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[amibroker] Re: Little help Flagging date a stock is purchased on the chart



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Thankyou for sharing that code Terry. Thats so much better than what i
had in mind. The only negative is all the trades are lost when you
close amibroker. Can some one pleas figure out a way to save the
trades please. 

--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Terry" <MagicTH@xxx> wrote:
>
> This code does what you want. Install it, open the Parameters window and
> click Buy or Short to begin a trade. You can also click Sell/Cover
to end
> the trade. Equity curve is calculated on-screen. It will remember
different
> symbols so you can switch symbols and make different trades.
> 
>  
> 
> PROBLEM: When you close Amibroker, all trades are lost as they are
stored in
> StaticVariables. You could probably write a routine to store the
trades to a
> file and retrieve them on re-opening.
> 
>  
> 
> This code is somewhere in the help files and was written by Tomasz.
> 
>  
> 
> _SECTION_BEGIN("Discretionary Trade Equity");
> 
> /*Manual trade placement:
> 
>  
> 
> In the parameters dialog you will see several buttons 
> 
> that allow you to place and clear trade signals.
> 
>  
> 
> To place signal for particular bar first SELECT the bar 
> 
> by clicking on the chart once in desired place and then 
> 
> press one of the buttons in Parameter dialog.*/
> 
>  
> 
> SetChartOptions(1,chartShowDates);
> 
>  
> 
> ie = Param("Initial Equity",20000,5000,100000,5000);
> 
> SetOption("InitialEquity",ie);
> 
> Buy = 1;
> 
> Sell = Cover = Short = 0;
> 
>  
> 
> bh = Equity( 0, 0 );
> 
>  
> 
> setbuy = ParamTrigger("Buy", "Buy" );
> 
> setsell = ParamTrigger("Sell", "Sell" );
> 
> setshort = ParamTrigger("Short", "Short" );
> 
> setcover = ParamTrigger("Cover", "Cover" );
> 
> clear = ParamTrigger("Clear", "Clear" );
> 
>  
> 
> clearall = ParamTrigger("Clear All", "Clear All" );
> 
>  
> 
> bi = BarIndex();
> 
> sbi = SelectedValue( bi );
> 
> qty = LastValue( bi );
> 
>  
> 
> Varname = Name() + sbi;
> 
>  
> 
> if( setbuy )
> 
> {
> 
>   StaticVarSet( Varname, 1 );
> 
> } 
> 
>  
> 
> if( setsell )
> 
> {
> 
>   StaticVarSet( Varname, -1 );
> 
> } 
> 
>  
> 
> if( setshort )
> 
> {
> 
>   StaticVarSet( Varname, -2 );
> 
> } 
> 
>  
> 
> if( setcover )
> 
> {
> 
>   StaticVarSet( Varname, 2 );
> 
> } 
> 
>  
> 
> if( clear )
> 
> {
> 
>   StaticVarRemove( Varname );
> 
> } 
> 
>  
> 
> if( clearall )
> 
> {
> 
>   for( i = 0; i < qty; i++ ) StaticVarRemove( Name() + i );
> 
> } 
> 
>  
> 
> Buy = Sell = Short = Cover = 0;
> 
>  
> 
> for( i = 0; i < qty; i++ )
> 
> {
> 
>   sig = StaticVarGet( Name() + i );
> 
>   
> 
>   if( sig == 1 ) Buy[ i ] = True;
> 
>   if( sig == -1 ) Sell[ i ] = True;
> 
>   if( sig == -2 ) Short[ i ] = True;
> 
>   if( sig == 2 ) Cover[ i ] = True;
> 
> } 
> 
>  
> 
> Color = IIf( Buy OR Cover, colorBlack, colorWhite );
> 
>  
> 
> RedundantBuy = Buy;
> 
> RedundantSell = Sell;
> 
> RedundantShort = Short;
> 
> RedundantCover = Cover;
> 
>  
> 
> e = Equity( 1, 0 );
> 
>  
> 
> Plot( e, "Equity", colorWhite, styleDashed|styleThick );
> 
> if (ParamToggle("Plot Buy & Hold equity line?","No|Yes",0)) Plot( bh,
> "Buy-AND-Hold", colorWhite, styleOwnScale | styleDashed ); 
> 
> Plot( C, Name(), colorBlack, styleCandle | styleOwnScale );
> 
>  
> 
> PlotShapes( Buy * shapeUpArrow +
> 
>               Sell * shapeDownArrow +
> 
>               Short * shapeHollowDownArrow +
> 
>               Cover * shapeHollowUpArrow,
> 
>               Color, 0, e, -12 );
> 
>  
> 
> RedundantBuy = RedundantBuy AND NOT Buy;
> 
> RedundantSell = RedundantSell AND NOT Sell;
> 
> RedundantShort = RedundantShort AND NOT Short;
> 
> RedundantCover = RedundantCover AND NOT Cover;
> 
> PlotShapes( RedundantBuy * shapeSmallUpTriangle +
> 
>               RedundantSell * shapeSmallDownTriangle +
> 
>               RedundantShort * shapeHollowSmallDownTriangle +
> 
>               RedundantCover * shapeHollowSmallUpTriangle,
> 
>             Color, 0, e, -30 );
> 
>  
> 
> GraphXSpace = 10;
> 
> _SECTION_END();
> 
> --
> 
> Terry
> 
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf
> Of imresident2001
> Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 14:11
> To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [amibroker] Re: Little help Flagging date a stock is
purchased on
> the chart
> 
>  
> 
> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Rik Rasmussen" <hrasmussen@> wrote:
> 
> >
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks for the quick reply. I was playing around and found another
> 
> way. You can double click on the xaxis and small arrow appears. and if
> 
> you click on another day another arrow appears and it also calculates
> 
> the stock performance between the two dates. Only problem is if you
> 
> buy and sell the stock on 2 different dates it doesnt work. 
> 
>  
> 
> I think the best way to do it is using the plot function in afl. but i
> 
> dont know how to code i wonder if someone who is an afl expert can
> 
> help us with that
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> > I do it by using the drawing tool and add an arrow to the chart and
> 
> a text
> 
> > box with notes about my purchase.
> 
> > 
> 
> > I also add a blue horizontal line at the price I buy at, and a green
> 
> > horizontal line at my target price. Helps me see at a glance where I
> 
> stand.
> 
> > 
> 
> > 
> 
> > Rik Rasmussen
> 
> >
> 
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