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Re: [amibroker] Re: Simple Buy on Close, Sell on Open not as expected


  • Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 04:51:54 -0800 (PST)
  • From: silon sama <u4my1986@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: Simple Buy on Close, Sell on Open not as expected

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--- On Mon, 2/1/10, Bruce <brucer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Bruce <brucer@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [amibroker] Re: Simple Buy on Close, Sell on Open not as expected
> To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Monday, February 1, 2010, 10:09 PM
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> Keith -
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> Short followup.  Had some time last night to think about
> what might be different with your setup.  These types of
> issues with dup'ing results are why I originally did
> BoilerPlate. afl and put it on AmibrokerU.com.
> 
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> So, the following code puts everything in a known state (as
> much as is possible), and then sets the options and trade
> delays.  I believe that this matches your goal - buy every
> day at close and sell the next day at the open -
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> #include <Boilerplate. afl>
> 
> Buy = 1;
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> Sell = Short = Cover = 0;
> 
> BuyPrice = Close;
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> SellPrice = Open;
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> SetOption( "ActivateStopsImmed iately", False );
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> SetOption( "AllowSameBarExit" , True );
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> SetTradeDelays( 0, 0, 0, 0 );
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> ApplyStop( stopTypeNBar, 1, 0, 0, False, 0 );
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> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxx
> ps.com, "Bruce" <brucer@xxx> wrote:
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> > Keith -
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> > Works for me.  Make sure that your trade delays are
> set to 0, or add
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> > SetTradeDelays( 0, 0, 0, 0 );
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> > -- Bruce
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> > 
> 
> > --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxx
> ps.com, Keith McCombs <kmccombs@> wrote:
> 
> > >
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> > > Bruce --
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> > > Sorry, that doesn't do it.  All the sell
> prices are of the open for the 
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> > > SAME day as the buy, not the NEXT day.
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> > > Same result as:
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> > > |*Buy* = 1;
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> > > *Short* = *Cover* = 0;
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> > > *Sell* = 1;
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> > > *BuyPrice* = *Close*;
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> > > *SellPrice* = *Open*;
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> > > SetOption("AllowSam eBarExit" ,
> *True*);|
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> > > without the |ApplyStop(* stopTypeNBar* , 1, 0, 0,
> *False*, 1);|
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> > > -- Keith
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> > > Bruce wrote:
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> > > > Keith -
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> > > > Perhaps this way will work better for you -
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> > > > Buy = 1;
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> > > > Sell = Short = Cover = 0;
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> > > > BuyPrice = Close;
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> > > > SellPrice = Open;
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> > > > SetOption( "AllowSameBarExit" ,
> True );
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> > > > ApplyStop( stopTypeNBar, 1, 0, 0, False, 0
> );
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> > > >
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> > > > BTW, I don't know your motivation for
> doing this. But, I did something 
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> > > > similar a while back to explore the
> percentage of the Close to Close 
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> > > > moves that were overnight vs. during the
> day, and then the persistency 
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> > > > of the direction. It raises some interesting
> questions.
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> > > >
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> > > > -- BruceR
> 
> > > >
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> > > > --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxx
> ps.com <mailto:amibroker% 40yahoogroups. com>, 
> 
> > > > B S <bs2167@> wrote:
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> > > > > Anthony- Off-topic question if you
> don't mind - what do the numbers 
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> > > > in parantheses next to "Long" in
> the Trade column signify?
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> > > > > Â 
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> > > > > ____________ _________ _________ __
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> > > > > From: Anthony Faragasso
> <ajf1111@>
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> > > > > To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxx
> ps.com <mailto:amibroker% 40yahoogroups. com>
> 
> > > > > Sent: Sat, January 30, 2010 1:36:51 PM
> 
> > > > > Subject: Re: [amibroker] Simple Buy on
> Close, Sell on Open not as 
> 
> > > > expected
> 
> > > > >
> 
> > > > > Â 
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> > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> 
> > > > > >From: Keith McCombs
> 
> > > > > >To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxx ps.com
> 
> > > > > >Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010
> 12:54 PM
> 
> > > > > >Subject: Re: [amibroker] Simple Buy
> on Close, Sell on Open not as 
> 
> > > > expected
> 
> > > > > >
> 
> > > > > >Anthony --
> 
> > > > > >Thanks for your effort.  I tried
> your exact code (copy and 
> 
> > > > paste).  It still skips every other day.
> 
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> > > > > >Also, I reduced the code to
> absolute minimum as:
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> > > > > >Buy= 1;
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> > > > > >BuyPrice= Close;
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> > > > > >Sell= Ref(Buy, -1);
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> > > > > >SellPrice= Open;
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> > > > > >
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> > > > > >Been through my settings many
> times.  Still the same.
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> > > > > >BTW, I'm running 5.26beta.
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> > > > > >
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> > > > > >-- Keith
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> > > > > >
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> > > > > >
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> > > > > >Anthony Faragasso wrote:
> 
> > > > > >Â 
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> > > > > >>Keith
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> > > > > >>
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> > > > > >>give this a try:
> 
> > > > > >>
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> > > > > >>Settings window:
> 
> > > > > >>
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> > > > > >>allow same bar exit is enabled
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> > > > > >>all stops are disabled
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> > > > > >>
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> > > > > >>In the trades window of the
> settings I set up the trades as 
> 
> > > > follows probably do not need it :
> 
> > > > > >>buy=close, delay 0;sell=open,
> delay 0
> 
> > > > > >>short=close, delay 0 ,cover =
> open, delay 0
> 
> > > > > >>// BuyClose SellOpen Daily.afl
> 
> > > > > >>SetTradeDelays( 0,0,0,0);
> 
> > > > > >>Buy = Ref(Close,-1) ;
> 
> > > > > >>BuyPrice = ValueWhen(Buy,
> Ref(C,-1) );
> 
> > > > > >>Sell = Open;
> 
> > > > > >>SellPrice = Open;
> 
> > > > > >>Short = Cover = False; // long
> only strategy
> 
> > > > > >>Â 
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> > > > > >>----- Original Message -----
> 
> > > > > >>>From: Keith McCombs
> 
> > > > > >>>To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxx
> ps.com
> 
> > > > > >>>Sent: Saturday, January 30,
> 2010 1:09 AM
> 
> > > > > >>>Subject: [amibroker] Simple
> Buy on Close, Sell on Open not as 
> 
> > > > expected
> 
> > > > > >>>
> 
> > > > > >>>Â 
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> > > > > >>>Just fooling around with a
> very simple idea, but can't get the 
> 
> > > > code to work.
> 
> > > > > >>>The idea is to sell at
> close of every day, hold over night, and 
> 
> > > > sell at open the following day.
> 
> > > > > >>>Code below sorta works, but
> skips every other day.  For example:
> 
> > > > > >>>Day 1, buy on close; Day2,
> sell on open.
> 
> > > > > >>>Day 3, buy on close; Day4,
> sell on open.
> 
> > > > > >>>etc.
> 
> > > > > >>>But I can't make it buy
> on close of days 2, 4, etc.
> 
> > > > > >>>Tried "Allow same bar
> exit" in settings, but that makes it sell 
> 
> > > > the same day that it buys, which is wrong.
> 
> > > > > >>>
> 
> > > > > >>>// BuyClose SellOpen
> Daily.afl
> 
> > > > > >>>SetTradeDelays( 0,1,0,0);Â
> Â // has no effect
> 
> > > > > >>>Buy= Close;
> 
> > > > > >>>BuyPrice= Close;
> 
> > > > > >>>Sell= Open;
> 
> > > > > >>>SellPrice= Open;
> 
> > > > > >>>Short= Cover= False; //
> long only strategy
> 
> > > > > >>>Buy= ExRem(Buy, Sell);Â Â
> // has no effect
> 
> > > > > >>>Sell= ExRem(Sell, Buy);Â
> Â // has no effect
> 
> > > > > >>>
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> > > > > >>>Well?
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> > > > > >>>-- Keith
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> > > > > >>>
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