confusion about standard metattstock and tradesim things

[gawdib]

according to metastock, when I use a "extfml" it will call in something that I have made and named that appears in the indicator list. I cannot tell from the trems used in the examples, whether those terms mean something outside of metastock or what? Are you just making them up in the := ; format to be used later in the formula? If your extfml's are not in the indicator list, does that mean that somehow to use tradesim, I have to make up indicators in some other place thank the metastock indicator list? If so, where is that place? thank you.

Later...dec 26. I passed over the tb1, separate from the manual, because it talked about debugging, when instead I wanted to translate my tradesim codes back into metastock. So the pages 8-9 were very helpful. However, there are lots of additional complexities. By that I mean, that when a person usess the full dimensions of tradesim coding, one is able to do more than simple entris and exits. Will metastock be able to pick these up;ie, the parts about initial stops and protective stops?

Also, after comparing what my original metastock coding shows with the full tradesim coding, I notice that the pyramid entries do not work right if ones keeps them in either of the exit or entry symbols that is suggested on pages 8-9. It will interfere with allowing the exit symbol to come through. I tried the technique of putting the separtae metastock orders in a different arrangement; ie the exit one on top, but that did not work. So then I made a tthird one for this pyramid entering. That allows the exits to show up, but now it continues buying pyramid entries after. So now I am insecure and worried about how well the code which allows pyramiding is analyzed in tradesim, or is tradesim reliable with these. Thus, the display of pyramiding in metastock will just be a bit bollaxed up, and I just have to remember? Are there other tradesim codes that will not show up right in metastock, especially crucial would be the other tradesim exits.

also, if one had modified tradesim, according to youyr suggestions for end of day data, one has to remember to change them back, so they become an expert flag, etc
ps Also I notice that consistently the tradesim expert version does not pick up on the very first buy, tho the others match.
thank you regards, geoffrey

[David Samborsky]

according to metastock, when I use a "extfml" it will call in something that I have made and named that appears in the indicator list. I cannot tell from the trems used in the examples, whether those terms mean something outside of metastock or what? Are you just making them up in the := ; format to be used later in the formula? If your extfml's are not in the indicator list, does that mean that somehow to use tradesim, I have to make up indicators in some other place thank the metastock indicator list? If so, where is that place? thank you.
External Formulas are only available as plugins, and no they are not made up. HGaving said this most of the additional features available in the TradeSim plugin were created because they could not be coded using the Metastock formula language.


Later...dec 26. I passed over the tb1, separate from the manual, because it talked about debugging, when instead I wanted to translate my tradesim codes back into metastock. So the pages 8-9 were very helpful. However, there are lots of additional complexities. By that I mean, that when a person usess the full dimensions of tradesim coding, one is able to do more than simple entris and exits. Will metastock be able to pick these up;ie, the parts about initial stops and protective stops?
Unfortunately most of the enhanced TradeSim features are not available from the Metastock formula language to use for your own indicators.

Trade Pyramidding behaves differently with a portfolio as it does with a single security so please bear this in mind when making a comparison in Metastock. Please read document AN-3 for more information.