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--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "reinsley" <reinsley@xxx> wrote:
>
>
> A missing point in the ABous World is the help as MicroSoft did with
> the MVP. It's one of the most powerful thing to spread a software and
> the knowledge.
>
> The AB product is so complex to send a simple order for real through a
> basic reversal trading system that nobody as time to help the
> beginners. Master users have not interest to do so. Only complex
> problems are relevant and worst posting, between high level brains.
>
> TJ should offer title and financial advantages for the most active
> helpers. He will save time and gain money.
>
> Such user's help forum give many solutions to get round unsolved
> issues for both advanced users and beginners as well.
>
> No doubt that the AB sofware will move toward a user friendly
> interface in ten years without loosing it's versatility.
>
> Regards
>
>
> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Dennis Brown <see3d@> wrote:
> >
> > Friends,
> >
> > AmiBroker is a wonderful program for many things. In fact I use
only
> > a fraction of its total capability for my trading style. I trade
only
> > single ticker (futures) real time and write whole trading systems
just
> > in AFL in indicator mode. This is actually more like the
traditional
> > chart trading that is offered by many brokers.
> >
> > I would expect that AB, which supports all these functions as a very
> > basic operating mode would be at least as good as other charting
> > programs.
> >
> > However, even though the fundamental operations are there (and I
think
> > potentially better), the interface (either design or implementation
> > bugs --I don't know which) has made it hard for me to use this
product
> > for drawing even basic lines on the charts while trading. In
fact, I
> > need a second chart from my broker's application open to the same
> > ticker just so I can draw lines where I want them even though AB
would
> > be superior at this if it were not for the bugs. This has been
going
> > on with me for over a year now and it is costing me.
> >
> > I have other trading friends that I have recommended try AB in the
> > last week, and I am embarrassed to think what they will say to me
when
> > they figure out that these basic features don't work properly. I
have
> > actually refrained from recommending AB to them for quite a while --
> > hoping these things would be fixed first.
> >
> > I don't know how many other traders are frustrated by the same bugs,
> > but if you are, please join the conversation so that Tomasz knows
that
> > this is important to you also and perhaps we can get some higher
> > priority on getting the study charting to work properly.
> >
> > Here is a short list of my frustrating bugs --there are others on
the
> > suggestions and bug lists, but I am only pointing out the ones that
> > cost profits by either making it very slow to do a simple operation
> > that makes one lose the trade opportunity, or creates frustration
and
> > emotion which takes one out of the trading "Zone", or makes the line
> > drawn correctly to become inaccurate causing one to miss the trigger
> > point for a trade. If I have missed any that you feel are costing
you
> > profits (not the nice to have pretty things) than please add them to
> > the conversation.
> >
> > #726. Handles from a selected study line are not respected. Often
> > several lines are anchored or pass through the same pivot points.
> > Price levels, Trend lines, Forks, Fibs, etc., often use a common
pivot
> > point. However, as a trade progresses, new pivots become more
> > important and the lines need to be adjusted in real time. It is
easy
> > to select a study just by clicking on it in a spot where it is
unique,
> > and the handles will appear along the line. However, unlike any
other
> > charting program I have ever used, clicking and dragging on the
> > visible handle will not usually work properly if any other study
> > crosses very close to that handle. The problem is that AB will grab
> > the earliest drawn study and not the selected one --it will
un-select
> > the one you selected and select the oldest one and drag it instead.
> > After playing around for a few valuable seconds trying to grab the
> > right line, I end up having to move the whole line away from its
> > current location and reposition all its handles. Very frustrating
and
> > takes the time and concentration away from the trading action.
> >
> > #728. Horizontal price levels do not stay horizontal. The
horizontal
> > lines (price levels) do not snap to a bar with the magnet mode on.
> > They just are placed at the cursor level. However, if you click on
> > the line, it jumps to an angled line that snaps to the bar on the
left
> > side of the screen. Its operation is just bizarre and causes errors
> > in placement of the price level after the fact. Completely
> > unacceptable behavior for trading.
> >
> > #890. Study handles change when off screen. Lets say you have the
> > magnet on and are zoomed out and draw a trend line between two
peaks.
> > Next you zoom in on the trading action so that only the right hand
> > handle is visible on the chart. Now say the prices have advanced
to a
> > new peak and you need to adjust the right handle to the new peak
(this
> > is a very common occurrence). Most of the time, that handle that is
> > off screen jumps to a new bar position and is no longer on the peak
> > you selected. Of course that changes the slope of the trend line to
> > the wrong one, but you never know it when trading and you end up
> > placing bad breakout trades because the line is in the wrong place
> > now. Completely unacceptable behavior for trading.
> >
> > #990. Drag shadow is on the wrong bar. When dragging a study,
there
> > is a thin "shadow" line that shows which bar you have dragged the
> > handles to. However, when the mouse is released, the study gets
moved
> > to a different bar than the one indicated by the shadow. This
wastes
> > valuable time with two or three attempts to figure out which wrong
bar
> > to put the shadow on to get the study to go where you want it. This
> > is an annoyance.
> >
> > And here is one more that I just found today. If I draw trend lines
> > on a one minute bar snapped to peaks, then switch to a 5 minute
view,
> > the trend lines are shown on the wrong 5 minute bars. And heaven
help
> > me if I select the line in that view, because it will snap to these
> > wrong bars.
> >
> > There you have my short list. Please speak up if these issues
affect
> > you.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Dennis
> >
>
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