Re: Ptchfork links - was RE: [amibroker] AB charting improvements (revisited), AmiBroker Email List Archive

Dingo,

The trading naked site got me interested in Andrews pitchfork a few years ago. It?s a great jumping off point for learning about it:

http://www.trading-naked.com/AndrewsPitchfork.htm

Regards,

David

From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of dingo
Sent: 04/23/2007 2:22 PM
To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [amibroker] AB charting improvements (revisited)

Andy,

Could you supply some references on how/why to use Andrews Pitchfork?

Tia

d

> -----Original Message-----
> From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxps.com
> [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxps.com] On Behalf Of Sirbrainfart
> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 1:50 PM
> To: Amibroker Yahoo Group
> Subject: [amibroker] AB charting improvements (revisited)
>
> Tomasz,
>
> Back in February the group had a discussion about which
> charting studies
> they would like to see improved in AB. During the course of the
> discussion you encouraged all to send their suggestions to
> the feedback
> centre. I've just had a scroll through the list and there are
> a hell of
> a lot of open suggestions in there so it seems that the group did its
> bit !! :-)
>
> Please understand that I know you're extremely busy and
> commited to the
> development of your program, so I don't want to give the
> impression that
> I'm being impatient...would just like your up-to-date views on what
> priority level you have assigned these improvements and when we might
> expect them ? Generally speaking of course. The reason I need
> to know is
> that I'm a discretionary trader and would *really* like to
> only have to
> use one piece of charting software. At the moment I hop
> between AB and
> others simply becuase AB is missing a few essential (IMHO)
> tools/functions.
>
> So we're on the same page (and so you can see I'm not just having a
> general gripe!) I've listed the particular improvements I
> would like to
> see personally, with the suggestion numbers next to them. Others are
> welcome to add to this list of course.
>
> 1) Andrew's Pitchfork - warning lines and Schiff/Modified Schiff
> projection methods (suggestions #148, 913, 917 and 881).
> Please, please,
> please - this is the real motivation for this post, I just
> got carried
> away with the rest!!!
> 2) Equivolume chart style (#299, 733, 864)
> 3) VAP which allows summation over a defined date range (#491)
> 4) Projection - drawing tools properties option to project
> studies "x"
> bars into the future from the right-hand edge (can't remember wher I
> read this)
> 5) Fib tool - ability to turn off range trendline (can't
> remember where
> I read this either)
> 6) Renko charts (#772)
> 7) Lines - more choices in line thickness, plus "dashed"
> option (# 142,
> 411, 512)
> 8) Zooming on window re-size - ability to retain fixed *scaling* when
> windows are maximised/restored instead of displaying a fixed
> number of
> bars and adjusting the scaling (i.e. similar to how E-signal charting
> handles it) (#555)
> 9) Click and drag scrolling via chart window (place mouse in
> blank chart
> area and hold down LMB to drag window - again as per E-signal). (#540)
> 10) Cross-hairs - a saveable preference for all windows to
> avoid Ctr-H
> at each program launch. (#158, #885)
> 11) Cross-hairs 2 - display date/time and price on axes at ends of
> cross-hairs (#732)
> 11) Action-Reaction Lines. (#149 - listed as postponed)
> 12) Floating charts (#165 listed as planned in June last year)
> 13) 'Nudge' studies with arrow keys (#542)
> 14) Ellipse tool improvement (#768)
>
> Thanks for listening,
>
> Andy
>
>
>
>
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