Mechanica Help

Mechanica Help

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- A -

ABS (absolute value)

AD (Accumulation Distribution)

ASI (Accumulative Swing Index)

ATR (Average True Range)

- B -

Batch files - Introduction

Batch files - operations

- C -

Categories and Sets - understanding

CCI (Commodity Channel Index)

Charting options - chart setup

COLX, COLY, COLZ

Contract Rolls - OM

Customer Support

- D -

Data - select the data your system will use

Data Page - Creating / Edit Page Properties

Debug - Using X-Ray

Debug - Wrong Side: example

- E -

Editing - clear an error message

Editing - add entry rules

Editing - add position sizing rules

Editing - copy using the keyboard to select data

Editing - copy using the mouse to select data

Editing - define column values on the Resources Page

Editing - enter a column definition

Editing - enter comments in your program

Editing - enter multiple commands on a single line

Editing - Entries and Exits - which page to use

Editing - identify your system

Editing - Position Sizing Rules pages

Editing - Rules Editor (Summary)

Editing - Rules Editor status bar

Editing - Symbol Properties

Editing - Using the Rules Editor

EMA (exponential moving average)

Entries and Exits - which page to use

ENTRYDAYOFMONTH

Equity curve, stepping into

EXPORTGRID

	EXPORTGRID
	EXPORTPSR

Exporting Grid data - adjacent columns

Exporting Grid data - non-adjacent columns

- F -

Forex conversion - ensure position sizing is handled correctly

Forex Conversion (CMP)

Forex Conversion (discussion)

Forex Conversion data - set up

- G -

Grid column alias - creating

Grid column alias - referencing

Grid column aliases - create without defining a Column first

Grid discussion

Grid operations summary

- H -

Holidays - setting / clearing in OM

- I -

- J -

- K -

Keywords, new in v3.2011

- L -

LR (linear regerssion)

- M -

MAE_HI (Moving Average Exp. Hi/Lo band)

Markowitz style portfolio optimization

Mean Variance Optimization

MVO (mean variance optimization)

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- O -

OI (Open Interest)

OM - Account History

OM - Account setup

OM - Active field, red check

OM - Active Positions and Contingent Orders

OM - Adding a market to an existing account

OM - Adding a system to an existing account

OM - Associated batch file

OM - change position size

OM - Change Status field - Regenerate

OM - Changing the Child account size - Orders and Positions

OM - Child account creation and scaling

OM - Childless Parent - understanding

OM - Contract field

OM - ContractRolls

OM - Deleting positions

OM - Discretionary trades

OM - Edit size field

OM - Frequency of Rescaling

OM - Holidays - setting / clearing

OM - Manage a Child account

OM - Missing data

OM - Parent account creation

OM - Prospective and Contingent Orders

OM - Rescaling - to manage changes in account size

OM - Rescaling - to realign Parent and Child

OM - Set up a Child Account

OM - Set up a Parent Account

OM - Stepping into the equity curve

OM - The first day of trading

OM - Trades Exited in previous session

OM - Understanding the Parent / Child relationship

OM - Unexplained Resizing orders

Order of trade Processing - Summary

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Page Processing Order

Pages - understanding Mechanica’s system of

POINTVALUE

	Symbol Manager
	POINTVALUE

Portfolio Summary - Detail notation

Portfolio Summary Report - Sortable Summaries

Position Status

Positions How many

Positions Short

Postdictive errors

	Postdictive errors
	INCLUDETODAY

- R -

RAMPUPSTARTDATE

Rank - Conditional

Rejected trades

Resize notation - Multiplier - "mlcr"

Results window (Grid)

Risk control - Categories and Sets

Risk control - Introduction

Risk control - With Category-related keywords

ROC (Rate of Change)

RSI (Relative Strength Index)

Run a system - the concept

Run your system

- S -

SECTORLONGPOSITIONS

SECTORPOSITIONS

SECTORSHORTPOSITIONS

SECTORSHORTRISK

SIG / SIZ files - MRU (most recently used)

SIG file - opening

SIG file - save

SIG file - save to another name

Signal Rules pages

Simultest - automate using a Batch file

Simultest - multiple systems from a single SIZ file

SIMULTEST - run

SIMULTEST - run (summary)

SIZ file - opening

SIZ file - save

Sizing - Include Today

Sizing - Rejected trades

Sizing - SortList Manager

Sizing - STARTDATE

Sizing - Sysparam Manager

SMA (simple moving average)

SortList Manager

SQR (square root)

STD standard deviation)

STD_POP (STD population)

Stepping - code modification (sig and siz)

Stepping - dates

Stepping - Highlights

Stepping - Initiation

Stepping - lost icon

Stepping - parallel parameter incrementing

Stepping - saving and retrieving session

Stepping - scope

Stepping - screen

Stepping - speed up

Stepping - unusual case

Stepping into the equity curve

STOC (Stochastics)

Stops - set exit stops on the Trade in Progress & Exit Page

Symbol Manager - set up Forex conversion data

Symbol Properties - import or export

Symbol Property

SYMBOLONGPOSITIONS

SYMBOLPOSITIONS

SYMBOLSHORTPOSITIONS

SYMBOLSHORTRISK

Sysparam Manager

SYSTEMLONGPOSITIONS

SYSTEMPOSITIONS

SYSTEMSHORTPOSITIONS

SYSTEMSHORTRISK

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Technical Indicators

Technical Support

TOTALCLOSEDEQUITY

TOTALONGPOSITIONS

TOTALRISKTARGET

TOTALSHORTPOSITIONS

Trade Processing - Summary

- U -

USERDEFINEDRISK

User-named variables - create and apply

- V -

Variables - understanding persistence of

Variables - understanding user-named

Variables - User-named - create and apply

VARIABLESETBACK

VI (Volatility Index)

- W -

WPR (Williams Percent R)

Wrong Side: Definition

- X -

X-Ray - Introduction

X-Ray - Summary

- Y -