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The loop to read a watchlist is processed for each symbol, but takes
microseconds (or less) to read. Your "hard-code" for every symbol is
initialized every pass too so I doubt this is really a time saver and is
certainly not the reason you are experiencing "freezes". An exception
would be if you have built nested loops.
To really tell, I would need your code.
--
Terry
-----Original Message-----
From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of herrfrechdax
Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2006 10:59
To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [amibroker] Re: How to BUY a FOREIGN?
Terry,
thanks a lot for your suggestions, which I all tried or checked. I
think I am exprienced in backtesting, its settings, filters and
stuff. Sometimes it happens I overlook small but important details.
>:-)
I think the concept of reading all symbols of a market or a watchlist
as mentioned in the first place and taken from the help-section
(chapter CATEEGORYGERSYMBOLS) is not useful in combination with a
filter.
Correct me when I am wrong, but that loop will be processed for every
symbol in the filter, while it would be necessary only one time. Its
using that much processing time and cpu-resources its close to
freeze. And there is also no satisfying result. So I hard-coded for
every symbol:
IF (NAME()=="xyz"" ...action...;
As the watchlist consists of the current stock that is in DJ-INDU its
almost static. This way its much faster and delivers the results that
I expected. Took me a long time to find out.
enzo
--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Terry" <MagicTH@xxx> wrote:
>
> Tradeprice = True means to replace the BuyPrice, SellPrice, etc.
with
> those of the Foreign symbol.
>
> You still must have the symbol selected or available in a filter
> Watchlist or use "all symbols" in order to get it to trade.
>
> Did you try my second suggestion? That clearly works for me
(provided
> it's available in the list of stocks you are testing...what I just
about
> using "filter" or "all symbols")
>
> --
> Terry
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On
> Behalf Of herrfrechdax
> Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 02:05
> To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [amibroker] Re: How to BUY a FOREIGN?
>
> Hi Terry,
>
> no it is not working that way either. Those parameters have a
> different meaning (fixup, tradeprice).
>
> enzo
>
>
>
> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Terry" <MagicTH@> wrote:
> >
> > Just modify the last line:
> > SetForeign(item,True,True);
> >
> > 2nd argument True or False at your discretion.
> > 3rd argument True changes tradeprices too.
> >
> > If by chance that does not work then do this:
> >
> > Buy = True AND Name() == item;
> >
> >
> > In both cases, make sure you have "filter" checked are filtering
on
> the
> > same Watchlist otherwise it can't find the stock.
> > --
> > Terry
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On
> > Behalf Of herrfrechdax
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2006 10:21
> > To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [amibroker] How to BUY a FOREIGN?
> >
> > i am getting nuts... i am unable to backtest a strategy that buys
> > certain symbols of watchlist.
> >
> > following simple example of a loop through the symbols of a
> > watchlist I found in AL library. Will someone please fill in the
> > code to buy the ticker. It is so appreciatetd! Thanks in advance.
> > enzo
> >
> > listNum=0 ;//enter watchlist number
> > list = GetCategorySymbols( categoryWatchlist, listnum );
> > for( j = 0; ( item = StrExtract( list, j ) ) != ""; j++ )
> > {
> > SetForeign(item);
> >
> >
> > //BUY=1; // will only buy first symbol of the watchlist
> >
> >
> > RestorePriceArrays();// to get out the influence of SetForeign
> > }
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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