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Introduction
Features And Functionality
Analytical Tools
Mechanica Basic
Other Features
Portfolio Testing
Getting Started
General
Navigating Mechanica
To Set Up And Run A Simulation
Contacting Us
Tutorial
Lesson 1
The Rules Editor
Create a new system
Saving your work
Running a system
Review the Status Bars
Display of SIG and SIZ file names
Summary
Lesson 2
More SIG and SIZ file basics
Editing SIG and SIZ files
Entries and exits
Synopsis of Trade Processing
System review: logic, status, trade processing order
Crossed signals; on the 'wrong side' of the market
Basic Troubleshooting
Lesson 3
Grid Introduction
Browse results in the Grid
Position Status and Exit Status fields
Exporting data from the Grid
Grid Column Aliases
User-named variables
Summary
Lesson 4
Yesterday and Today
Using yesterday and today
Charting Options
Charting - day offsets
Postdictive errors
Lesson 5
Initial Sizing Overview
Initial Size - write and run
Size as a function of equity and risk
Diagnostics: Examining variables
Grid
X-Ray
Misc. Position sizing topics
Risk control: Sets and categories
Risk control: Examples
Summary
Lesson 6
Simultest
Lesson - Misc. Topics
Sortlist
PSR Detail notation
PSR - Sortable Summaries
FAQ
Lesson - Data
Symbol Manager
Forex Conversion
FAQ
Lesson - Stepping
Highlights
FAQ
Order Manager
Introduction
Entry & Exit on Stops
Entry & Exit on Open
Going Live
Lesson Order Manager
Parent account
Child account
Child account management
FAQ
Mechanica Basic -- Language Reference
SIG
Batch file
DEADMARKET
DPAGE
END
EXPORTGRID
EXPORTPSR
GBL
INITIALIZEGBL
NEXTSTEP
OMGBL
PROCESSEVERY
PROCESSONCE
RANKSTART, RANKEND
RATIOGBL
RAMPUPSTARTDATE
SIMULTEST
STEPPING
Technical Indicators
AD
ASI
ATR
CCI
DMI_ADX
DMI_DNDI
DMI_DX
DMI_UPDI
MACD
MAE_HI, MAE_LO
MO
ROC
RSI
STOC
WPR
VI
Math functions
ABS
CORREL
EMA
INT
LOG
LR
LR_SLOPE
MAX
MIN
NTHIGHEST, NTHLOWEST
RANDOMNUMBER
ROUND
SMA
SQR
STD
STD_POP
SUM
General and trading
BEEP
BUYCLOSE
BUYLIMIT
BUYOPEN
BUYSTOP
CLOSE, C
COL
COLX, COLY, COLZ
COMMISSION
DAYSINTRADE
DAYSTOEND
DECIMALS
DO
EXITPRICE
HIGH, H
JUMPTO
LONG
LOW, L
OI
OPEN, O
POINTVALUE
RANDOMNUMBER
RANDOMPRICE
RANDOMTRADE
RETURN
ROLLFLAG
SECTOR
SELLCLOSE
SELLIMIT
SELLOPEN
SELLSTOP
SETBACK
SHORT
SLIPPAGE
SYSTEM
TAGCOUNT
TICK
USERDEFINEDRISK
V
VAR
VARIABLESETBACK
SIZ
General and position sizing
DIRECTION
EXPECTEDRETURN
INCLUDETODAY
JUMPTO
LASTRADE
LOSER
MAXCONTRACTS
MAXPOSITIONS
MAXSHARES
MINCONTRACTS
MINPOSITIONS
MINSHARES
NEWCONTRACTS
NEWMARGIN
NEWRISK
NEWSHARES
NOWEIGHT
RESIZEONLY
STARTUPCASH
TOTALRISKTARGET
UTILITY
VAR
WINNER
Category names
~POSITION
Category-legal keywords
CONTRACTS
MULTIPLIER
RISK
SHARES
TOTAL prefix
Category-related keywords
SECTOR prefix
SECTOR
SECTORISK
SECTORLONGPOSITIONS
SECTORLONGRISK
SECTORMARGIN
SECTORPOSITIONS
SECTORSHORTPOSITIONS
SECTORSHORTRISK
SYMBOL prefix
SYMBOLMARGIN
SYMBOLONGPOSITIONS
SYMBOLONGRISK
SYMBOLPOSITIONS
SYMBOLRISK
SYMBOLSHORTPOSITIONS
SYMBOLSHORTRISK
SYSTEM prefix
SYSTEM
SYSTEMARGIN
SYSTEMLONGPOSITIONS
SYSTEMLONGRISK
SYSTEMPOSITIONS
SYSTEMRISK
SYSTEMSHORTPOSITIONS
SYSTEMSHORTRISK
TOTAL prefix
TOTALCLOSEDEQUITY
TOTALDRAWDOWN
TOTALCASH
TOTALEQUITY
TOTALMARGIN
TOTALONGPOSITIONS
TOTALONGRISK
TOTALPOSITIONS
TOTALRISK
TOTALSHORTPOSITIONS
TOTALSHORTRISK
Calendar
DATE
DAYOFMONTH
DAYOFWEEK
ENDATE
ENTRYDATE
ENTRYDAYOFMONTH
ENTRYDAYOFWEEK
ENTRYEAR
MONDAY-FRIDAY
MONTH
STARTDATE
XRAYENDATE
XRAYSTARTDATE
YEAR
Memory and Storage
CMP[n]
EXTRA[n]
GBL[n]
GBLINDEX
GBLMAP
MEMORY[n]
RANK
RANKPERCENTILE
SIZING[n]
SORTLIST
STORE[n]
SYSPARAM
TEMPMEM[n]
TRADEMEM[n]
User named columns
User named variables
W, X, Y, Z
X-Ray
XRAYENDATE
XRAYSTARTDATE
Operators / Logical
IF, THEN, ELSE
FALSE
TRUE

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