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[amibroker] Re: Help with buy formula



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--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "professor77747" <professor@xxx> 
wrote:
>
> When I backtest my formula, all the buys and sells are shown 
> correctly except one. I cannot figure out what is wrong. Here is 
the 
> buy and sell code: 
> //Buy Signals 
> 
> Condition1 = C > Dropline AND Ref(C,-1) < Ref(Dropline,-1); 
> Cond1=StochK() - Ref(StochK(),-1) >1; 
> Cond2=MACD() > Ref(MACD(),-1); 
> Cond6=StochD()<25; 
> Cond7=BarsSince(Cond6) <=7; 
> 
> 
> //Sell Signals 
> 
> Condition10 = C < Increase AND Ref(C,-1) > Ref(Increase,-1); 
> Cond11=StochK() - Ref(StochK(),-1) < 1; 
> Cond12=MACD() < Ref(MACD(),-1); 
> Cond16=StochD()>75; 
> Cond17=BarsSince(Cond16) <=7; 
> 
> //Buy and Sell orders 
> 
> Buy = BarsSince(Condition1) <=5 AND Cond1 AND Cond7; 
> Sell = BarsSince(Condition10) <=5 AND cond11 AND Cond17; 
> 
> //Short and Cover conditions 
> 
> Short = Sell; 
> Cover=buy; 
> 
> Graham wrote the code for the Condition1 and Condition10. It plots 
an 
> arrow on the graph so I know that it works. I have checked the 
> stochastic and macd for the buy in question and these are the 
> figures: 
> 
> 3/10 Stok = 20.06 
> 3/13 Stok = 26.42 
> 3/14 Stok = 34.98 
> 
> 3/13 Macd = -1.74 
> 3/14 Macd = -1.54 
> 3/14 Green up arrow 
> 
> The formula should have covered my short and placed a buy. 
> 
> It held my short and did not place a buy. 
> 
> Everything else is perfect except that one day. I have backtested 
> from 9/2/05 and have 12 trades. 
> 
> Thanks, 
> Tom
>



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