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mroman59- I bought AmiBroker a couple of weeks ago and haven't found
it that difficult to learn. A bit challenging, but well worth the
effort because AB is *incredibly powerful*. And I'm far from a
natural born programmer. Best $79 I've spent in years! Not to
mention Tomasz' amazing support and all the helpful resources like
this board and the great folks on it. This will sound negative but I
truly mean it in a helpful, constructive sense: if you're not willing
to do what it takes to learn AmiBroker, you don't have the dedication
to succeed in trading, IMO. Because learning AmiBroker is the easy
part. Finding things that really work well and then executing them in
a holistic and disciplined manner is orders of magnitudes more
difficult.
Mark
--- In amibroker@xxxx, "mroman59" <mroman59@xxxx> wrote:
> Hello Dimitris
>
> The only problem that I see with AmiBroker right now is that is
> does't seem to have a user friendly script writer. One has to have
a
> programmer experience to easily pick it up. There is a program
called
> PowerTech by Investor Allinace which is supposed to have a user
> friend script writer by choosing words like price volume, greater
> than, moving average, etc. and writes the code be hind the seens.
The
> code can be evaluated and changed mannully. However, the company has
> not released any versions for over a year because of programming
> problems. Software is free with membership and include free daily
> data downloads.
>
> I have not purchased the book called "Beating The Trend" yet. It is
> considered a trendreversal formula. I know individuals at another
> Yahoo forum that have purchased the book and tweaked the formula in
> their Metastock program or the software that comes with the book. If
> your purchase the book you can write the script in AmiBroker. My
> internet friends are willing to assist me in their modifications.
> They claim they have made good money with it in this choppy market.
> The website is www.beatingthetrends. E-Book costs about $50 dollars
> and you get trial version of software with program already built in.
>
> I hope that answers your question.
>
>
>
>
> --- In amibroker@xxxx, "dtsokakis" <TSOKAKIS@xxxx> wrote:
> > Hi mroman59,
> > Your mail makes me wonder :
> > 1. Do you know any software covering your 10 points plus details ?
> > If any, please advise.
> > 2. Any reference for your "Beating the Trend" system ?
> > If it is available to you, I am sure you will have at least 5 full
> > codes+backtesting+modifications+suggestions in the next 24h.
> > I will appreciate your comments,
> > Dimitris Tsokakis
> > --- In amibroker@xxxx, "mroman59" <mroman59@xxxx> wrote:
> > > I have just found advertisement for AmiBroker and I am trying to
> > > figure out if the program will meet my needs. I must say for the
> > > price it appears impressive, but I would like some imput from
> users.
> > > It appears that it is free download for trial period, so I will
> do
> > > this and try to get a feel for what the program can do.
> > >
> > > 1. Has anyone used MetaStock and if so can you give me your
> opinion
> > > on the similarities, pros and cons, capabilities etc. of the two
> > > programs? I am looking into purchasing MetaStock but it is a bit
> > > pricy and data download by 2nd party is costly.
> > >
> > > 2. My main interest is to be able to screen stocks based on my
> onw
> > > price and volume criteria. For example, stocks with 3
consecutive
> > > increases in combination with double its 3 month avg volume for
> > any
> > > given period of time or 13 dma > 30 dma etc. No fundamental data
> > will
> > > be required but is a plus. Can it do this?
> > >
> > > 3. After stocks are screened according to my criteria, then have
> > the
> > > ability to back test all screened stocks and rank them by
> greatest
> > > return. Can it do this.
> > >
> > > 4. Can one trade through the program, granted that the brokerage
> > firm
> > > allows for such a link between the program and their server?
> > >
> > > 5. Is the download of data from Yahoo seamless and free from
> Yahoo?
> > >
> > > 6. Can one download historical data from yahoo for stocks so
that
> > > backtesting can be performed?
> > >
> > > 7. Does Amibroker generate automatic buy and sell signals with
> > built
> > > in technical analysis indicators, like other programs do such as
> > > omnitrader?
> > >
> > > 8. has anyone tried to program Amibroker to use the formulas
> > provided
> > > by the book called Beating the Trend? You can find it by
> performing
> > a
> > > website search. If so, how easy was it to program according to
> > this
> > > formula.
> > >
> > > 9. What does Amibroker have in to do with the following
> > > advertisement:
> > > -rewritten database handling: abstract data access layer
allowing
> > > direct access to QP2/TC2000/Metastock databases without the need
> to
> > > import (3.84+)
> > > -pre-written direct data feed DLLs from Quotes Plus (3.84+),
> > TC2000,
> > > Metastock databases (3.87+)
> > > - a "summary-only" mode in the backtester providing 2-3 times
> > faster
> > > backtesting of large databases (3.87+).
> > > - support for money management (position sizing) in
> > > backtester/optimizer (3.90)
> > >
> > > My question again, I thought that data feed was free from Yahoo?
> > >
> > > 10. Is it true that the cost is only $79, after trial date is
up?
> > > There appears to be upgrades in the works i.e. AmiBroker 4.0
> > > versions. How much does it cost for upgrade versions?
> > >
> > > Thank You for and information you can provide. I greatly
> appreciate
> > > your imput and mention about other applications that you have
> used.
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