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oops:(   correction:  run the period

--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "mytakeismine" <mytakeismine@xxx> 
wrote:
>
> Hi Bill, yes and yes? 
> After rereading a few times I think the -5 is in the 
> Ref(Close, -5) and I think I know what yor saying that the "other" 
5 
> is how long to run the array. Having two 5's in one example is a 
> little confusing.
> 
> When I ran an AA and obtained a correlation factor of .97 between 2 
> stocks (ref(close,-1) vrs close) over 30 days  vrs manually 
> calculating the same 2 stocks over the same period 1 day apart, I'm 
> not even close... one stock up, the other should be up the next 
day, 
> when one is down the other should be down? 
> 
> What variable am I missing to not have a better 1 to 1 outcome?
> Any help Any One?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> kj
> 
> 
>  --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "wavemechanic" <timesarrow@> 
> wrote:
> >
> > I believe the answer is yes and yes.  Ref() is generating an 
array 
> of C that are 5 days back from every C.  Correlation(..., ..., 5) 
> calculates the correlation between C and Ref() over a 5 day period 
> and returns an array of these values.  To keep things straight you 
> have to keep in mind what arrays are and the meaning and 
calculation 
> of correlation values (r).
> > 
> > Bill
> > 
> > 
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "mytakeismine" <mytakeismine@>
> > To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 7:15 PM
> > Subject: [amibroker] Correlation
> > 
> > 
> > > Hi I asked this back a few weeks ago... I am not sure I 
> understand so 
> > > if anyone could elaborate.
> > > 
> > > In the user guide it states under Correlation:
> > > SYNTAX  correlation( ARRAY1, ARRAY2, periods )  
> > > 
> > > EXAMPLE // Correlation between Close price AND AND Close price 
5 
> days 
> > > back 
> > > Correlation( Close, Ref( Close, -5 ), 5 );  
> > > 
> > > In the example it states 5 days back, so is the -5 as in 
> > > ( Close, -5 ) the 5 days back. 
> > > Or is the ", 5 );" as in "periods"  in the syntax the 5 which 
> causes 
> > > the 5 days back? 
> > > 
> > > Too many 5's
> > > 
> > > Thanks for your help and explanation!
> > > kj
> > > mytakeismine
> > > 
> > > 
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