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--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "srengret" <lechols@xxx> wrote:
>
srengret,
Have you tried scrolling down to a price level that's probably 30% or so below the close price?  Or perhaps change 3*ATR..  to 1*ATR... or 0.5*ATR and see it nearer the close.
Dan

> I have a white background.  I'm away from home right now so I'll try the code you provided anyway when I return.
> 
> Am I overlooking where it may be plotted, i.e. I'm expecting the plot to show on the same chart as my buy and sell arrows ?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 
> 
> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Joris Schuller" <jschuller@> wrote:
> >
> > Plot (C-(3*(ATR(10))), "c-3*ATR(10)", colorDarkGreen);
> > 
> > //added; if you don't see line below plotted, you know it is the background
> > 
> > Plot (C, "C", colorDarkGreen,64);
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> > Of srengret
> > Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 5:12 AM
> > To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [amibroker] Plot ATR for backtest - Unable to see the plot
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > I'm using Amibroker 5.10.
> > I'm writing code to set a trailing stop at 3* ATR. I'm trying to plot 3 *ATR
> > as a line to see this, yet I'm unable to plot it after checking references
> > and modifying the code. 
> > The code worked fine using the ApplyStop for a 7% trailing stop. I commented
> > it out to use the 3*ATR. Also, green buy arrows and red sell arrows showed
> > okay. 
> > I imagine I've overlooked something obvious - maybe it is positioning of the
> > 3*ATR line. I just don't know. 
> > I used a purchase of PZT (Powershares ETF) on 9/11/2008 as a check to see
> > the line, but it didn't show. 
> > Would someone look at the code below and tell me what is wrong with it? 
> > 
> > Buy = 
> > C > 5.0 AND 
> > ROC(C,10) > 0 AND
> > PDI(10) > MDI(10) AND 
> > ADX(10)>22 AND
> > C > EMA(C,10) AND
> > EMA(C,10) > EMA(C,20);
> > 
> > Sell=0;
> > //Trailing Stop at 7% Loss
> > //ApplyStop(2,1,7,1,False,1);
> > //Equity(1,0); //ThIS EVALUATES STOPS
> > //Plot(Sell==4,"ApplyStop Sell",colorRed,4|styleOwnScale);//4 is for
> > trailing stops
> > //Sell = 1.10*Buy;
> > 
> > //Using ATR 
> > ApplyStop(2,2,3*ATR(10), 1, False,1) ;
> > Equity(1,0); //ThIS EVALUATES STOPS
> > Plot(Sell==4,"ApplyStop Sell",colorRed,4|styleOwnScale);//4 is for trailing
> > stops
> > 
> > //Plot ATR
> > Plot (C-(3*(ATR(10))), "c-3*ATR(10)", colorDarkGreen);
> > 
> > Thanks.
> >
>




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