How to read highest high value of future bars
Built in HHV and LLV functions allow to read highest high or lowest low of n-past bars. If we want to refer to future values, there is an easy way to do it using simple Ref function and just shift HHV...
View ArticleHow to show price ratio between two symbols
Charting ratios between the prices of two symbols can easily be done with AmiBroker. For this purpose we can use Spread built-in formula available in Charts window: Then select the style as Ratio: The...
View ArticleRuin stop or mysterious Short(6) in the trade list
When you back-test a trading system, you may sometimes encounter trades marked with (6) exit reason, showing e.g.: Short (6) or Short (ruin) in the trade list as in the picture below: As explained in...
View ArticleSeparate ranks for categories that can be used in backtesting
When we want to develop a trading system, which enters only N top-scored symbols from each of the sectors, industries or other sub-groups of symbols ranked separately, we should build appropriate ranks...
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