[amibroker] Re: once again, this AFL fights you every step of the way. Sorry, this is a badl

["Homar Simpson" <x77777x@xxxxxxxxx>]

 sorry, but the actual code used  WAS ==5,  I just typed it wrong here.

 Is BarsSince known to be 'buggy' or difficult to use?  I saw a number
of threads that had trouble with it.


--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Keith McCombs <kmccombs@xxx> wrote:
>
> Maybe you really meant "Sell =BarsSince(Buy)==5" instead of "Sell 
> =BarsSince(Buy)=5"?
> You must use == instead of just = to test instead of set.
> 
> Homar Simpson wrote:
> >
> > coded language, power is not useful if its obtuse and idiosyncratic at
> > every step. I waste too much time in AFL perverseness.
> >
> > Why is a simple
> >
> > Buy = Cross( Close, test1 );
> >
> > Sell =BarsSince(Buy)=5;
> >
> > giving me RANDOM exits, some at bar 6, many at bars wildly greater
> > than 6 after entry.
> >
> > Using tick data on an X minute scan.
> >
> >
>




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