Amibroker backtest code - buy if stock B is 5% above open?

[JeremyTheTrader]

I'm trying to do some back testing in Amibroker and can't figure out home to do the following...

I want Amibroker to trigger a buy of stock A (ABC) if stock B (XYZ) high of for the day is 5% or more above the open price. I can't figure out how to reference a different stock. Any ideas?


Thanks,
Jeremy

 

[Traveler]

I think the function is called foreign symbol. Google that in the docs.


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FOREIGN
- access foreign security data

Referencing other symbol data
(AFL 1.5)


SYNTAX foreign( TICKER, DATAFIELD, fixup = 1)
RETURNS ARRAY
FUNCTION Allows referencing other (than current) tickers in the AFL formulas. TICKER is a string that holds the symbol of the stock. DATAFIELD defines which array is referenced. Allowable data fields: "O" (open), "H" (high), "L" (low), "C" (close), "V" (volume), "I" (open Interest), and for v5.29 and above: "1" (aux1), "2" (aux2)
The last parameter - fixup - accepts following values
0 - the holes are not fixed
1 - default value - missing data bar OHLC fields are all filled using previous bar Close and volume is set to zero.
Note: you can use Foreign/RelStrength without specifying last parameter:
Foreign( "ticker", "field" ), RelStrength( "ticker" ) - then the holes will be fixed.

2 - (old pre-4.90 behaviour) - causes filling the holes in the data with previous O, H, L, C, V values