Hi
Michael,
Thanks for the little
tip. It was Geo who was hoping to accomplish this. I will probably
try it as well as it does sound like a useful tool or way to do
this.
Happy
Holidays,
Dave
Dave,
You can do what you
suggest with a series of simple indicators.
On the first one you
select the price chart you want – for example with the DJIA all in one price
chart.
Then you add a line
at the top:
Setforeign(“^DJI”,”X”);
Then save the AFL to
a DJI afl file.
Do the same thing
with the indicators you want……….. just add the set foreign line on the top.
And save the individual AFL files.
Then take the set of
DJI indicators and load them on the tab you want. Edit each one of the
AFL files with the next ticker you want and save them with a ticker
specific name, and load them on a new tab. Keep going with as many as
you want.
When you get done,
save the data base so it will load the format of the tabs next time it
is opened.
Hope this
helps,
Mike
From:
amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dave's Laptop
Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2005 9:47
PM
To:
amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [amibroker] Selecting a
ticker from AFL
Thanks for being
patient with me.
Although I fail to
see how putting these three (or more) symbols in a watchlist wouldn’t help.
If you used WL #60
for example, you could then put the ^DJI on sheet one of that chart with the 3
panes you mention. You would then do the same for each of the other
symbols you are interested in.
The difference is
that you want to switch from one sheet to another inside on one chart instead
of switching from one chart to another.
Is that
correct?
Dave
Hey with a large
enough monitor you could have all three of your charts open and not have to
switch at all. <grin>
From:
amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Geo
Singleman
Sent: Saturday,
December 17, 2005 10:19 AM
To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [amibroker] Selecting a
ticker from AFL
lol ... No
problem. What I want is a specific symbol preselected per chart page. The
rest of the charts on this page are all derived AddToComposite data and forced
to display only those with Foreign AFL function. So by design, they show the
same thing no matter what ticker is chosen for the main price display. All I
want is when I select the tab, the main price chart is for the predetermined
symbol which matches the indicators on the page. e.g. I have a layout for
McClellan indicators. Let us say I have 3 chart pages each with 3 panes. Tab 1
is DJI. Pane 1 is DJI prices. Pane 2: DJ McClellan Breadth Oscillator. Pane 3:
is DJ Breadth Summation Index. Tab 2 is RUT and so on. This way, all I need is
to select the tab to review DJI and RUT without also having to select the
ticker and never have mismatched charts. Watchlist or favorite list will not
do the job.
----- Original Message -----
Sent:
Saturday, December 17, 2005 12:46 PM
Subject: RE:
[amibroker] Selecting a ticker from AFL
Geo,
I am a newbie with
the software so go easy on me as I am trying to understand what you are
looking to accomplish.
Are you trying to
provide a quick and easy way to access certain symbols? Have you
thought of using a watch list or the favorites?
Or are you trying
to show the price of a stock as compared to the
^DJI?
Dave
From:
amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Geo Singleman
Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2005 9:33
AM
To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [amibroker] Selecting a
ticker from AFL
I had tried this. However I
needed to create a layout for each ticker. More cumbersome than just
selecting the ticker for the correct combination. If it can be done via AFL
or script, then I can have 10 or more tabs each fixed to one ticker. And
save this as one special layout for this application.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2005
02:04 AM
Subject: RE: [amibroker] Selecting a
ticker from AFL
Save “^DJI” chart
window as a layout. Each time you load this layout it will use ”^DJI” as
the default ticker and any studies previously charted and saved to the
Sheet/Layout.
Regards,
Gordon
Sutherland
-----Original
Message-----
From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Geo
Singleman
Sent: Saturday,
17 December 2005 6:50 p.m.
To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [amibroker] Selecting a
ticker from AFL
Is
there a way to automatically select a ticker from AFL? I would like to fix
the price chart display in a given pane to say ^DJI. I can force the
display by using SetForeign. However, AB still uses the currently active
ticker to store studies I create in the indicators in that chart page. So
this does not work for me. I need an equivalent to selecting a ticker from
the Symbols list.