Looks like you might have some spacing problems and line 2 is the real issue:
SetBacktestMode( backtestRotation al);
SetTradeDelays( 1,1,1,1); // everything delayed 1 day
SetOption("UsePrevB arEquityForPosSi zing", True);
SetOption("MinShare s", 10);
SetOption("AllowPos itionShrinking" ,True);
SetOption("AccountM argin",100) ;
Try that see what you get for errors....might be that when you copy and paste the code, the quotes around might become the "other" type of quotes - just replace them one at a time.
--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxx ps.com, Bob Waits <bobwaits2@x ..> wrote:
>
> L1, col 35: Error 31, Syntax error, expecting ')' or ','
> L3, col 49: Error 37, Unsupported field in SetOptions
> L4, col 25: Error 37, Unsupported field in SetOptions
> L5, col 42: Error 37, Unsupported field in SetOptions
> L6, col 28: Error 37, Unsupported field in SetOptions
> L 14, col 46: Error 37, Unsupported field in SetOptions
> L 15, col 48: Error 37, Unsupported field in SetOptions
>
>
> ____________ _________ _________ __
> From: droskill <droskill@xx .>
> To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxx ps.com
> Sent: Sat, January 16, 2010 12:32:55 PM
> Subject: [amibroker] Re: CXO Article code
>
>
> What are the error(s) you're getting - start there because the code works fine for me.
>
> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxx ps.com, Bob Waits <bobwaits2@ ..> wrote:
> >
> > Below is a code that seems to work well on AB 5.20. I am using 5.29 and the code is giving multiple errors. Could anyone help me with this? Thanks.
> >
> > SetBacktestMode( backtestRotation al);
> > SetTradeDelays should be (1,1,1,1); // everything delayed 1 day
> > SetOption("UsePrevB arEquityForPosSi zing", True);
> > SetOption("MinShare s", 10);
> > SetOption("AllowPos itionShrinking" ,True);
> > SetOption("AccountM argin",100) ;
> >
> > Totalpositions = 1;
> >
> > MAFilter = Foreign("^GSPC" ,"C") > MA(Foreign(" ^GSPC","C" ),200);
> > PositionScore = MAFilter * ROC(C,120);
> > PositionSize = -100/Totalpositions ;
> >
> > SetOption("WorstRan kHeld", Totalpositions + 1);
> > SetOption("MaxOpenP ositions" , Totalpositions );
> >
> > m = Month();
> > newMonth = m != Ref( m, -1);
> > PositionScore = IIf(PositionScore < 0, 0, PositionScore) ; // Long only
> > PositionScore = IIf(newMonth, PositionScore, scoreNoRotate) ;
> >
>