Re: [amibroker] Capital is not a key word?

[Graham <kavemanperth@xxxxxxxxx>]

Equity is used in the AFL for capital (account amount)
eg
SetOption("InitialEquity", 5000 );

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On 29/05/07, Keith McCombs <kmccombs@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>    Clement --
>  I assume you are referring to this code:
>  ============
>  Buy = <your buy formula here>
>
>
> Sell = 0; // selling only by stop
>
> TrailStopAmount = 2 * ATR( 20 );
>  Capital = 100000; /* IMPORTANT: Set it also in the Settings: Initial Equity */
>
> Risk = 0.01*Capital;
>  PositionSize = (Risk/TrailStopAmount)*BuyPrice;
>  ApplyStop( 2, 2, TrailStopAmount, 1 );
>  ==============
>
>
> Capital is NOT a keyword, just a number.  You could have written:
>
> MyWifesMoney = 100000; /* IMPORTANT: Set it also in the Settings: Initial Equity */
>  Risk = 0.01*MyWifesMoney;
>
>
> And it would have worked just as well.
>
>
> Also note the comment starting with /* IMPORTANT
>  You should be setting this in AA->Settings->General
>  Alternatively you could written:
>
>
> MyWifesMoney = 100000;
>  Risk = 0.01*MyWifesMoney;
>  SetOption("InitialEquity", MyWifesMoney);  /* Overrides Initial Equity setting in AA->Settings */
>
>
> BTW, InitialEquity is not a keyword either, just string of characters that SetOption() recognizes.
>   -- Keith
>
>
>  Clement Chin wrote:
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> Hi,
>
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>
> From a help topic, Back-testing your trading ideas, it seems to me that Capital is a key word.
>
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> When I enter it in AB, it is not shown in bold characters. Is it a key word to set the initial risk capital?
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> TIA.
>
>
>
> Clement
>


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