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Ken,
thanks for your thoughts and comments. they are much appreciated.
Looking forward to the AB 4.0 RT Verison!
Thanks Again!
JG
--- In amibroker@xxxx, "Ken Close" <closeks@xxxx> wrote:
> jg: I have been using the Beta of AB RT and I think it is very
good. Tomasz
> is a master programmer and has made the program do some great
things IMO.
>
> First, with data management. I have been an eSignal subscriber for
over a
> year and your basic subscription price "entitles" you to 50 active
symbols
> at a time. When you try to exceed this, the program does not
proceed until
> you "reset" the number of symbols that are active. Tomasz has set
it up
> where AB RT just keeps downloading what you need for your family or
list and
> when you get past 50, Tomasz's data manager simply does the
resetting for
> you and you get all the symbols. Now, he can't violate eSignal's
rules so
> if you have more than 50 tickers in a list, some of these will
be "old", ie,
> they will not have been updated. It is simple to update them
however,
> simply run an explore thru the list.
>
> All of the features you see in AB are available for use in RT, using
> Intraday data, just not daily data. You have to "build up" a
history of
> data, so until you do, your backtests are limited. This means that
there is
> no way (at the moment) to download more than say 10 or 12 days into
the past
> (even thou the eSignal application itself shows intraday data for
sometime
> into the past).
>
> One of the most powerful features and one which I do not think is
available
> except on the most sophisticated programs, is the ability to run
scans on
> intraday data while the program continues to collect intraday
data. So,
> want to find the days stocks that have the highest percent price
gains (at
> least from those in your list), just run an exploration with the
right
> formula. Want to find stocks breaking out from the first 30 minute
range,
> just run the right kind of exploration. eSignal charges (when I
last looked
> many months ago), $250 per MONTH to subscribe to their scanner
service,
> which delivers stocks meeting various indicator criteria (which
indicators
> are standard); AB lets you do it with your indicators for the price
of the
> program.
>
> One "nagative" that I foresee is that the data saved to your hard
drive gets
> large in a hurry. Just the other day my total AB directory held
255M bytes.
> I just looked and it says 289M bytes. You pile up data fast with
RT. I
> actually changed my gathering rate from every 1 min to every 5
min. I
> seldom see any value in 1 min charts so I cut back on the data this
way. I
> plan to get a new computer soon and will specify one of these
gargantuan HDs
> with 50 or 80Gig.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Ken
>
> PS: I once said the owners of AB are "spoiled" to have such a
creative and
> dedicated programmer in Tomasz.This is just one more example of
that.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jgholson [mailto:jgholson@x...]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 8:43 AM
> To: amibroker@xxxx
> Subject: [amibroker] RT Beta Testers Thoughts
>
>
> TJ,
>
> Have any of the RT Beta Testers had anything to say about the
esignal
> RT verison of Amibroker? Would love to hear from them. Also, is it
> my understanding now that you do not plan to offer a Qcharts RT
> verison?
>
> thanks
> jg
>
>
>
>
>
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