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I came from TS and used it for years i.e. way back to version 3.x ...
The main reason I moved from TS to AB at the time was speed and this
was well before AB had lots of the more recent enhancements in the
areas of portfolio bactesting etc. As a backtesting/optimization
platform AB had it all over TS being that it is at least an order of
magnitude faster. However I think TS is still beyond AB in terms of
a real time trading platform especially for automated trading with
its order control and accounting. Frankly that particular attribute
is of no real value to me but if it were I might be tempted to do
what you are considering.
--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "mikelaurataylor"
<mikelaurataylor@xxxx> wrote:
>
> I've been using AmiBroker for about 2 months and I love it.
>
> Prior to using AmiBroker I started the process of opening a
> tradestation account and was recently approved. They are running
> a "try the platform for 30 days free" promotion so out of curiosity
> I started this 2 days ago to try to compare the products myself.
>
> What I've been doing w/ AmiBroker (among other things) is
> downloading EOD data and running scans on it to look for certain
> stocks I want to follow intraday. I then use Esignal to get
> intraday data to look at the stocks with inside AmiBroker.
>
> In playing w/ Tradestation so far I really like their interface for
> intraday scanning and charting. I may not have fully customized
> AmiBroker but I really like the intraday interface for looking at
> stocks in Tradestation better and feel like the intraday scanning
is
> more integrated. On the other hand, without some workarounds I
> can NOT scan more than 1000 stocks for EOD data through
tradestation
> like I can w/ AmiBroker.
>
> So, my thoughts tonight are that I'm best off scanning all stocks
> during the evening (and backtesting strategies) w/ AmiBroker but
> then moving the list into Tradestation to watch and trade during
the
> day (I can either use the Tradestation account or I think use
> Tradebullet to trade with IB where I currently have my account).
> The downside is I need to keep current on two platforms/languages,
> which I'd prefer not to do.
>
> Anyway, my questions are:
>
> For those of you who have used or considered Tradestation.... are
> some of you using it along w/ AmiBroker? For some of you that
> may have used it in the past, what were the main reasons you moved
> away from it? Are there any serious limitations in terms of it's
> language?
>
> For those of you loyal to AmiBroker (I'd consider myself included)
I
> want to reiterate that I love the program and have no plans to stop
> using it - I'm just trying to figure out whether to supplement it
w/
> Tradestation or whether that is too much extra effort. (By the
> way, if I eliminate the intraday Esignal data cost I don't consider
> the extra $60 or so a month a factor).
>
> Thanks for any insight.
>
> Mike
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