Not to mention a powerful, very flexible
and extensible program!
From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of mrdavis9
Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 5:20
PM
To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re:
Getting Started with AFL Systems. Please Help.
Another great benefit of
using Amibroker is the prompt and invaluable help
that Graham so generously provides. Ron D
----- Original Message -----
From: "Graham"
<kavemanperth@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 6:37 PM
Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: Getting Started with
AFL Systems. Please Help.
> Just keep in mind that MS is large
organisation that charges a lot
> more money fir its program, and has been
available for many years.
> Thus it could afford to be generous and
provide an ABC of using MS.
> Perhaps TJ should charge $1000 for AB then
employ a sawg of people to
> write a primer.
> One thing you do not get for your $1000+ from
the other mob is the
> support from the developers.
>
> On 8/16/05, Barry Seeger
<bseeger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Joe,
>>
>> Thanks, I just checked the Ft Monitor
site, and I see Bill Barack's
>> Trading Systems 101, but nothing on
AmiBroker Formula Language.
>>
>>
>>
>> The thing people appreciate about the
MetaStock Formula Primer, available
>> here: http://www.equis.com/Customer/Resources/Formulas/Primer.aspx
,
>>
>> is that it focuses on the basic
principles of the MetaStock language, so
>> it is pretty much unaffected by upgrades
in the program. It's a good
>> model for a Formula manual.
>>
>>
>>
>> And you know I would hope that an
AmiBroker Formula Language manual would
>> never become a best seller, because it
would be available free, as the
>> MetaStock Formula Primer is.
>>
>> The fact is, it's a lot easier to learn
to program MetaStock than
>> AmiBroker, just because of the existence
of that free manual.
>>
>> AmiBroker needs something similar, and a
very efficient approach to
>> writing it would be to just copy the one
that works.
>>
>>
>>
>> Barry
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>
>>
>> From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On
>> Behalf Of Joe Landry
>> Sent: Monday, 15 August 2005 11:34 PM
>> To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: Getting
Started with AFL Systems. Please
>> Help.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Bill Barrack from the Ohio area has taught Amibroker 101 at
various
>> venues. He's
>>
>>
>> an excellent teacher and would do a great
job on the manual. In fact his
>> AB101 Camtasia videos that were
>>
>>
>> produced in 2004 are probably still
available at FTMonitor. I must
>> caution that they were
>>
>>
>> produced before a major change in the
indicators, like drag and drop. (So
>> there's this old
>>
>>
>> version bug a boo always staring at
you..how to keep the documentation
>> and therefore the
>>
>>
>> manual current.)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> The big question is - would it be worth
his while or anyone else's while
>> to produce a manual?
>>
>>
>> If there was a chance of it becoming a
best seller then there would be a
>> few folks dusting off
>>
>>
>> their eyeshades and keyboards to have a
go at it.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> MHO
>>
>>
>> Joe Landry
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>
>>
>> From: brseeger
>>
>>
>> To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>
>> Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2005 9:43 PM
>>
>>
>> Subject: [amibroker] Re: Getting Started
with AFL Systems. Please Help.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Somebody suggested that I write a manual
for AB, but if I could do
>> that, I wouldn't be asking for it.
Here is my suggestion for a
>> quick way to do it: take the MetaStock
Formula Primer, which is
>> widely regarded as being pretty good,
replace all the code with
>> AmiBroker code, add a chapter about
arrays vs loops, and put it out
>> here for comments and fine-tuning.
That would take an AmiBroker
>> programmer 2 days, tops. As it would be
offered for free, copyright
>> issues with MetaStock don't apply. It
would be the best 2 days work
>> on AmiBroker ever, because it would open
AB up to many more people
>> who are having difficulty learning to
program it, and I know there
>> are many of us.
>>
>>
>> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Graham <kavemanperth@xxxx> wrote:
>> > what about the wikipedia thing, is
that moving forward?
>> >
>> > On 8/13/05, forex5x
<forex@xxxx> wrote:
>> > > Hello Barry,
>> > >
>> > > I concur.
>> > > There is a program called
Camtasia, and what it does is allow
>> the user to
>> > > record the screen and to speak
as well. This then becomes a
>> canned
>> > > demonstration of how to use a
system that can be available on a
>> web site.
>> > >
>> > > http://www.techsmith.com/products/studio/default.asp
>> > > if you want to peek at it.
>> > >
>> > > If anyone is so inclined to
develop a training system in this or
>> similar
>> > > manner it would be worth paying
for the reduction in stress to
>> learn.
>> > >
>> > > Also, if someone wanted to
write a book it would be in my
>> bookcase as soon
>> > > as I found out about it...as
far as I know there is no
>> book...anyone know of
>> > > one?
>> > >
>> > > Forex5x AKA Steve
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > -----Original Message-----
>> > > From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf
>> > > Of brseeger
>> > > Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005
4:57 PM
>> > > To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > > Subject: [amibroker] Re:
Getting Started with AFL Systems.
>> Please Help.
>> > >
>> > > --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Sidney Kaiser <s9kaiser@xxxx>
>> > > wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > No virus found in this outgoing
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>> > >
>> > > I am also having difficulty
learning to program well in AFL, and
>> I
>> > > know several other people who
are having the same difficulty,
>> some
>> > > of whom have resorted to
reading the User Guide 10 pages a day. I
>> > > think AmiBroker is a very good
program, and I have no association
>> > > with any other charting
package. I have used and programmed
>> several,
>> > > including MetaStock and
WealthLab. My background is engineering,
>> > > including teaching at
University level.
>> > >
>> > > The best free manual I have
ever seen for novice coders is the
>> > > MetaStock Formula Primer,
available here:
>> > > http://www.equis.com/Customer/Resources/Formulas/Primer.aspx
>> > >
>> > > AmiBroker needs to create
something similar to that Primer: a
>> step-
>> > > by-step guide with exercises,
from basics through to more
>> advanced
>> > > concepts, including anything
unusual about the program, e.g.,for
>> AB,
>> > > how to decide when array
processing will suffice, and when
>> looping
>> > > is necessary. In my humble
opinion, such a Primer is an obvious
>> > > omission in the otherwise
excellent User Guide, Function
>> Reference
>> > > and other support offered by
AmiBroker.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Please note that this group is
for discussion between users only.
>> > >
>> > > To get support from AmiBroker
please send an e-mail directly to
>> > > SUPPORT {at} amibroker.com
>> > >
>> > > For other support material
please check also:
>> > > http://www.amibroker.com/support.html
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Yahoo! Groups Links
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Please note that this group is
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>> > >
>> > > To get support from AmiBroker
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>> > > SUPPORT {at} amibroker.com
>> > >
>> > > For other support material
please check also:
>> > > http://www.amibroker.com/support.html
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Yahoo! Groups Links
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Cheers
>> > Graham
>> > AB-Write >< Professional AFL
Writing Service
>> > Yes, I write AFL code to your
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>> > http://e-wire.net.au/~eb_kavan/ab_write.htm
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