Ultimate Algorithmic Trading System

APPENDIX A
AmiBroker
Here is a brief list of token names (keywords and identifiers) that are used
internally in AmiBroker.
■ Keywords
The following is a subset of keywords:
■ buy—Defines ‘‘buy’’ (enter long position) trading rule.
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sell—Defines ‘‘sell’’ (close long position) trading rule.
short—Defines ‘‘short’’ (enter short position – short sell) trading rule.
cover—Defines ‘‘cover’’ (close short position – buy to cover) trading rule.
buyprice—Defines buying price array (this array is filled in with the default
values according to the Automatic Analyser settings).
sellprice—Defines selling price array (this array is filled in with the default
values according to the Automatic Analyser settings).
shortprice—Defines short selling price array (this array is filled in with the
default values according to the Automatic Analyser settings).
coverprice—Defines buy to cover price array (this array is filled in with the
default values according to the Automatic Analyser settings).
exclude—If defined, a true (or 1) value of this variable excludes current symbol
from scan/exploration/backtest. They are also not considered in buy-and-hold
calculations. Useful when you want to narrow your analysis to certain set of
symbols.
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