Ultimate Algorithmic Trading System

the order of the arrays. I admit this took me a few minutes to understand, but like
the rest the AFL functions, it makes perfect sense. The opposite of the short-term
moving average crossing above the long-term average is the long-term average
crossing above the short-term average.
Coding like this might not be your cup of tea—having to remember the function
calls and how the Cross function works and all the business about arrays. If you want
to test with AmiBroker, but don’t want to work with the full-blown AFL editor, you
can still do this. The next part of this chapter introduces the AmiBroker AFL wizard.
■ AFL Wizard
Imagine creating trading algorithms with point-and-click ease and minimal typing.
Enter the AmiBroker AFL Wizard. Instead of typing MySecondAlgo into the AFL
Editor, let’s create it in the AFL Wizard. Get back to AmiBroker and click on the
AFL Wizard button (Figure 4.14). Once you click on the button a window like
the one in Figure 4.15 will pop up.
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FIGURE 4.14
The AFL Code Wizard button.
INTRODUCTION TO AMIBROKER’S AFL
FIGURE 4.15
A new AFL Code Wizard window.
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