[amibroker] Re: Question on nuance of Foreign and SetForeign.

["sebastiandanconia" <sebastiandanconia@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks, gentlemen.:)  I think I've got it now.

S.


--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Terry" <MagicTH@xxxx> wrote:
> I agree with Graham to use SetForeign, do your calcs and Restore 
since
> your BASE is just the CLOSE and does not contain O,H or L data.
> 
> However, you can also save OHL if you wish
> BASE_O = Foreign("^IXIC","O",1); 
> BASE_H = Foreign("^IXIC","H",1); 
> BASE_L = Foreign("^IXIC","L",1);
> --
> Terry
> | -----Original Message-----
> | From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
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> | Behalf Of Graham
> | Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 18:11
> | To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> | Subject: Re: [amibroker] Question on nuance of Foreign and 
SetForeign.
> | 
> | best to put your formula relating to the foreign within the
> | setforeign/restorpricearrays
> | statements
> | 
> | On 8/29/05, sebastiandanconia <sebastiandanconia@xxxx> wrote:
> | > I'm (attempting) to run a backtest against other securities 
using
> | > signals generated from ^IXIC.
> | >
> | > Example code:
> | >
> | > BASE=Foreign("^IXIC","C",1);
> | >
> | > Cond1=Cum(1)>21 AND Cross(BASE,(LLV(BASE,20)+(ATR(10)*3)));
> | > Cond2=Cum(1)>21 AND Cross((HHV(BASE,20)-(ATR(10)*3)),BASE);
> | >
> | > Question:  How do I make sure the ATR is calculated from BASE 
and
> | not
> | > the security?  Is this the kind of issue for which SetForeign is
> | > used?  I've looked at the "Help" on this, but it's not clear to 
me.
> | >
> | > TIA for any guidance on this.
> | >
> | >
> | > Luck to all,
> | >
> | > Sebastian
> | >
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