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AE40Y
Posted : Friday, September 12, 2008 9:55:00 AM
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How can I enter a manual forced buy when I missed the indicated Buy from the program because of changing the condition pallet to improve results.
Bruce_L
Posted : Friday, September 12, 2008 9:57:35 AM


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I'm not sure I understand the question. Are you attempting to force a buy in BackScanner? If so, do you want every symbol bought or just a particular symbol?

-Bruce
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AE40Y
Posted : Friday, September 12, 2008 10:10:07 AM
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Yes! In Backscanner I am attempting to put an artificial, self induced, one time Buy that will start my automatic following strategies

Bruce_L
Posted : Friday, September 12, 2008 11:23:49 AM


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There isn't currently a built in way to create a manual Buy for a specific Bar or symbol. Here's one option using a RealCode Condition that would return True for Apple Inc (AAPL) on January 2, 2008.

Static Symbol As String = "AAPL"
Static FirstDate As Date = "01/02/2008"
If CurrentDate = FirstDate And _
    CurrentSymbol = Symbol Then Pass

You could Drag and Drop it to BackScanner to force a Buy (assuming it had a higher Priority than other Conditions that are returning True then that might prevent the Buy).

-Bruce
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AE40Y
Posted : Friday, September 12, 2008 12:52:24 PM
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Bruce,  I'm not as savey as I should be, but when I paste the code into the real code editor I get an error message in the last line, "Pass not identified".  Also after closing I get a new pane for it but nothing shows up in the condition palett.


Don
Bruce_L
Posted : Friday, September 12, 2008 12:58:54 PM


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It reads like you are creating a RealCode Indicator instead of a RealCode Condition. You need to select RealCode Editor | Condition.

This will create a Condition in the Condition Palette that can be Dragged and Dropped to be used as part of a Filter, BackScan, WatchList Light or Chart.

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AE40Y
Posted : Friday, September 12, 2008 2:16:20 PM
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Thanks.  It works Great.      I owe you one.

Don
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Posted : Friday, September 12, 2008 2:17:05 PM


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You're welcome.

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