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Dennis you are so right regarding MetaStk for real traders. I have been a
user since version1. MetaStk has gone from being the best charting package
to being the best average charting package. I hope the boys from MetaStk
read your ideas and include them in version 6.6
regards
johnnie
-----Original Message-----
From: Dennis Lipter <dlipter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wednesday, July 22, 1998 10:55 AM
Subject: Is MetaStock for Real Traders?
>I am a Professional trader and have been using MetaStock for 3 years.
>Although the program is an adequate platform for creating and charting
>indicators, it is in the area of the user interface that makes me wonder
>whether or not the developers of the program actually trade. Here is a
>list of my gripes.
>
>* I trade multiple commodities so during the day I need a fast way to
>toggle between them without using the Window or File pull down menu.
>TradeStation allows you to assign buttons on the toolbar to different
>securities so you can instantly toggle between them.
>
>* How about a refresh button so when I update prices during the trading
>session I do not have to close down all the charts and reopen them to
>reflect the new prices. Makes sense right!
>
>* How about a useful and efficient Paper Trade Mode that advances the
>chart one day at a time WITHOUT plotting the indicator beyond the
>current day. Common sense right! You can accomplish this by advancing
>the Last Date Loaded value in the x-Axis Properties dialog box but that
>requires way too many mouse clicks.
>
>* I plot multiple inner windows in two page side by side layouts for
>each commodity. Gets a little crowded sometimes. How about a tabbed
>interface like a spreadsheet with tabs in the bottom that allow you you
>to flip through each page in a multiple page layout?
>
>* I plot the same custom indicator multiple times with different user
>input values. How about displaying a selected user input value in the
>chart title bar. For example plotting two moving averages with one
>titled a "10 period MA" and the other titled a "25 period MA". Makes it
>less confusing Right!
>
>OK, That's it for now.
>
>Dennis Lipter
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