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[amibroker] Re: Followed instructions, but no "Composite Equity Curve"



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Thank-you, Tomasz, it works now.:)  So, if I want to access it I can 
use:

CompEq = Foreign( "~~~Equity", "C" );

Is that right?  TIA.


S. 

--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Tomasz Janeczko" <amibroker@xxxx> 
wrote:
>
> Hello,
> 
> There is no need to do this any more.
> 
> Just use "Portfolio Equity" chart (From "Charts" tree),
> it will plot portfolio-level equity after you run backtest.
> 
> Best regards,
> Tomasz Janeczko
> amibroker.com
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "sebastiandanconia" <sebastiandanconia@xxxx>
> To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 6:17 PM
> Subject: [amibroker] Re: Followed instructions, but no "Composite 
Equity Curve"
> 
> 
> > Strike the part about "seems to be equity for my entire list."  
The 
> > results are different with different watchlists, but far removed 
from 
> > what it looks like with a system test.
> > 
> > 
> > S.
> > 
> > --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "sebastiandanconia" 
> > <sebastiandanconia@xxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> In attempting to get a Composite Equity Curve for a watchlist, I 
> >> followed these instructions from "Help" in AB 4.7rc2:
> >> 
> >> 
> >> "How do you plot a composite Equity Curve ? I don't want the 
whole 
> >> database, but would like to see the curve based on the watchlist 
I 
> >> use for the backtesting.
> >> 
> >> You can do this using the Equity and another powerful function 
> > called 
> >> AddToComposite(). First modify your trading system by adding 
> >> AddToComposite function as shown below:
> >> 
> >> /* your original system here */
> >> 
> >> Buy=Your Buy rule
> >> Sell=Your Sell rule
> >> 
> >> Short=Your Short sell rule
> >> Cover=Your Cover short rule
> >> 
> >> /* add the following line */
> >> 
> >> AddToComposite( Equity(), "~CompositeEquity", "X" );
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Now run Scan (yes Scan, not back test) over the watch list of 
your 
> >> choice (use Filter button in the Automatic Analysis to choose 
> >> filtering criteria)
> >> 
> >> Now you will see ~CompositeEquity ticker created in your symbol 
> > list. 
> >> You can just select it and the price chart you will see 
represents 
> >> composite equity line for all symbols included in the scan."
> >> 
> >> But I'm clearly not getting the Composite Equity for the 
watchlist 
> > I 
> >> selected, it looks more like the equity for my entire list of 
> > stocks 
> >> from within the time-frame I'm testing in Automatic Analysis.
> >> 
> >> What's my next step in trouble-shooting, when I'm following the 
> >> directions (as far as I can tell) but don't get the expected 
> > result?  
> >> TIA for any assistance.
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Luck to all,
> >> 
> >> Sebastian
> >>
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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> > 
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> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >
>






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