomplish this? I tried the code
> below, but since Today's High is a dynamic array, it keeps changing with
> every new day? Thanks for any help.
>
> Tom
>
>
> LowTest=Ref(L,-1); //Yesterday's Low
> HighTest=Ref(H,-1); //Yesterday's High
>
>
> BuyTest=Low>HighTest; //See if today's Low is higher than yesterdays High
>
> Gap=IIF(BuyTest,Low-HighTest,0); // See how much the gap is
>
>
> BuyPrice=High+Gap;// I want to buy at TODAY's HIGH + GAP THIS IS THE 
> AMOUNT
> I NEED TO KEEP STATIC FOR EACH NEW DAY"S COMPARISON
>
>
> BuyStop=BuyPrice;
> Buy=BuyTest AND Cross(High,Buystop);
>
>
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