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Most of the people that attend the annual FT conferences are
individual investors and while I would agree that preparation for
presentation at these are somewhat of a pain, especially for those of
us who would rather be developing, I think they are still very
worthwhile from several perspectives.
--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Herman van den Bergen"
<psytek@xxx> wrote:
>
> Fred, I have thought about creating some kind of AT tutorial but we
really
> don't have the tools yet. AB has made a lot of progress in many
traditional
> areas while support for leading-edge high-speed Automated Trading
hasn't
> evolved much (neither have other products). Current systems and
code are
> bloated with housekeeping functions that detract from the real
topic (AT)
> and would draw little interest from an audience. Frankly, to try and
> document this kind of effort is a pain to the author as well as to
the
> reader.
>
> To make a presentation on how to place a few orders based on EOD
signals is
> not what I call "AT" and might only be of interest to fund
managers. My
> interest is in real-time "fast" trading for the small trader.
However time
> is passing and just like traditional trading became more difficult
(remember
> how easy it was to trade the Stochastic?) so will automated fast
trading
> become more difficult. Most things are driven by lagging popular
demand; the
> consumers wants what is "proven" (read: on the way to becoming
obsolete).
> Hence most commercial tools mature after there usefulness has
peaked - I
> guess so it will be with AT. Its just something we have to live
with.
>
> Best regards,
> herman.
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On
> Behalf Of Fred
> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 10:01 PM
> To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [amibroker] Re: "AmiBroker" conferences
>
>
> Herman,
>
> I think there are loads out there who would like to have a closer
> look at some of the things you're doing with AT etc ...
>
> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Herman van den Bergen"
> <psytek@> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks to all for the reports on the Houston conference; sounds
> like it was
> > a real succes and that a lot of interesting topics were covered.
> Perhaps
> > I'll make it there one day...
> >
> > Meanwhile i hope that the contributors who have not already
> published key
> > ideas about the work they presented will find the time to
summarize
> some of
> > the topics on this list.
> >
> > An alternative would be that someone posts a copy of the HG,
that
> way all
> > 4000 or so of us can make it to the next conference ;-)
> >
> > best regards,
> > herman
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On
> > Behalf Of Terry
> > Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 3:14 PM
> > To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [amibroker] "AmiBroker" conferences
> >
> >
> > I was also in Houston and second everything Dan says below.
Every
> > presenter was excellent. Bill's use of the Parameter box is
> brilliant. I'm
> > still wondering just "how" he is able to save each set of
> parameters upon
> > clicking Reset All. He basically has a visual back-tester,
change a
> few
> > parameters and you see the results instantly in the chart. There
> were some
> > nice trading ideas presented in detail. Fred is a real genius
and
> IO is one
> > incredibly amazing product. Tomasz is really great guy, in
spite of
> the tone
> > in some of his emails ;-) His presentation on the Custom
Backtester
> really
> > opens up nearly limitless possibilities in back testing.you'll
have
> to go
> > next year. All presentations were recorded in Camtasia (slide
show
> with
> > audio) and you'll be able to buy those from FT Monitor for well
> less than
> > the cost of attending, but being there is person is the best.
> >
> > --
> >
> > Terry
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> > Behalf Of Dan Clark
> > Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 10:14
> > To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [amibroker] "AmiBroker" conferences
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi. I just got back from the AB conference last night.
Great
> > conference! More about that in a minute.
> >
> >
> >
> > Regarding the Tomasz' PowerPoint presentations. To save the
> effort
> > converting them to HTML or flash, users can simply use the
> PowerPoint
> > viewer:
> >
> >
> >
> > http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?
FamilyID=428d5727-
> 43ab-4f2
> > 4-90b7-a94784af71a4&displaylang=en
> >
> >
> >
> > It's free and allows anyone to view PowerPoint '97 and later
> > presentations.
> >
> >
> >
> > Regarding the conference.
> >
> >
> >
> > It was a very interesting experience. It's fascinating how
your
> > perspective changes when you meet people in person. Joe Landry,
> Duke Jones,
> > Richard Borroff and especially Tomasz are very different from
the
> way I
> > imagined them. Even nicer in person!
> >
> >
> >
> > Regarding Tomasz, he's obviously one of the brightest people
> around.
> > What is NOT obvious until you meet him in person is that he's
one
> of the
> > nicest, most self-effacing guys you will encounter. It was a
> pleasure to
> > listen to him speak and to talk with him in person! He got a
> standing
> > ovation after his presentation!
> >
> >
> >
> > Greg Cook did a great job covering an overall system for
trading
> stocks.
> > His analytical approach and blending of traditional AB concepts
> other web
> > resources aligns nicely with my way of thinking. It's a great
> structure
> > for me.
> >
> >
> >
> > Jimmy Hixson talked about secular and cyclical markets.
This
> was a way
> > of viewing the long and shorter term cycles in the markets
> historically.
> > Great context for looking at the markets.
> >
> >
> >
> > Fred Tonetti's discussion covered using IO for optimization.
> Fred's
> > presentation was excellent, but very advanced for me. I figure
> with about
> > 2-3 years of hard work, I'll get to level where I can understand
> it. Fred
> > is one serious rocket scientist! ;-)
> >
> >
> >
> > Besides meeting people with whom I've "conversed" online, I'd
say
> that
> > most interesting thing I learned was how different people view
> AmiBroker. A
> > goodly number of people came from the FastTrack world. They
spoke
> a
> > language and shared concepts that were entirely new to me. This
> was true in
> > general, but it really came home with Bill Barnard's
presentation.
> >
> >
> >
> > Bill comes from the FastTrack world and uses AmiBroker to
> generate trading
> > signals - good in general and especially good for FastTrack
> users. He
> > demonstrated and discussed his AFL code. When he started, I
was
> only
> > mildly interested because many of the concepts he discussed were
> FastTrack
> > concepts. However, as he moved forward, I realized that I was
> looking at
> > one amazing piece of work!
> >
> >
> >
> > Bill's presentation and code were incredible! IMO, this is
the
> most
> > advanced AFL code that I've ever seen or heard discussed. He
uses
> AB and
> > AFL in ways that are ground-breaking. As an example, Bill uses
> the "Reset
> > all" button in the Properties window in a way that (AFAIK) no
one
> else has
> > every thought of. I don't fully understand what he is doing
> > (understatement alert), but it appears that he is saving sets of
> chart
> > properties to text files and then reading them back in to change
> the whole
> > context of charts. This changes the whole context of a chart.
> >
> >
> >
> > Using Bill's methods, I think it is possible to implement the
> concept of
> > "drill down" in AmiBroker. For example, you could display a
line
> chart of
> > the top 10 "Hot" Industries. Then you could select an industry
> and click
> > "Refresh all" and repopulate a Properties "ParamList" with the
> component
> > symbols from that Industry. Then click a ParamToggle and
> click "Refresh
> > all" to take you back to the original "Industries" chart. I'm
> going to try
> > this and let you know how it works. I can NOT overstate how
> incredible I
> > found Bill's work to be. Absolutely fantastic!
> >
> >
> >
> > PICTURES - I took pictures at the reception. I'll edit them
over
> the new
> > few days and post a link where you can view/download them.
(Hint -
> Did you
> > know that Tomasz' favorite hat comes from Texas?!?) Also, I
you
> took
> > pics, want to share them, but don't have a way, let me know and
> I'll upload
> > and share them with my pics.
> >
> >
> >
> > To Richard Borroff for organizing the conference, and to
Tomasz
> and all
> > the presenters, please accept my sincere appreciation for a
great
> > conference!
> >
> >
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> >
> >
> > Dan.
> >
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------
----
> --------
> > --
> >
> > From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> > Behalf Of Tomasz Janeczko
> > Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 4:08 AM
> > To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [amibroker] "AmiBroker" conferences
> >
> >
> >
> > Herman,
> >
> >
> >
> > I can not speak for other authors, but my own presentations
are
> now
> > available for free from AmiBroker site
> >
> > so everyone can just download it.
> >
> > http://www.amibroker.com/docs/Houston1.ppt
> >
> > http://www.amibroker.com/docs/Houston2.ppt
> >
> >
> >
> > Probably I will convert them to HTML or Flash so people
without
> PowerPoint
> >
> > are also able to see them.
> >
> >
> >
> > As for recorded audio materials and remaining presentations
> Richard Boroff
> > from FTMonitor, will be preparing CD set with
> >
> > everything. It will take 6 or more weeks to prepare those CDs.
> >
> >
> >
> > As far as Bill Bardard's code is considered - I asked him and
he
> said that
> > he is willing to share his code with other AmiBroker users.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Tomasz Janeczko
> > amibroker.com
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >
> > From: Herman van den Bergen
> >
> > To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 12:17 PM
> >
> > Subject: [amibroker] "AmiBroker" conferences
> >
> >
> >
> > Conferences are nice but benefit the few.
> >
> >
> >
> > imo, Unless proceedings are published the AmiBroker user
> community will
> > become divided and cliquish.
> >
> >
> >
> > Are there any plans to publish the Houston presentations?
> >
> >
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > herman
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
> > Behalf Of Thomas Z.
> > Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 2:28 AM
> > To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [amibroker] News from Houston
> >
> > Hello Duke,
> >
> >
> >
> > >Bill Barnard blew us away with what you can do within the
> parameter
> > box...
> > >even Tomasz jaw dropped when he saw what was packed into
the
> dialog
> > box.
> >
> >
> >
> > Do you know more about that or examples ?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Regards
> >
> >
> >
> > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> >
> > Thomas
> >
> > www.tradingbasis.com
> >
> > support@
> >
> > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> > Behalf Of Duke Jones, CMT
> > Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2006 5:42 PM
> > To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [amibroker] News from Houston
> >
> >
> >
> > Just a quick update from Houston
> >
> >
> >
> > News from Tomasz ...Just a few of the potential features
> coming down
> > the
> >
> > road:
> >
> >
> >
> > Ways to define Minimum Hold Bars and type of penalty/fee
> expressed in
> > a
> >
> > percent for Rotational Trading.
> >
> > Multiple accounts in updated portfolio manager.
> >
> > Multi Threading in Optimizer
> >
> > 64Bit version - already available and on the website
(note:
> currently
> >
> > only IB plug in is 64bit ready)
> >
> > New Easy Alerts Features
> >
> > User definable filtering in T&S window
> >
> > many more....
> >
> >
> >
> > Presentations:
> >
> > Bill Barrack's & Bruce Robinson - presentation was
excellent
> but ideas
> >
> > from conversations afterward worth the price of admission
> alone.
> >
> > Bill Barnard blew us away with what you can do within the
> parameter
> >
> > box... even Tomasz jaw dropped when he saw what was packed
> into the
> >
> > dialog box.
> >
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> >
> >
> > Duke Jones, CMT
> >
> >
> >
> >
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