I was an AB user in
2001 and early 2002. Then I left for a while.
However…
As my
trading/investing strategies evolved, I realized that I needed a powerful and
flexible tool to test and implement my ideas. Late last year and
early this year I tested and/or reviewed many tools. I found that most
had significant drawbacks. Most products had limited flexibility and
expandability, and many were over-hyped.
Then, I thought,
“Hmmm… I haven’t looked at AmiBroker in a while.” It only took two
days to see that AB’s features and my needs were a great
match!
I started using AB
again a little over two months ago. In the last two months,
I’ve made more progress in testing (and throwing out some of) my ideas than I
made in the previous 12 months!
AB is the best
charting and analytical tool out there. It is fast and powerful.
But, is it easy to use? Well, sort
of…
Its usability is
excellent, but like most professional level tools, its features and functions
can be intimidating to some people. AB is layered like an
onion. When you think you understand it, you peel back the
layer and realize that there is another layer underneath it. Its
flexibility is massive. With other products, you typically stuck
with what they give you. With AB, you can reprogram it to work like you
want it to. I.e., it’s not a charting tool, it is YOUR charting tool; it
is unique.
For example, I didn’t
like the way that AB automatically displayed all values moving average so that
it sometimes squashed the price bars to the top or bottom of the chart.
Adding “+ styleNoRescale” to ParamStyle() took care of
that.
As another example, I
wanted to change indicators in six panes, in two separate charts, with one
click. I wanted to see all of the TeleChart Sectors compared to a
market index. But, I wanted to switch between a simple price display and
a Relative Strength display. And, I wanted to be able to change the
comparison market symbol (S+P 500, Nasdaq, NYSE, etc.)
I set up one pane as
the “master pane” and five panes as “slave panes”. When I
change parameters in the Master pane (display type and market symbol) they are
saved to small text files. Then in the Slave panes, the parameters are
read and used from the text files. Programming that took
less than 90 minutes! And that includes typing in all of the Sector
symbols!
Kudos to Tomasz for
creating single best charting/analysis tool out
there!
Regards,
Dan.
From:
amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Dickie
Paria
Sent: Wednesday, June
29, 2005 8:16 AM
To:
amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [amibroker] Re: Amibroker is my
charting & testing tool for life !
Certainly a very versatile tool. I selected it
by looking at the code
for various trading strategies at the back of the TASC
mags. AB always
had the
least number of lines and being 'Excel' like...was easier to
understand. Of course -
being the cheapest helped make up my mind :-)
--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Greg"
<gphanson2@xxxx> wrote:
>
Good Day, Nicely put. My sentiments exactly!!!
>
>
GH
> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "jnk1997"
<jnk1997@xxxx> wrote:
>
> What is all this nonsense posting "So long Amibroker"
?
> > This is Thomasz's life
work, please have a little respect (and
> class).
> >
>
> If you don't appreciate or require it's functionality, then move
on.
> >
> > However, rest assured
that Amibroker has evolved considerably since
> I
>
> started using it 3 or 4 years ago and will continue to do so thanks
> to
> > Thomasz's hard work and devotion to this fabulous
software.
> >
> >
Jim
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