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> 1. Download AB User Guide in .pdf format, and go to page 178 for
> "Multiple Time Frame support in AFL". Read the first page and copy >the
> first example code.
Unfortunately the manual doesn't have anything to say about 'multiple timeframe quirkiness'.
--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Keith McCombs <kmccombs@xxx> wrote:
>
> Louies --
> I read your recent question regarding IQ feed and your wanting to view
> different time frames. So, let's kill two birds with one stone.
>
> 1. Download AB User Guide in .pdf format, and go to page 178 for
> "Multiple Time Frame support in AFL". Read the first page and copy the
> first example code.
>
> 2. Open AB's editor and paste the code into it. Click on the check
> mark in upper right corner of Editor for AFL to check it for you.
>
> 3. Save the code in the custom folder.
>
> 4. Using either menu Tools>Insert_Chart or similar icon thingy in upper
> right corner of Editor, and see the results in a new chart. MAGIC?
>
> 5. Now the fun begins. Make some changes to the code, one change at a
> time. After each change use the checker from step 2 above and if no
> error message appears click the save icon.
>
> 6. Notice the change in your chart. Was it what you expected? If so,
> you haven't learned anything yet. So keep on changing things till the
> *unexpected* happens. Then figure out why it happened, what you did
> wrong and how to fix it. Now you're starting to learn and having fun.
>
> 7. Once you've worn out 6 above, go back and read the next page and
> grab the next example and repeat the process all over again.
>
> If you are like me you will want to print out the whole 5 or 6 page
> section and put it in a 3 ring binder for later reference and marking up
> and underlining.
>
> Remember how much fun the dog paddle was before you learned the
> Australian Crawl. You can't learn to swim without getting some water up
> your nose.
>
> Now, in response to your email below. "I can safely say that the
> majority of traders severely lack the programming skills to express
> their trading ideas, and/or testing them ADEQUATELY in a trading platform."
>
> Can you safely say that these same traders can express *precisely and
> unambiguously*, in there own language, their trading ideas?
>
> Quite a few years ago, a US Supreme Court justice wrote, "I cannot
> define pornography, but I know it when I see it". That may be good
> enough for judges. But its not good enough for programming computers,
> in any language.
>
> Sorry, I digress. Enjoy!!!!
> -- Keith
>
>
> louies88 wrote:
> >
> > Hello Keith
> >
> > Thanks for the info. I've read both books of Howard. Like you, I was
> > disappointed w/ the first book. I'm not an entirely new guy to
> > trading. I've been around the blocks a few times, working for several
> > big firms before start trading for myself. Prior to that, I've used
> > TradeStation since 1995. As far as Technical Analysis goes, I know a
> > thing or two about it. What draws me to Amibroker and away from
> > TradeStation is its AFL. Although I don't know much about it yet, I
> > can tell that this language is better than most. And if I spend the
> > energy learning it now, that would probably be the only one I'll ever
> > need.
> >
> > Anyway, what I'm looking for in the market these days is a book simple
> > enough to teach traders w/ some trading experience under their belt,
> > but lack the coding know-hows to express their ideas in terms of a
> > programming language. I can safely say that the majority of traders
> > severely lack the programming skills to express their trading ideas,
> > and/or testing them ADEQUATELY in a trading platform. My wish is that
> > if someone in here or else where who is fluent in AFL to write a book
> > about coding AFL in ENGLISH (please) with plenty of examples and lots
> > of explanations. The examples illustrated the concept while the
> > explanations drive home the points being made. I find out that the
> > best learning technique is imitation. If I can follow what's being
> > coded and replicated them on my own, I'll remember it longer. I'm sure
> > that if somebody comes out w/ a book like that in any scripting
> > language whether that is EasyLanguage of TradeStation or AFL of
> > Amibroker, it would sell like hot cakes . In today's market, there is
> > no such a book exists.
> >
> > s, "Introduction to
> > > Amibroker" or "Quantitative Trading Systems".
> > >
> > > "Introduction to Amibroker" is mostly a rehash of the User Guide, and
> > > therefore I personally don't recommend it. I may stand alone with this
> > > opinion -- many others rave about it. I bought this book, was a bit
> > > disappointed, but am not complaining because the one below is worth
> > more
> > > (to me) than the cost of the two combined.
> > >
> > > "Quantitative Trading Systems", is more advanced. But it contains many
> > > more examples and the code for them is available to buyers of the book
> > > on the book's web site. Each of examples focuses on a single topic and
> > > is very well documented. Going through these examples on your computer
> > > (and modifying them as you wish) will keep you focused as well.
> > >
> > > Howard is writing a third book and I will order it as soon as he
> > lets me.
> > > -- Keith
> > >
> >
> >
>
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