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hi,
yes I read Dingos document (even a snippet of my code is in there). I am
happy with Amibroker as well but agree that on some points a little more
detailed description could be helpful ...
rgds, Ed
----- Original Message -----
From: "neurotic self" <neuroticself@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 7:28 PM
Subject: Re: [amibroker] Request for advice: programming languages
> Hi Ed,
>
> it depends what you mean by problem and it also depends on what you
> want to attain (what strategy you want to backtest).
>
> I consider myself a schooled programmer (degree in CS, programming is
> part of my job), first problem I found was documentation, until I
> discovered Dingo's document (on the beta site if I remember well).
> Documentation is probably the biggest issue with AB in general,
> luckily there's this list/community and especially Tomasz to help.
>
> The second problem was (and still is) AFL expressive power, not all
> strategies can be stated in AFL alone, even using the custom
> backtester.
>
> Anyway as far as I know no other package offers a better alternative,
> and AFL performance is probably the best on the market, short of
> custom programming, so more kudos to TJ.
>
> I strongly encourage reading Dingo's doc and all AB documentation
> before jumping on custom coding.
>
> n.
>
> On 8/24/05, emp62 <emp62@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Patrick,
>>
>> not sure what your plan is but if you want to design your own backtester
>> as
>> a plugin I think one needs to be a schooled programmer and it will take
>> heaps of time. However, on a single symbol level every system imaginable
>> can be built using "easy AFL". It is only on a portfolio level that one
>> needs the "backtester interface" if you want to do things like couple a
>> buy
>> to a sell signals, using redundant signals or stuff like you are doing
>> with
>> rotational trading. So as I understand it now with the backtester
>> interface
>> any trading idea you have can be designed using Amibroker. It is
>> therefor
>> best to concentrate on the interface and ask many questions to TJ.
>>
>> I just wonder: how many schooled programmers out there using Amibroker
>> can
>> use the backtester inferface without any problems ... In other words: is
>> it
>> sufficient to define the objects + methods for a schooled programmer to
>> start using the backtester interface without any problem?
>>
>> rgds, Ed
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "vlanschot" <ecbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 12:07 PM
>> Subject: [amibroker] Request for advice: programming languages
>>
>>
>> > Hi group,
>> >
>> > I'd like to get some feedback on which (object-oriented) programming
>> > language would be most helpful in combination with AB.
>> >
>> > I've used VB previously, but am wondering whether there are better
>> > (i.e. easier) alternatives out there, like Delphi, which I've seen
>> > mentioned before on this board. What about others like Fortran?
>> >
>> > Any freeware I can download? Suggested books, and other readings?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > PS
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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