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Re: [amibroker] TC2005 & Amibroker



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The Wordens have 2 indicators built into TC2000, one called MoneyStream, 
the other is BOP (Balance of Power). In AB, using the function called 
GetExtraData, these two indicators can be brought into AB:

GetExtraData("BOP")   and
GetExtraData("MoneyStream")

Works well.

Now what to do with them?

Wayne

Joe Landry wrote:

> Patrick and Dan - I stand corrected and appreciate the very thorough 
> analysis and discourse on your
> parrt  - an excellent use of the forum. 
>  
> Correctly I should have said -TC2000 for simple and quick scans, 
> reliable data feed but weak mutual fund data and market breadth. 
>  QP3 has both and a great depth of what I'm calling market internals 
> or breadth data for all US markets., advance/declines, high/lows, up 
> /down volumes.
> For other indices like R2000, I have to develop and run daily as 
> composites.
>  
> However I should ask, how do you get a comparable organization of 
> industry groups in AB if you
> don't have TC2000 as your data feed?
>  
> On the plus side for AB don't forget the backtesting and optimization 
> with native AB optimization
> or  with the optimizer called IO by Fred Tonetti.
>  
> Best regards
> JOE
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* TA 4 Charts <mailto:ta4charts@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>     *To:* amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>     *Sent:* Monday, June 20, 2005 10:49 PM
>     *Subject:* Re: [amibroker] TC2005 & Amibroker
>
>     Hi all,
>
>     I have to agree with Dan -- TC2005 is ok for data, and perhaps
>     some very
>     simple fast sorts.
>
>     I use ATR as an indicator of preference for sorting -- in AB it's
>     built in
>     and I can build complex varieties of AA output based on it.  In
>     TC2005, it's
>     about 32+ operations of code to produce an ATR(10).  Then there's
>     ADX (not
>     available for scans, just sorting on their static indicator), and 
>     CCI,
>     forget it, etc.  I too do some stuff like Dan discribes, but only
>     in AB as
>     TC2005 won't support it.  If any further plug for AB is needed,
>     I'll note
>     that one can automate the output from the exploration or scan to a
>     watchlist
>     as part of the code.
>
>     So for research, sophisticated scans and ease of use (once you
>     learnit), AB
>     is a no brainer.  Too bad one can't just buy TC2005 data at a
>     discount
>     without the charts, etc., as it generally is good data (a few minor
>     exceptions of course).  Still it's not that expensive -- my
>     commissions are
>     an order of magnitude greater each month, sometimes two.
>
>     Peace and Justice   ---   Patrick
>
>     (Dan - we'll see how this post does for time, I saw your last was
>     only about
>     8 min delayed)
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: Dan Clark
>     To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>     Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 8:02 PM
>     Subject: RE: [amibroker] TC2005 & Amibroker
>
>
>     I have to disagree a bit with Joe.
>
>     I agree if all you want to do is perform BASIC scans and
>     filters.    Very
>     basic!
>
>     But the problem with TC is that you quickly run into a wall.
>
>     For example, using Linear Regression lines, I perform a scan where:
>
>     1) the stock is in a list of tradable symbol and
>     2) the long term trend of a symbol is up, and
>     3) the short term trend is down, and
>     4) the short term trend of Twiggs Money Flow is up (divergence), and
>     5) the symbol is NOT in a list of manually excluded symbols, and
>     6) the symbol is NOT already in a target short list
>     7) the symbol is NOT already in a target long list.
>
>     I tried this in TC.
>
>     Number 1 is easy.
>     Numbers 2, 3 and 4 (using Money Stream instead) are a 19 step manual
>     process!!!
>     Numbers 5, 6 and 7 are NOT possible!!!
>
>     TC has its benefits.  But sophisticated scanning is NOT one of them.
>
>     As you probably already figured out, I use TC for data only.
>
>     Regards,
>
>     Dan.
>
>
>
>
>
>     From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>     On Behalf
>     Of Joe Landry
>     Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 4:59 PM
>     To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>     Subject: Re: [amibroker] TC2005 & Amibroker
>
>     If all you want to do is scans/filters then  TC2005 will be all
>     you need.
>
>     However if you ever want to backtest or use a custom indicator
>     that the
>     Worden brothers didn't include in their
>     package then you're out of luck.
>
>     When I subscribed to TC2000 it was for the data, preliminary
>     scans, and
>     industry groups.  Now I'm using
>     QP3, quotes plus 3 for mutual funds and stocks for less than
>     TC2000, but I
>     don't get intraday delayed quotes
>     on stocks.  I do get realtime data from my broker but I can't run
>     the signal
>     routines that will tell me if a signal will
>     trip before the close.
>
>     Best regards
>     JOE
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: skilletlicqor
>     To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>     Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 6:42 PM
>     Subject: [amibroker] TC2005 & Amibroker
>
>     I notice there are a number of users of both TC2005 and Amibroker.  I
>     currently use TC2005 and am on the trial month for Amibroker.  I'm
>     very impressed with Amibroker and wonder what those of you who use
>     both do in TC2005 that you can't do in Amibroker.  Or is TC2005 just
>     for the data? I haven't worked with AFL much but I assume that it is
>     capable of performing any scans that I can do with TC2005.  Is this
>     not the case?
>     I'm on a tight budget and can probably only afford one of these
>     programs right now.
>
>     Thanks for replies.
>
>
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