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

[Grant Noble <gruntus@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

You probably need
Buy=..
Buy=ExRemSpan(Buy,5);
Sell=BarsSince(Buy)==5;
Otherwise additional buy signals will push your sell forward. G

Homar Simpson wrote:
>  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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