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Re: Is MetaStock for Real Traders?



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You know, I've had some harsh words about Equis regarding some of their 
large GAPS in program usability (can't system test more than one 
security at a time for a big one), and I flat out asked them one time if 
they listen to this group.  "Oh yes, we get lots of comments from the 
list." was the response.

Well, wouldn't it be nice if we had an Equis representative on the list 
to at least say something like, "Well, shit fellas, you've got 'yerself 
a real hum-dinger of an idea there!  Sheeyutt, I'm just gonna hafta 
mozey on over to that thar' programmin' department and tell 'em to get 
busy on it.."  You know what I'm saying, right?  
C-O-M-M-U-N-I-C-A-T-I-O-N  Let us know what's coming and what ideas from 
the list will make it into v7.0!!  (pretty basic stuff, eh?)


----Original Message Follows----
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 10:26:46 -0700
From: Vitaly Larichev <vitaly@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Is MetaStock for Real Traders?
Reply-To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi,

There is a trick not to see slopes of indicators beyond the last day, 
though
pretty clumsy. Type a vertical line symbol "|"  on a chart as a text. 
Make it big
choosing font size as large as 40-50. Then steer it  (it's a hard part) 
to the
edge of the chart so that it covers  the space you don't want to see. In 
Text
Property box unselect Anchor to Date. Save it as a template.

It may not hold if you resize the window. So not an ideal solution, but 
for me it
worked. Certainly, the best way to go would be one-click operation to 
advance 1
day in Data Loading. Are you with us on it, Equis?

Cheers, Vitaly


Martin Haesler wrote:

> .....
>
> However, because any indicator that is plotted is displayed right to 
the edge
> of the chart, ie beyond the last day to the edge of the chart, the
> indicator's slope (as it moves towards the next day) can be seen. 
Hence the
> position of the next bar can be anticipated, making a realistic and 
unbiassed
> walk-through the data impossible. eg when using just a simple moving 
average,
> the slope at the far right hand side of the chart will show whether 
the next
> day's bar is high or low.
>
> Regards ... Martin
>
> longtermtrader@xxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > I have been a Windows user for many years ....
>
> > As far as:
> > >>* 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.<<
> >
> > Hold the shift key down when you click on the chart scroll bar and 
it
> > will scroll just one day at a time and show you the indicator only
> > through the current day.







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