Re: questions regarding print files with an ela

[Bob Hunt <RHunt.066@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Andy,

I've run into similar "commoditynumber" problems before and could
never figure out why. I have since replaced such statements with:

If leftstr(getsymbolname,2)="SP" then . . . 

I have not had any problems since.

Bob Hunt

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Andrew Abraham cta wrote:
> 
> I have a simple Ela posted below and not all the commodities are reporting
> to a file .. called dynamic..I checked the commodity numbers and even tried
> the day only as well as globex....can someone direct me in what is wrong
> here.. thanks..
> 
> Andy Abraham
> 
> inputs:ceil(60), Flr(20);
> vars:x(0),y(0),ZDelta(0),Vlty(0),vara(0),
> varb(0),oldvara(0),Ext(0);
> y=x;
> x=Stddev(close,30);
> ZDelta=(x-y)/x;
> if CurrentBar=1 then vara=20;
> Oldvara=vara;
> vara=oldvara*(1+ZDelta);
> vara=MaxList(vara,Flr);
> vara=MinList(vara,ceil);
> varb=vara*0.5;
> Buy tomorrow at highest(high[0],vara)stop;
> Sell tomorrow at lowest(low[0],vara)stop;
> ExitLong tomorrow at lowest(low,varb)stop;
> Exitshort tomorrow at highest(high,varb)stop;
> 
> if date >date[1] then begin
> if commoditynumber =7 then
> print(file ("c:\dynamic\ct"),
> date:6:0,",",
> DAYOFWEEK(date):1:0,",",
> CurrenTtime:4:0,",",
> openpositionprofit+netprofit,",",
> netprofit,",",
> maxiddrawdown,",",
> marketposition:1:0);
> 
> if commoditynumber =8 then
> print(file ("c:\dynamic\hg"),
> date:6:0,",",
> DAYOFWEEK(date):1:0,",",
> CurrenTtime:4:0,",",
> openpositionprofit+netprofit,",",
> netprofit,",",
> maxiddrawdown,",",
> marketposition:1:0);
> 
> if commoditynumber =127 then
> print(file ("c:\dynamic\sf2"),
> date:6:0,",",
> DAYOFWEEK(date):1:0,",",
> CurrenTtime:4:0,",",
> openpositionprofit+netprofit,",",
> netprofit,",",
> maxiddrawdown,",",
> marketposition:1:0);
> 
> if commoditynumber =144 then
> print(file ("c:\dynamic\us2"),
> date:6:0,",",
> DAYOFWEEK(date):1:0,",",
> CurrenTtime:4:0,",",
> openpositionprofit+netprofit,",",
> netprofit,",",
> maxiddrawdown,",",
> marketposition:1:0);
> 
> if commoditynumber =262 then
> print(file ("c:\dynamic\jy2"),
> date:6:0,",",
> DAYOFWEEK(date):1:0,",",
> CurrenTtime:4:0,",",
> openpositionprofit+netprofit,",",
> netprofit,",",
> maxiddrawdown,",",
> marketposition:1:0);
> 
> if commoditynumber =188 then
> print(file ("c:\dynamic\cl"),
> date:6:0,",",
> DAYOFWEEK(date):1:0,",",
> CurrenTtime:4:0,",",
> openpositionprofit+netprofit,",",
> netprofit,",",
> maxiddrawdown,",",
> marketposition:1:0);
> 
> if commoditynumber =2 then
> print(file ("c:\dynamic\lc"),
> date:6:0,",",
> DAYOFWEEK(date):1:0,",",
> CurrenTtime:4:0,",",
> openpositionprofit+netprofit,",",
> netprofit,",",
> maxiddrawdown,",",
> marketposition:1:0);
> 
> END;

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