Ultimate Algorithmic Trading System

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This time click on is greater than and slide down to the function pane. You will
notice that the list of functions has now changed to just three options:
1. Is greater than
2. Is less than
3. Is equal to
Select is less than.
Click on the number 10 and slide down again to the function pane and select
MA—Simple Moving Average.
■ Click on 15-bar moving average of and change the period to 30.
If you click on the Auto-generated Formula tab, you should now see the
following code:
Buy = MA( Close , 15 ) > MA( Close , 30 );
Sell = 0;
Short = MA( Close , 15 ) < MA( Close , 30 );
Cover = 0;
Now if you are testing a stock, you can send this directly to AmiBroker and
have it Backtest or Scan. Before we test it, go ahead and save it somewhere as
MySecondAlgoWizard. Assuming a stock database is loaded in AmiBroker, click
on the Exclamation mark to send it to AmiBroker (see Figure 4.19).
If you switch back to AmiBroker, you will be presented the Automatic Analysis
dialog with your newly designed formula loaded. This dialog looks like the one in
Figure 4.20.
From here, you can click on Back Test, Scan, Optimize, Explore, etc. If
you are testing a futures market, it is better to click on the icon that is right
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INTRODUCTION TO AMIBROKER’S AFL
FIGURE 4.19
Click the exclamation point to send your request to AmiBroker.
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