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Hello Keith
Thanks for the info. I've read both books of Howard. Like you, I was disappointed w/ the first book. I'm not an entirely new guy to trading. I've been around the blocks a few times, working for several big firms before start trading for myself. Prior to that, I've used TradeStation since 1995. As far as Technical Analysis goes, I know a thing or two about it. What draws me to Amibroker and away from TradeStation is its AFL. Although I don't know much about it yet, I can tell that this language is better than most. And if I spend the energy learning it now, that would probably be the only one I'll ever need.
Anyway, what I'm looking for in the market these days is a book simple enough to teach traders w/ some trading experience under their belt, but lack the coding know-hows to express their ideas in terms of a programming language. I can safely say that the majority of traders severely lack the programming skills to express their trading ideas, and/or testing them ADEQUATELY in a trading platform. My wish is that if someone in here or else where who is fluent in AFL to write a book about coding AFL in ENGLISH (please) with plenty of examples and lots of explanations. The examples illustrated the concept while the explanations drive home the points being made. I find out that the best learning technique is imitation. If I can follow what's being coded and replicated them on my own, I'll remember it longer. I'm sure that if somebody comes out w/ a book like that in any scripting language whether that is EasyLanguage of TradeStation or AFL of Amibroker, it would sell like hot cakes. In today's market, there is no such a book exists.
s, "Introduction to
> Amibroker" or "Quantitative Trading Systems".
>
> "Introduction to Amibroker" is mostly a rehash of the User Guide, and
> therefore I personally don't recommend it. I may stand alone with this
> opinion -- many others rave about it. I bought this book, was a bit
> disappointed, but am not complaining because the one below is worth more
> (to me) than the cost of the two combined.
>
> "Quantitative Trading Systems", is more advanced. But it contains many
> more examples and the code for them is available to buyers of the book
> on the book's web site. Each of examples focuses on a single topic and
> is very well documented. Going through these examples on your computer
> (and modifying them as you wish) will keep you focused as well.
>
> Howard is writing a third book and I will order it as soon as he lets me.
> -- Keith
>
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