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Excel is a "clunky" toolbox compared to AB and while Excel is a great
tool for lots of things, as a platform for system development,
testing, optimization and trading it's not in the same universe. The
same can be said of the differences in graphics capabilities.
--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Terry" <MagicTH@xxx> wrote:
>
> Yes to all of your questions...except I don't know what you mean by
test
> 3 systems "at the same time". Three systems are 3 systems. If you
want
> to take the combined signals of three different systems and then
trade
> them together, I have already done that.
>
> Compared to Excel it is a lot easier since there are many (100+)
> built-in functions and it does the data management for you too,
> including watching out for data holes...all must be manually
managed in
> Excel. Not to mention you can have virtually unlimited symbols. My
stock
> database, including extinct stocks is around 25,000 issues.
>
> I used Excel before Amibroker and it has it's benefits, but I
haven't
> touched Excel (for stock analysis) in nearly two years except as a
means
> to transport signals around and test them in AB.
> --
> Terry
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On
> Behalf Of jlami11
> Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 20:57
> To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [amibroker] What Amibroker is capable of..
>
> Hi I'm thinking of getting Amibroker,
>
> I've heard that it is very flexible and some have said it can do
> virtually anything u want...probably a bit of an overstatement?
>
> However I wanted to know if:
>
> If it can test multiple systems at once? e.g. If I wanted to test
> trading 3 systems at the same time.
>
> For position sizing: if it can differentiate between initial equity
> and the current profits. i.e. i plan to risk diff. % of initial
> equity and profits.
>
> And for trade alerts: Can it alert with buy/sell signals along with
> the position size to trade according to your strategy?
>
> Lastly just how flexible and how much can u do with this program?
> E.g. in excel you can program virtually anything u want to do with
> trade testing.
> Is it comparable in that sense?
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> 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
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