----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, June 30,
2005 6:07 PM
Subject: RE: [amibroker]
Re: Amibroker is my charting & testing tool for life !
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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