hmm... $400 vs free? [6]

http://forum.equis.com/files/3018/programming_files/default.aspx

Nah ... I doubt the source code is like mine ... more like Brad Ulrich's code ...
ACT = ADSI if you ask me ... It just now has a better marketing and more functions ...

Nope never got around to it ... I ended doing so many things that I did not really care about it ... But after seeing this new plugin I may reconsider ... Unfortunately right now I'm still swamped between my mom's website/business, Interbankfx, Trading, my blog, the mistigri project ...

I will post an updated version on my new site :) Once the forum is done, once the site is done etc ... :D

Anyways it seems you should keep your work protected ;) You do have the source code to both the forumDll and the ASI dll so nothing stops you from taking over ...

Here is a real world experience with ACT plugin. After hearing about it at a Metastock seminar I ordered it. Installed it, ran the exploration talked about at the seminar. (FAMA/MAMA) Loaded 2000 stocks, it rejected 3. Does not give buy/sell signals based on that days data. Did the online support with Metastock tech support and was told they are not familiar with the product, I should contact the developers directly. I did and have yet to receive a response from them. First question, why would you release a product you can't support? Second question why should the customer have to scramble to get support? Then I sent an email to the person who last posted, describing the problem and have not received a response.

Anyone considering the ACT plug-in might want to consider this before ordering.

hey kffff .... i have no ties to equis or the adaptive cycle toolkit but do have the plugin if your talking about the one from dynamic market labs....

actually never installed it till tonite after reading your note a couple minutes ago.... i put it on v10 but the version shouldn't matter....

the fama/mama exploration gives both buys and sells for me on the s&p 500.....

by 'Does not give buy/sell signals based on that days data ' , what are you refering to .....are you perhaps setting a specific date for the exploration rather than allowing it to choose the most recent date available......

are you including a filter of any kind.... some other questions come to mind...... holler back if ya have the time and don't get it straight.....h

hey kffff.... now i see what your refering to.... instead of a new buy it shows all open buys including any new ones today.... that is unusual....

we would need to just add a couple more columns for those 2 new conditions.... similar to columns c and d below ....h

Exploration notes A trend following strategy based on the crossover of
MAMA and FAMA.

This strategy does not enter into trades when the
market is noisy, which is determined by the
Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR). The following two lines
can be changed to adjust the level to which the
strategy "stays out of the market":

LE:=Signal>0 AND SN > 9;
SE:=Signal<0 AND SN > 9;

Try replacing the constant, "9" with a lower number to
enter into more trades, and a higher number to stay out
of more trades. However, be sure to change it in all
locations, both on the Highlights Tab and the Symbols
Tab.

** DISCLAIMER ** - This tool is for not guarenteed for
accuracy or correctness of any kind, and is
experimental.

Col A: Long

x:=ExtFml( "ADSI.MAMA_Cyber", MP(), .5, .05);
y:=ExtFml("ADSI.FAMA_Cyber",MP(),.5,.05,.5);
Signal := x - y;

LE:=Signal>0;
SE:=Signal<0;
LX:=0;
SX:=0;
B:= ExtFml("Forum.Latch",LE,LX,SE,SX);
B = 1 AND Ref(B,-1) <> 1
Col B: Short

x:=ExtFml( "ADSI.MAMA_Cyber", MP(), .5, .05);
y:=ExtFml("ADSI.FAMA_Cyber",MP(),.5,.05,.5);
Signal := x - y;

Signal<0;

Col C: new buy

x:=ExtFml( "ADSI.MAMA_Cyber", MP(), .5, .05);
y:=ExtFml("ADSI.FAMA_Cyber",MP(),.5,.05,.5);
Signal := x - y;

signal>0 AND Ref(signal,-1)<=0

Col D: new sell

x:=ExtFml( "ADSI.MAMA_Cyber", MP(), .5, .05);
y:=ExtFml("ADSI.FAMA_Cyber",MP(),.5,.05,.5);
Signal := x - y;

signal<0 AND Ref(signal,-1)>=0

Filter enabled Yes
Periodicity Daily
Records required 2000

hey mike.... yes mine works.... exploration returned that day new valid signals..... your probably not using a filter and those 6 not returned probaly have a msx dll error, data not available or something like that...

to reduce the results down to minimun filter like, cola or colb or colc or cold , and to get just the new signals , filter just for , colc or cold.....

but you know whats really wierd.... my mama fama exploration now returns proper new day signals even without my added columns.... and before mine listed all just like yours..... now i can't get it to not work no matter what.....

possibly i was looking at the act mama fama (no noise) exploration before...?????.. really confused now...

anyway, the extra codes for new signals on the no noise varity are added below.... the new buys will be in column c and new sells will be in colunm d..... h

Exploration notes A trend following strategy based on the crossover of
MAMA and FAMA (no noise).

Col A: Long

periods2:= ExtFml( "ADSI.CyclePeriod",MP() ,.07 ,.1
,1.1 );
x:=ExtFml( "ADSI.MAMA_Cyber", MP(), .5, .05);
y:=ExtFml("ADSI.FAMA_Cyber",MP(),.5,.05,.5);
Signal := x - y;

SN := ExtFml( "ADSI.SNR",MP() ,periods2 ,.33);

Signal>0 AND SN > 9;

Col B: Short

periods2:= ExtFml( "ADSI.CyclePeriod",MP() ,.07 ,.1
,1.1 );
x:=ExtFml( "ADSI.MAMA_Cyber", MP(), .5, .05);
y:=ExtFml("ADSI.FAMA_Cyber",MP(),.5,.05,.5);
Signal := x - y;

SN := ExtFml( "ADSI.SNR",MP() ,periods2 ,.33);

Signal<0;

Col C: new buy

periods2:= ExtFml( "ADSI.CyclePeriod",MP() ,.07 ,.1
,1.1 );
x:=ExtFml( "ADSI.MAMA_Cyber", MP(), .5, .05);
y:=ExtFml("ADSI.FAMA_Cyber",MP(),.5,.05,.5);
Signal := x - y;

SN := ExtFml( "ADSI.SNR",MP() ,periods2 ,.33);

a:=Signal>0 AND SN > 9;
a=1 AND Ref(a,-1)=0;

Col D: new sell

periods2:= ExtFml( "ADSI.CyclePeriod",MP() ,.07 ,.1
,1.1 );
x:=ExtFml( "ADSI.MAMA_Cyber", MP(), .5, .05);
y:=ExtFml("ADSI.FAMA_Cyber",MP(),.5,.05,.5);
Signal := x - y;

SN := ExtFml( "ADSI.SNR",MP() ,periods2 ,.33);

Signal<0 AND Ref(signal,-1)>0;

Filter colA OR colB OR colC OR colD

Filter enabled Yes
Periodicity Daily
Records required 2000

hey kfff... not sure which one your talking about, the mamafama or the no noise version....

sometimes there will be securities returned that do not belong.... most often its due to needing more records loaded.... one way to double check would be to run the exploration with 2 extra columns, one containing todays signal value and another containing yesterdays..... then we can see if the number went from positive to negative, or viceversa, which would indicate a cross....

column a and b below are the plugins codes...

column c and d are the signal values...

column e and f should be new buys and sells...

try those and see it there are still some securities that are included incorrectly..... to further reduce the returned results, temporarily filter for just columns e,and f......h

Col A: Long

x:=ExtFml( "ADSI.MAMA_Cyber", MP(), .5, .05);
y:=ExtFml("ADSI.FAMA_Cyber",MP(),.5,.05,.5);
Signal := x - y;

LE:=Signal>0;
SE:=Signal<0;
LX:=0;
SX:=0;
B:= ExtFml("Forum.Latch",LE,LX,SE,SX);
B = 1 AND Ref(B,-1) <> 1

Col B: Short

x:=ExtFml( "ADSI.MAMA_Cyber", MP(), .5, .05);
y:=ExtFml("ADSI.FAMA_Cyber",MP(),.5,.05,.5);
Signal := x - y;

Signal<0;

Col C: todays signal value

x:=ExtFml( "ADSI.MAMA_Cyber", MP(), .5, .05);
y:=ExtFml("ADSI.FAMA_Cyber",MP(),.5,.05,.5);
Signal := x - y;
signal;

Col D: yesterdays signal value

x:=ExtFml( "ADSI.MAMA_Cyber", MP(), .5, .05);
y:=ExtFml("ADSI.FAMA_Cyber",MP(),.5,.05,.5);
Signal := x - y;
Ref(signal,-1);

Col E: new buy

x:=ExtFml( "ADSI.MAMA_Cyber", MP(), .5, .05);
y:=ExtFml("ADSI.FAMA_Cyber",MP(),.5,.05,.5);
Signal := x - y;

Cross(x,y);

Col F: new sell

x:=ExtFml( "ADSI.MAMA_Cyber", MP(), .5, .05);
y:=ExtFml("ADSI.FAMA_Cyber",MP(),.5,.05,.5);
Signal := x - y;

Cross(y,x);

Filter colA OR colB OR colE OR colF

Filter enabled Yes
Periodicity Daily
Records required 2000

hey kffff.... both.... i had combined them both along with the adaptive ema into a single exploration.... then we can see a differing signals at a glance....h

My experience with all the moving averages based on asi.dll or forum.dll, etc, end up with explorer rejecting huge numbers in unpredictable ways... Mostly saying a problem with a floating point error. I ended up having to remove anything in my custom indicators that used the variable period input moving average function. Other variable functions, such a HHV, do not seem to cause this problem. Geo