Re: [amibroker] Positionsize - how to set it right?

["Steve Dugas" <sjdugas@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Purely a shot in the dark, but could it be that you are delaying your trades 
so that PositionSize is zero on the bar that your trade gets executed?

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "pointsmax" <pointsmax@xxxxxxxx>
To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2008 10:09 AM
Subject: [amibroker] Positionsize - how to set it right?


> Hi,
>
> does anyone know why
>
> PositionSize = IIf(Cross(MACD(),Signal()),-100,0);
> Buy = Cross(MACD(),Signal());
> Sell = Cross(Signal(),MACD());
>
> doesn't make any trade but
>
> PositionSize = -100;
> Buy = Cross(MACD(),Signal());
> Sell = Cross(Signal(),MACD());
>
> makes 132 trades on SPY since 1996?
>
> Aren't they the saae thing logically?
>
> Thanks
> Steve
>
>
>
>
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