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Lesmond. Really sorry, but i just don't get that. No matter what I try, I
find that changing the trading hours using || alt-v - intraday || changes
all of the windows and layouts in the database -- I cannot get it to change
by window or layout. Maybe I'm missing something.
chuck
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lesmond V" <ebsn247@xxxxxxxx>
To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2006 3:57 AM
Subject: [amibroker] Re: Trading hours by symbol?
> 1) "... the only way to have different timeframes on the same ticker is to
> change them on the fly ..."
>
> Not exactly. After you follow instructions from my previous post you will
> have two or more charts of the same symbol with different hours. Now just
> save what you created as a "layout" (Qcharts calls it "workspace",
> SierraChart calls it "chartbook"). You will find layouts here:
>
> Alt+V - S - "layout" tab - r-click (to see save commands)
>
> To open a layout just d-click on its name.
>
>
> Happy New Year
>
> Lesmond
>
>
> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "cstrader" <cstrader232@xxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks Lesmond.
>>
>> If I understand you right, the only way to have different timeframes on
>> the
>> same ticker is to change them on the fly. If so, this is a real
>> limitation
>> of AB. I have two systems that trade the ES -- one needs to have the
>> night
>> data and the other does not use the night data. As far as I can tell
>> there
>> is no way to trade both of them at the same time.
>>
>> I keep thinking there should be an easy way to tell a program to ignore
>> the
>> out of RTH hours data. I wonder what would happen if I put the entire
>> AFL
>> code into
>>
>> if (timenum() > X and Timenum() < Y)
>> {...}
>>
>> chuck
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Lesmond V" <ebsn247@xxxx>
>> To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 5:28 AM
>> Subject: [amibroker] Re: Trading hours by symbol?
>>
>>
>> > You can do it but it's not as flexible as in some other charting
>> > programs.
>> >
>> > 1) Set the trading hours.
>> >
>> > Alt+S - G - groups - intraday settings
>> >
>> > You can assign different RTH/ETH for different groups. Unfortunately
>> > one
>> > symbol can belong to only one group so the choice of hours is limited
>> > to
>> > rth, eth, both or 24hrs.
>> >
>> > 2) Create multiple windows.
>> >
>> > Alt+W - N (or L, which is a symbol sensitive window)
>> >
>> > 3) Change to RTH, ETH, both or 24hrs as you need:
>> >
>> > Alt+V - intraday
>> >
>> > It's a bit of a pain for anybody trading commodity futures. I have all
>> > kinds of weird "groups" based on the trading hours, which is not what
>> > "groups" were really meant to be ("groups", I think, are supposed to be
>> > equities, warrants, equity options, futures, futures options, mutual
>> > funds, bonds, forex, etc.)
>> >
>> > The idea of a separate "trading hours" tab in "symbols-categories"
>> > window
>> > was mentioned here a few months back and TJ has probably put it
>> > somewhere
>> > on his "to do list" but as most users trade stocks and SP-mini it's
>> > obviously not a priority.
>> >
>> >
>> > Lesmond
>> >
>> > -- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "cstrader" <cstrader232@xxxx> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> You can display different trading hours for different symbols, but can
>> >> you display different trading hours for the same symbol in different
>> >> windows? Thanks
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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