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[amibroker] Re: BarsSince Puzzle



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Alternatively, you could try adding the following lines to restrict 
the output to just your positions, which it appears is what you were 
originally trying to do.

InLong = Flip(Buy, Sell);
InShort = Flip(Short, Cover);

Filter = InLong OR InShort;


--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Steve Dugas" <sjdugas@xxx> wrote:
>
> Hi - Assuming you are running the exploration on the last bar, you 
have 
> defined the Filter to report only those tickers with a Buy or Sell 
on that 
> bar, and so the bars since these trades will always be zero. Try 
setting 
> Filter = 1 to see results for all tickers.
> 
> Steve
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "ricko8294_98" <ricko@xxx>
> To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008 1:59 PM
> Subject: [amibroker] BarsSince Puzzle
> 
> 
> > Hello all
> > I am trying to get an exploration to tell me how many days a trade
> > has been in place.
> >
> > My code is
> >
> > Buy = mylongsystem
> > Short = myshortsystem
> >
> > Then I do the Exrem thing
> >
> > Then
> > LongSince = BarsSince(Buy);
> > ShortSince = BarsSince(Short);
> > Mn = Min(LongSince,ShortSince);
> >           // This gives the No. of days for the LAST to occur
> >
> > Filter = Buy OR Short;
> > AddColumn( IIf( Buy, Asc("B"), Asc("S")), "Signal", formatChar );
> >          // produces "B" for Buy, and "S" for Short
> >
> > BUT when I add
> > AddColumn(Mn,"Days",1.0); >>>> this always produces zeros.
> >
> > YET if I display Mn in the Interpretation Window, I see the 
correct
> > result.
> >
> > QUESTION - why does the correct result not show up in the 
exploration
> > window?
> >
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Rick
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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>



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