Conditional Buy/Sell
Trying to do a conditional buy where if the stock is above its ema(20) then buy otherwise buy SPY. This works fine (buy = (res <= 1) and newmonth;) so i'm just tryning to add the ema filter.

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Watchlist Font Size
Looking for a way to adjust the font size for watchlists.

Please advise....

List of Dow 30 or Sp500 for example
I'm

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An example for Excel COM automation - Further joint development?

In the forum there are several posts re Excel automation, seems that for one or the other reason we all use good old Excel for either debugging purposes, import of data, or interaction with excel number
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Using Optimize()
If I use Optimize to test different parameters for a variable I noticed there is Variable Name, Min, Max, Step but no default value. If I set the min max and step it works fine for the Optimize but how

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VIX Futures and IB problem
Need help getting QS to fetch VX futures data from IB. Anyone else having any issues? I have tried virtually all exchange codes, etc...

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Receate ETFReplay strategy
I'm trying to recreate the strategy put forward by ETFreplay.com

The interesting thing about their strategy is that its an extension to Mebane Faber's IVY Portfolio idea. On their site it seems to work...

Inverse rank, ie smallest to largest using comp()?
I'll continue here comments from the blog:

You suggested this code to add a second parameter with weights to rank and trade:...

Teletrader
When I navigate - Accounts - Connect - Teletrader - is say "Connection cannot be loaded"

Interactive Brokers Backfill
I am having a difficult time loading intraday data into charts using IB to backfill.

I've tried changing the "number of days worth of intra-day data to load:" to 365. But I realize this is...

How to Backup my whole SQ
Hi, I've been using QS for more than half year. Now, I'm totally dependent on it . I'd like to know if I can have two computers ( both installed QS and make data in sync ) so that I don't have long downtime

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historical earnings surprise
I'd like help fixing this Downloader. I am trying to extract earnings data. ie: http://biz.yahoo.com/z/20131028.html

It seems the parser is broken. I've attached the errors below....

Optimization report - summary export
As I understand it, in optimization report, currently we have option to save each detailed report but there is no way to save or export the summary screen. This would have been very handy when we run exhaustive

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one more parameter for "istrue"
It would have been helpful in certain situations if we can have one more parameter for "istrue" as follows:
a =istrue(close>sma(10),20,10) meaning price should have closed above 10-day sma
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Equity to Symbol - AMM / Script
Dear all,

two questions: ...

Custom Outputs in Rules Analyzer
Theese are my OUTPUTS for FOREX MARKETS

If you want to simulate time exit:...

Application
Hello,

An error message displays whenever i try to select a symbol. The error message is:...

Preview a scriipt
Is there anyway to review (display) the contents of an object (script) before it is downloaded?
Not necessarily all objects since some may be proprietary but at least some of them.
Other people's code...

Custom index/relative chart for TAA - Sector rotation
Guru / Folks,

when implementing the relative / index chart, I was wondering whether this can be further automated for the TAA / sector rotation among us. Sadly my little VBA skills have come to an end...

How to backup an entire QuantShare account
A happy, healthful and prosperous New Year to everyone and all the best for 2014!
This is the time when I backup my operative QuantShare account.
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Hikkake candlestick pattern
In QS we have two functions to identify Hikkake pattern, one using Hikkake() and another one is Hikkakemod(). What is the difference between the two? Also I have seen values like -100 and -200 for Hikkake().

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Simulator: Different exit orders for different rules, partial exits
I have two questions regarding the implementation of a trading strategy in the simulator:
1) How can I use different exit orders for different rules to be triggered?
Simple example:...

Scrip to Identify Symbols w/ Intraday Data
Hello. Could you help me with a script to identify all symbols that have intraday data in the database?

Or is there an easy way to tell without individually going through each symbol? I looked at the...

Ranking System Optimization
Hi. Based on an article you wrote (3 ways to rank stocks in a trading system - Simulator and Potfolio), I decided to move the code from a ranking system object into my trading system simulator code to

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Scripts to Find Data Errors
Hi. Have you guys developed any scripts to help identify potential data issues? I ask because for some systems, especially intraday, QuantShare simulation runs can show an error and stop processing and

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IB Real Time
1. Anyone had a successful "Backfill when system detects a disconnect" using IB? I had an instance where ISP was down, and when it reconnected it streamed all my symbols OK, but it did not go

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Real Time experience
I have been attaching QS to a real Interactive Brokers account for the past few weeks. That has been a favorable experience:
- A number of charts at various frequencies all update properly.
- IB (TWS)...

Migration to a new system
Hi All & QS support!
I want to migrate my QS s/w & data from Win7 64 to a new Win 8.1 64.
What is the best way to do it so I can preserve my customization, DB data as much as possible?...

Saving Chart layouts
Hi,If I add 4 charts to a screen with different tickers,and I want to save the layout,How would i do that.Chart manager didnt do the trick,nor did save layout..

Thanks...

Trading strategy backtesting
While backtesting a trading strategy, some stocks remain open
on the last day specified in the strategy. How to avoid this?
Can anybody help......