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Hi Pete - If all else fails you could always delay the signals themselves
....
Buy = whatever;
DelayedBuy1 = ref( Buy, -1 );
DelayedBuy2 = ref( Buy, -2 );
Buy = IIF( Cond1True, Buy, IIF( Cond2True, DelayedBuy1, DelayedBuy2 ) );
And there is always looping available for the complicated situations.
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pete" <dryheat3@xxxxxxx>
To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2008 11:38 PM
Subject: [amibroker] Re: Resetting trade delays based on value of variable
>I have a system that can be enhanced if I can change the trading
> delays when certain conditions are met. There must be some way in AFL
> to set trade delays to one value for condition 'A' and then reset the
> the trading delays when condition 'B' is met.
> Ridiculous example:
> SetTradeDelays(1,1,1,1);
> BigGame = (IIF(AZ_Cardinals = Win, "Amazing", "Figures");
> IIF(BigGame = "Amazing", SetTradeDelays((2,2,2,2),
> SetTradeDelays(0,0,0,0);
> Buy = <<something>>;
> Sell = <<something else>>;
>
> Pete :-)
>
>
>
> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, dingo <dingo@xxx> wrote:
>>
>> why don't you just use SetTradeDelays(0,0,0,0) and then if you want
> a delay
>> add it in your code?
>>
>> d
>>
>> On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 10:09 PM, Pete <dryheat3@xxx> wrote:
>>
>> > I spent some more time trying to work this out and could not find some
>> > way to verify if this is working. However, I found a much less complex
>> > method to apply this technique (see code below), but I still cannot
>> > get it to do what I expect. Example: comment out the line of code for
>> > the SetTradeDelays and run the back test. I get slightly different
>> > results but when I drill down into individual trades the exits are
>> > occurring on the day of the signal whether the line of code in place
>> > or commented out.
>> >
>> > //[code]*************************************************
>> > SetTradeDelays(0,0,0,0);
>> > BuyPrice = Open;
>> > SellPrice = Open;
>> >
>> > Buy = <<insert buy rule here>>
>> > fltr = <<some test value to see if delays should be adjusted>>
>> >
>> > tstDly = WriteIf(fltr == 1 , "1", "0");
>> > SetTradeDelays(0, 0, StrToNum(tstDly) , StrToNum(tstDly) );
>> >
>> > sell = <<insert sell rule here>>
>> > //[/code]************************************************
>> >
>> > Pete :-)
>> >
>> > --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Pete" <dryheat3@> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Just wondering if this is even possible. I checked the AFL help
> files,
>> > > searched the online AFL Formula reference and also searched this
> yahoo
>> > > group. Every example only shows the SetTradDelays() function being
>> > > used one time in the code and never 'adjusted' to some other value
>> > > based on a condition. I created this function which seems to me
> should
>> > > work correctly but I have no way to really be sure it's working as
>> > > designed. I am using the printf() function several times to keep
> track
>> > > of different values during bar replay, (thanks to Razzbarry), but I
>> > > can't find a way to print the values of the trade delays to the
> output
>> > > window.
>> > > //[code]*************************************************
>> > > SetTradeDelays(0,0,0,0);
>> > > BuyPrice = Open;
>> > > SellPrice = Open;
>> > >
>> > > Buy = <<insert buy rule here>>
>> > > fltr = <<some test value to see of delays should be adjusted>>
>> > > function dly()
>> > > {
>> > > if (fltr == 1)
>> > > SetTradeDelays(0,0,1,1);
>> > > else
>> > > SetTradeDelays(0,0,0,0);
>> > > }
>> > > sell = <<insert sell rule here>>
>> > > //[/code]************************************************
>> > >
>> > > The goal here is to change the trade delays to 0,0,1,1 only if the
>> > > fltr variable returns a true value of 1.
>> > > Thanks for taking the time to check this out.
>> > >
>> > > Pete :-)
>> > >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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>> >
>> >
>>
>
>
>
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