Thanks guys for your response. If you guys don't mind, I have some more questions I would like to ask.
pavelmanas, "You can get a good indication about the languge if you check the Stocks&Commmodities magazine." I took Your Advice and look at some back Issues of s...@c. it does seems as if Amibroker is always in the top 2 of the shortest of code (at least the back issues I checked). Thanks for the suggestion. Steve Dugas, Please escuse me but what is a NDO and CBT ? How have the issues you describe affect how you use Amibroker? Is there a work around for this? Thank You. brian_z111, Thank You for your response, I will take a look at the feedback center. Thank You for bringing it to my attention. vlanschot I read the DOC file you had with the plug in. Even though I must admit a lot of this seems over my head, it looks interesting and I shall put it on my to do list. Beside the introduction to R, and the books you mention so far. Do you have any other book recommendations. Thank You rhoemke I was not comparing MS to Amibroker. Thank you on your suggestion on checking out the UKB. Again I would like to thank everyone. ACE --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "pavelmanas" <pavelma...@...> wrote: > > As regards the "1) I needed a program with its own language but robust enough > not to limit me." > > You can get a good indication about the languge if you check the > Stocks&Commmodities magazine. In each issue there is a system or indicator > with sources for many charting SW. Look at the size and friendlines of the > code. The source for the Amibroker is always the shortest. > > And by the way I used to be a Metastock user. Just can not compare > incomparible. > > Regards > > Pavel > --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "caternore" <caternore@> wrote: > > > > Hello All, > > > > I have been trading my own account for about the last eight or so years. I > > have gone through the typical cycle of people getting into trading (buying > > advice, buying black box system, looking for the holy grail, etc) and > > losing money the whole time. Recently ( last 4 years or so) I have become > > moderately successful with a intermediate to long term trend following > > system that I use on stocks. However I could never break that barrier to > > ultimate success (consistency). I have come to relies (right or wrongly) > > that a system is more than a pair of entry and exit rules it must account > > for money management and position sizing as well(if you guys would like to > > add anything that cool). I also relies the limited capabilities in my > > (then) current software program Metastock. With Metastock I had no way to > > thoroughly back test all of my ideas over a portfolio of stock to see what > > would happened. I had no way to program inside Metastock the various rules > > that I used to trade stocks. I believe that of all the things that lead > > to my inconsistent performance, the lack of the proper software was > > probably number 2 contributor to my current situation (number 1 is me lol). > > > > As a result I have been researching charting and back testing software, > > that I could use to auto trade from for about the last 6 months or so. My > > requirements for the new software are in order of importance. > > > > 1) True Portfolio-Level Back testing. But also with the capabilities to > > back test a full system ( entry, exit, money management, position sizing, > > etc). > > > > 2) A good charting interface. > > > > 3) The ability to Auto trade through my broker. > > > > In addition to the above I was also looking for > > > > 1) I needed a program with its own language but robust enough not to limit > > me. As I am not a programmer, I did not want to learn a computer language > > (c+ etc) for the next 3 or 4 years before I could program my system. But > > at the same I am willing to learn. > > > > 2) Software that can be extended and molded to what I need it to do. > > > > 3) A good community of people to bounce Ideas off of and to interact with. > > > > After reading what I could online I decided to buy a few book by a MR. > > Bandy and ask a few question on this board. To my surprise it seems as if > > Amibroker not only meets these criteria but exceeds them. Which leads me > > to my question. What Cant Amibroker do? Put another way what are the > > limitation inherent in Amibroker? > > > > Thank You > > ACE > > >
