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wow!.... thx

i didn't know it was sooo complicated to work in explorer.... no 
wonder why know one else knew how to do it.  much thanks i 
appreciate it.

j



--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Terry" <MagicTH@xxx> wrote:
>
> A backtest gives the results you want automatically.
> 
>  
> 
> If you must use Explore, you can also code the profit yourself 
> 
> using the Buy/Sell variables and explore for the answer. 
> 
> You will need ValueWhen function to discover the BuyPrice on the 
last
> Buy.
> 
>  
> 
> Here is some explore code that does what you want. 
> 
> I'm sure you will have to modify to suit. 
> 
>  
> 
> Unfortunately, this code my confuse you more than help you!
> 
> I tried to remove lines that were not relevant to your question.
> 
> PS: This is for a Long only system.
> 
>  
> 
> /****************************** FOR EXPLORE
> **********************************/
> 
>  
> 
> entryPrice = ValueWhen(Ref(Buy,-1),O); //Get the Open price on the 
day
> you bought
> 
> gain = IIf(Sell,(exitPrice - entryPrice) / entryPrice * 100 - 
0.4,0);
> //Account for 2 way commissions at .2% each
> 
> //>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "look to future" code - Just for 
marking
> Next Day Buy in Explore
> 
> bdate = IIf(Sell,ValueWhen(Ref(Buy,-1),DateTime()),DateTime());
> 
>  
> 
> Filter = Buy OR Sell;
> 
>  
> 
> AddColumn(bdate,"Buy
> Date",formatDateTime,IIf(Buy,colorWhite,colorRed),IIf
(Buy,colorGreen,col
> orWhite));
> 
> AddColumn(C,"Close",1.2,IIf(Buy,colorWhite,IIf(Sell AND gain >
> 0,colorGreen,colorWhite)),IIf(Buy,colorGreen,IIf(Sell AND gain >
> 0,colorPaleGreen,IIf(Sell,colorRed,colorGold))),50);
> 
> AddColumn(IIf(Buy,0000,entryPrice),"Entry$",1.2,IIf
(Buy,colorGreen,IIf(S
> ell AND gain > 0,colorGreen,colorWhite)),IIf(Buy,colorGreen,IIf
(Sell AND
> gain > 0,colorPaleGreen,colorRed)));
> 
> AddColumn(IIf(Buy,9999,IIf(Sell,gain,0)),"Profit%",1.2,IIf
(Buy,colorGree
> n,IIf(Sell AND gain >
> 0,colorGreen,colorWhite)),IIf(Buy,colorGreen,IIf(Sell AND gain >
> 0,colorPaleGreen,colorRed)),50);
> 
>  
> 
> The last two lines test to see if it's a Buy or a Sell. If it's a 
Sell,
> one line prints the entry price and the next line prints the Gain
> (loss). If it's a Buy then I print 0000 or 9999 which are 
effectively
> blanked by my color-coding.
> 
> --
> 
> Terry
> 
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
On
> Behalf Of thecoolestdude1369
> Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 08:22
> To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [amibroker] Re: really really need help....
> 
>  
> 
> bummer.... thx for the help.
> 
>  
> 
> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Fred" <ftonetti@> wrote:
> 
> >
> 
> > Given the system you are looking at and assuming that it is for 
a 
> 
> > single tradable at a time, on some particular day ( which is how 
> 
> > exploration results are ordered ) there could only be either the 
> 
> > effective buy or sell price ...
> 
> > 
> 
> > --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "thecoolestdude1369" 
> 
> > <thecoolestdude1369@> wrote:
> 
> > >
> 
> > > i was expecting to see a column with all the buy prices and 
> 
> since 
> 
> > > the formula won't trigger on the same day all the sell prices 
in 
> 
> > the 
> 
> > > next column.  they should both be different prices.  for 
> 
> instance 
> 
> > > the price of the stock at the close when all buy criteria is 
met 
> 
> > and 
> 
> > > the price of the stock at the close when all sell criteria is 
> 
> met 
> 
> > > for the trade to close out.  this way i can look and see 
profit 
> 
> and 
> 
> > > loss. 
> 
> > > 
> 
> > > --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Mark H" <amibroker@> wrote:
> 
> > > >
> 
> > > > What do you expect to see then?
> 
> > > > 
> 
> > > > BuyPrice and SellPrice are arrays which are automatically 
> 
> > assigned 
> 
> > > by the Settings  under the "Trades" tab.
> 
> > > > They are of course the same if they are both set to open or 
> 
> close 
> 
> > > in the Settings there.
> 
> > > > 
> 
> > > >   ----- Original Message ----- 
> 
> > > >   From: thecoolestdude1369 
> 
> > > >   To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> 
> > > >   Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 6:21 PM
> 
> > > >   Subject: [amibroker] really really need help....
> 
> > > > 
> 
> > > > 
> 
> > > >   i've sent this in before but can't seem to get it to work 
> 
> and 
> 
> > > have not 
> 
> > > >   got any fix. i've read the guide, i've looked at countless 
> 
> > > examples 
> 
> > > >   and went through the tutorial several times and still 
can't 
> 
> get 
> 
> > > this 
> 
> > > >   to work. here's a simple formula that i found in the 
> 
> tutorial--
> 
> > > which 
> 
> > > >   seems to work fine in scan and backtest but having 
abolutely 
> 
> no 
> 
> > > >   success in exploration.... buy and sell price are always 
the 
> 
> > > same and 
> 
> > > >   never show the profit or loss. what am i doing wrong!? 
> 
> please 
> 
> > > help...
> 
> > > >   i want it to work for exploration./
> 
> > > > 
> 
> > > >   Buy = Cross(Signal(),MACD());
> 
> > > >   Sell = Cross(MACD(), Signal());
> 
> > > > 
> 
> > > >   Filter = Buy OR Sell;
> 
> > > > 
> 
> > > >   AddColumn(BuyPrice,"buy price", 10.2);
> 
> > > >   AddColumn(SellPrice,"sell price",10.2);
> 
> > > >   AddColumn(BuyPrice-SellPrice,"profit",10.2);
> 
> > > >
> 
> > >
> 
> >
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