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I think that goes without saying TJ ,
But incase you have forgotten there are many of us out here who appreciate
and enjoy using AB every day
Regards David H
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tomasz Janeczko" <tj@xxxx>
To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2001 10:13 PM
Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: data import
> Hello,
>
> Thank you David for your comments and defending me :-)
> I hope there are some other guys who like using AmiBroker so
> they are willing to live with some quirks until I fix the problem(s).
>
> Best regards,
> Tomasz Janeczko
> ===============
> AmiBroker - the comprehensive share manager.
> http://www.amibroker.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <box25@xxxx>
> To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2001 5:28 AM
> Subject: [amibroker] Re: data import
>
>
> Trader,
>
> On one hand, I understand your frustration. Heck, we've all been
> there before. But it seems every single one of your posts to this
> group is a complaint, and every single message runs down Amibroker
> relative to other programs. Here's my solution. If Metastock and
> Tradestation are so much better, THAN JUST USE THEM!
>
> Wait, wait, I know what you're going to say. You feel your gripes
> are justified because you are too busy actually trading to want to
> mess around with an interface that doesn't do what you need it to.
> Fine, then use a program that doesn't have those problems. There are
> certain features of Amibroker that make the technical analysis
> process easier (like the speed of AFL, exploration, etc.). But then,
> with those advantages there are obviously tradeoffs, which means that
> some things take a little time or are a little complicated.
> Especially given that you are trying to do all this so you can get
> free data from Yahoo.
>
> TJ, I am not trying to speak for you - you certainly have things well
> under control. I just don't understand why someone seems to delight
> in running this product down in a public forum and complaining about
> how difficult it is to use as compared to other products in the
> marketplace. And while I know that TJ doesn't mind the comparison to
> software which costs many times as much, it just doesn't make any
> sense to me.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> David Beaudoin
>
>
> --- In amibroker@xxxx, traders10@xxxx wrote:
> > TJ this note is part humor, part angst.
> >
> > How to waste an afternoon
> > By Trader
> >
> > I wanted to evaluate how well AB can work for plotting some market
> > statistics, especially the McClellan Oscillator. Lets see, I need
> > some advance decline data in AB.don't have it right now.
> >
> > Well, it should be easy to use AmiQuote to pull some data down from
> > Yahoo.
> >
> > Oh, yeah, I need to unzip that new version of AQ, OK... Better
> > check the readme file to see if it changed a lot...looks OK for
> what
> > I want to do.
> >
> > Lets see, I'll need the Yahoo symbols for A/D data so I can D/L
> with
> > AQ.
> >
> > Go the Yahoo Web site, poke around for awhile, can't find any
> symbols
> > for adv or dec data, only today's numbers. Check some
> more....looks
> > like Yahoo does not have any symbols or historical data for adv/dec.
> >
> > No Problem....I have the data in two different programs on my
> > workstation, I'll use that.
> >
> > Lets see, I do MetaStock exports from QP2 all the time. That should
> > be easy.
> >
> > Make a small list with a few indices and adv/dec data.export to MS
> > format...no problem.
> >
> > Ok, Import that data into AB. Whoa, what is this? AB is
> > complaining about the QP2 symbols for NYSE advances !NY-A and the
> > others as well. Hmmmm, different data vendors use all sort of
> weird
> > symbols for market statistic data, surely TJ took that into
> > consideration....Hmmmm, maybe not...
> >
> > OK, all I want to do is display the *%*(*& data. I have an ascii
> > file on my HD that gets generated every night that has the MCO
> > itself. I'll import that for display. Go to ascii import wizard,
> > Hmmm skip the first three lines, then just read the date and close
> > data on each line...piece of cake....
> >
> > Whoa, 1500 errors, look around...damn, the importer wont read the
> > negative values in MCO.
> >
> > OK, no Yahoo data available, can't get AB to import my data...time
> > to send a note to TJ....
> >
> > Hours pass.............
> >
> > Get response back from TJ, thank you very much. Hmmmm either he
> > does not understand the problem or else I don't understand his
> > response....probably the latter.
> >
> > He says I should have used the "foreign" function....what the hell
> is
> > that????
> >
> > Dig into AFL reference, says "foreign" is used to display data from
> a
> > second data series in addition to the data currently being
> > displayed. Well crap, that doesn't help.....I can't get the ^&3^%
> > (* data into AB to start with.....
> >
> > Lets see, what else did TJ say....something about an e-mail....I
> > check my regular and alias e-mail boxes.....nothing
> >
> > Mutter, mutter, mumble.....
> >
> > All I want to do is import a couple a data files into AB and get on
> > with my life.this is ridiculous......
> >
> > Go for walk to think this thing over.....conclusion....TJ may have
> a
> > better idea on how to do things but this stinks. How on earth is
> an
> > ordinary computer literate but non programmer supposed to make this
> > stuff work to do the most basic of tasks. The simple tasks have to
> > be....uh, shall we say....simple????
> >
> > I still don't have the adv/dec data in the program and I am
> beginning
> > to understand why about every third request for help relates to
> just
> > getting some data into the program.
> >
> > Comparisons: getting data into Metastock is fairly easy because
> most
> > data vendors convert to MS format. ASCII into MS is a little
> tricky,
> > but the help files are pretty good.
> > Tradestation/Supercharts is a no brainer for the user. They read
> MS
> > format, ascii, even my odd FastTrack FNU files directly....no
> > importing needed. AB is a real pain in its present state of
> > development if the user has to import data.
> >
> > TJ....keep up the good work, but HELP your users out in this area.
> >
> > And I still don't have adv/dec data in AB.....mutter, mutter,
> > mumble....I did say it was a wasted afternoon.
> >
> > Trader
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