[amibroker] Re: Circular issue with duplicate buy signals

["Steve Davis" <_sdavis@xxxxxxxxx>]

This kind of problem can be solved by writing a for loop and setting
the buy/sell signals one bar at a time. You will have complete control
over the signals, but it will run somewhat slower.

-Steve

--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Esteban" <EstebanUno@xxx> wrote:
>
> I have a buy condition and a sell condition. The sell condition is 
> dependent on how long ago the buy was, among other things. Example:
> 
> Buy=buyCondition;
> barsAgo= barsSince(Buy)>1;
> Sell = sellCondition and barsAgo;
> 
> The problem is if a new duplicate buy signal occurs when a long 
> position is already held. I want the barsAgo variable to reference 
> the first actual signal in the series, and not show true just because 
> the previous bar had the same conditions as the actual original buy 
> signal.
> 
> When I use exRem(Buy,Sell) to remove extra bars, it gives me a Sell 
> variable not initialized error, unless I place it after the Sell 
> statement, but that has the effect of evaluating the subsequent buys 
> for the barsAgo statement. Am I clear with my question?
> 
> // I get initialized error.
> Buy=buyCondition;
> barsAgo= barsSince(Buy)>1;
> exRem(Buy,Sell);
> Sell = sellCondition and barsAgo;
> 
> // All buys are evaluated for barsAgo, not just the original one.
> Buy=buyCondition;
> barsAgo= barsSince(Buy)>1;
> Sell = sellCondition and barsAgo;
> exRem(Buy,Sell);
> 
> I've been going around in circles on this one for a while. Maybe 
> someone can help.
>



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