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[amibroker] Re: Quick AFL in scans



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TJ,

Is there any sort of overhead in running AFL in scans & explorations...? Because my own experience of running AFL over a watchlist in scan & exploration mode is that is runs considerably slower than equivalent code in an indicator using the same number of bars...



--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Tomasz Janeczko" <groups@xxx> wrote:
>
> Bruce,
> 
> Something along these lines was planned already and will arrive at some point.
> 
> Best regards,
> Tomasz Janeczko
> amibroker.com
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "bruce1r" <brucer@xxx>
> To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 4:29 PM
> Subject: [amibroker] Re: Quick AFL in scans
> 
> 
> > Tomasz -
> > 
> > This triggered something I've been meaning to mention.  QuickAFL in AA
> > was a great enhancement for optimization, and watchlist AA functions. 
> > It freed me from having to generate date truncated clones of tickers for
> > fast optimization.
> > 
> > But it appears that there is a "chicken and egg" issue for single
> > tickers and AA functions.  It first needs to execute once with all bars
> > for setup.  That's OK for watchlist AA functions and all optimizations. 
> > Where it can be problematic is for RT scans or explores running every N
> > seconds on a single ticker.
> > 
> > What would be ideal is it it was detected that the same AFL was running
> > over the same Range and it used the previous QuickAFL setup.  This would
> > allow quick repeated scans of RT data while maintaining long history.
> > 
> > I'm making a wild guess that this is complicated by needing to detect
> > that the time period OR certain things in Settings haven't changed also.
> > But, if the changes aren't too bad, it might make a useful enhancement.
> > 
> > -- Bruce
> > 
> > P.S. Yes - I'll enter in the Feedback center unless you point out a bad
> > assumption.
> > 
> > 
> > --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Tomasz Janeczko" <groups@> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> This article
> >>
> >> http://www.amibroker.com/kb/2008/07/03/quickafl/
> >>
> >> explains:
> >>
> >> "In a similar manner, automatic analysis window can use subset of
> > available quotations to calculate AFL, if selected "range" parameter is
> > less than "All quotations".
> >>
> >> So, in short QuickAFL works so it calculates only part of the array
> > that is currently visible (indicator) or within selected range
> > (Automatic Analysis)."
> >>
> >> Best regards,
> >> Tomasz Janeczko
> >> amibroker.com
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "sidhartha70" sidhartha70@
> >> To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 12:55 PM
> >> Subject: [amibroker] Quick AFL in scans
> >>
> >>
> >> > Something's that confusing me slightly about Quick AFL...
> >> >
> >> > When charting, I understand that SetBarsRequired(500,0) sets the
> > number of bars per array to the number of visible bars + 500...
> >> >
> >> > However, when using Quick AFL in a scan, where the symbol being
> > scanned may not even be visible on a chart, therefore there is no
> > concept of 'bars visible', how does SetBarsRequired(500,0) work...?
> >> >
> >> > Does it simply set the array sizes to 500 bars back...?
> >> >
> >> > TIA
> >> >
> >> >
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