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Learning AmiBroker - Three Stages of KnoledgeConsidering learning AmiBroker in stages, something like the following:Beginning Stage

Time required: 10 to 20 hours

Guidance: Read UserGuide Section Introduction, and Getting Started Sections

Read and Do UserGuide/Tutorials of Interest.Capablilities: Setup and use of AmiBroker and AmiQuote for updating quote data from preferred

data source

How to setup and work with watchlists

How to use Chart Window, Parameters, Preferences, Menus

How to Create charts, apply technical indicators, save and recall them from layoutsThere is a lot of ready-to-use capabilities in AmiBroker you should learn. Not all of these are important andsections can be skipped or delayed until needed.You will need to edit AFL programs to make changes or build entire programs to get the most out of

AmiBroker. So Learning AFL can be done a little at a time, by instruction and by example, using code from

existing programs and using the manual to find out how to use the built-in functions.Intermediate Stage

Time required: 50 100 hours

Guidance: Tutorials - work on most of the tutorials in www.amibroker.com/guide/tutorial.html

or UsersGuide/ Tutorial sectionRead: UsersGuide/ Amibroker Reference Guide

UsersGuide/ AFL/ Basics

UsersGuide/ Calculating multiple-security statistics with AddToComposite

UsersGuide/ AFL/ AFL ToolsCapabilities: Customize charts

Install and Edit AFL programs to adapt and modify programsRun programs in various AA Windows scan, explore, backtest, optimize

After you get to the Intermediate Stage, we will install various AFL programs from AmiBrokers library and

some that I have collected and developed. At this point, users should be able to help each other with basic

experiences and programs they have worked on and help others. Continue to learn by collecting programs

and reviewing AFL code to understand techniques and formulations.Suggestions for Learning AFL

1. Set an objective to learn AFL for specific things. Then try the examples in the user manual andtutorials.

2. Follow the website discussions which will clarify how to use AB for various tasks.

3. Folllow the website discussions which are a continuous tutorial for learning AFL and technical

analysis.

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