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Why does AB keep adding a symbol called "~~~EQUITY" to my database?

Potato Soup — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:57:50 GMT

I keep deleting it and it keeps coming back. Any idea why this is happening?

How do you remove a backtest symbol filter?

Potato Soup — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:31:41 GMT

I accidentally set the GICS filter and there seems NO way to remove it or set it to blank! Is this a major oversight or am I missing a very basic way of doing

Does anyone know how to import tick data into a local AB database?

Potato Soup — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:41:13 GMT

I'm importing an IQ file that I downloaded but it doesn't seem to be making it into AB. I assigned all the right columns, but the only thing I get for the data

Re: Reading disk files

Mike — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:09:32 GMT

I suspect that you will need to use COM scripting. http://www.amibroker.com/guide/a_aflcom.html http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/95dtkhsz(VS.85).aspx

Re: Is this system possible in Amibroker?

rmicalet — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:07:23 GMT

I would ultimately like the system to send trades through Interactive Brokers, but it doesn't necessarily have to do any bookkeeping or monitoring (other than

Re: Recommendation for Intraday Data source?

Potato Soup — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:07:20 GMT

Btw I needed qcollector anyway because I wanted a central process to store history. ... From: "Potato Soup" Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010

Re: Recommendation for Intraday Data source?

Potato Soup — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:02:04 GMT

It is an AB problem. My point was tangential. I want more from IQ before I'm satisfied. They're in the "almost but not quite" category. ... From: "Chaitanya"

Re: Recommendation for Intraday Data source?

Chaitanya — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:00:20 GMT

why do you think it is an iq problem? to me it looks like AB is stopping you from downloading more data (atleast for me for the 1minute data). If it were an iq

Re: Can anyone help me?

Chaitanya — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:59:54 GMT

you need a time machine.. could'nt resist :). Not sure of the entire context of your email but there are example of AFL code that look into the future; look

Re: Recommendation for Intraday Data source?

Potato Soup — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:56:16 GMT

I really think iq should start licensing longer periods of tick data. ... From: "Chaitanya" Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:52:29 To:

Re: Recommendation for Intraday Data source?

Chaitanya — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:52:45 GMT

exactly the trouble i am getting into; exactly 2 and a half years of data. hmm.. i will have to shell out another 100 bucks sometime soon; for now i am content

Re: Trade.marginloan in custom backtester

Mike — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:44:39 GMT

Margin is stored as a *negative* value. If you want to reduce your total, then add (not subtract) the margin to the total. Mike

Re: Recommendation for Intraday Data source?

Potato Soup — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:25:42 GMT

I always had issues getting more than 2.5 years of minutely data so I paid $99 for qcollector which downloads data from iq. ... From: "Chaitanya"

Re: Is this system possible in Amibroker?

droskill — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:11:03 GMT

I think most of what you talk about is possible - some of it will be challenging, but I still think doable. Running the system in real time will likely take

Reading disk files

Ara Kaloustian — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:55:04 GMT

I have an application wher I need to see from AFL what files are on my disk. Is there a function to give me the list of files in a directory or show me