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Re: [amibroker] AFL basic help needed please



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BuyPrice=valuewhen(buytest,High)+Gap;+//this will hold the value to
when the buytest signal occured

On 5/25/05, carstuff <grpmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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-- 
Cheers
Graham
http://e-wire.net.au/~eb_kavan/


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