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Roy, it's going to take me a few days to digest the Trade Equity
user guide. Rest assured I'll probably have more questions. Thank
you for your assistance. You've pointed the way which is what I
needed. Thanks again for being a valuable coach on this board.
Regards, Russ
--- In equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Roy Larsen" <rlarsen@xxxx>
wrote:
> Russ
>
> You've opened up a whole can of worms here but I'll stick my neck
out and
> try and answer your questions from my own experience. If you're
using MS 8
> then some of the following suggestions may not apply.
>
> 1. Create the bulk of your code (Enter Long, Close Long, etc) as
indicators
> rather than within a system tests. If you really MUST use
optimisation then
> you will have a harder road to hoe but that's your choice. The
thing with
> indicators is that they can be dropped onto a chart or called by a
system
> test, exploration or expert or whatever. The indicator need only
be changed
> once and the changes are automatically applied to any other tool
that uses
> it.
>
> 2. Indicator code is much easier to troubleshoot and fix than code
developed
> in other tools (because you can see it). I strongly suggest that
all your
> explorations and system tests be constructed first as indicators
whatever
> the intended use. What you can see you can understand and probably
fix. What
> you can't see is much more difficult to understand and fix.
>
> 3. Create single-bar signal outputs instead of multiple-bar
outputs. This
> will very rarely create a problem but it sure can save a lot of
heartache.
> This is easily accomplished in a number of ways and the most
common way to
> convert a signal to a single bar (true) is to use the "Cross"
function
> instead of using the "<" or ">" tests. Another way to achieve the
same
> result is to change your "Signal" output line to "Signal AND
> Ref(Signal,-1)=0". Even better, use "Signal AND Alert
(Signal=0,2)". What
> these are saying in English is "The Signal is true today and it
was false
> yesterday".
>
> 4. Learn to use "latches" in your code. These have a multitude of
uses and
> will enable you to solve many MS problem situations. You can read
more about
> latches at
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/equismetastock/files/Using%20Latches%
20in%20MS
> .doc so I won't labour the point here. Suffice it to say that a
latch will
> give you the ability to discriminate between the FIRST entry
signal and a
> multitude of subsequent entry signals. If you want to "remember"
what price
> you paid on entry then a latch is the tool that will do it for you.
>
> 5. Having just struggled with latches you're probably in no mood
to be told
> to look at 'Trade Equity'. So I won't tell you, but you can find
more
> information in the files section of this group if you want.
>
> Sorry this is rather short on actual code but I can assure you'll
learn more
> by doing the work yourself. I'm happy to help if you get stuck,
but if you
> get stuck with the suggestions above you probably don't want my
help anyway.
>
> Roy
>
> > I'm hoping you system test guru's have an easy way to pass values
> > between buy and sell systems test. At the end of my Buy test I
set
> > the a variable called "BuyPrice" = close. I want to add the
following
> > IF statement in my sell test:
> > SellTrig1 := If(close < BuyPrice * .90),1,0).......in other
words if
> > the close drops 10% below the sell price then SellTrig1 is 1. The
> > system tester gives me an error that it doesn't recognized the
> > variable name. Any ideas or examples of successful code that does
> > this would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Another system test question....is there any way to display the
> > values of a variable somewhere in the system test. I realize I
can
> > write a function to display variable values but was trying to
avoid
> > writing a function everytime I wanted to see a variable value.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for your assistance.
> >
> > Regards, Russ
> >
> >
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