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I think they face a problem of balancing the desires of the really active TA
users and traders and those of a majority of their customers, who have never
tapped the power of the software.
Some only chart the stocks they own (investors), a majority probably never
perform system test, period. So many have not applied themselves to learning
the theories of TA, if it is not "canned" in the program, they don't use it.
The "power" users are in the minority.
Speak out about the deficentcies and show there are enough users that want
a change. Here comes MSWIN RT. and we are stuck with one data source,
Signal. Why didn't they use the universal data server process and give us
at least 5 sources? I remain amazed at their decisions, yet I applud their
charting, formula building features.
Questions of the week to Equis? Why should there be a limit placed on the
number of files in a directory? Why can't you like Advanced Get use a simple
technique to draw all Metastock files into your program by their location?
So by typing symbol, any of 18,000+ charts can be put in seconds.
When and how will MSWIN become Y2K compliant? Will we be restricted even
more to the limited choice of data vendors by your "fix"? Will we be
blackmailed to use only vendors that have a business relationship with
Equis?
Richard Estes
-----Original Message-----
From: David Walton <davidwalton@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Monday, July 27, 1998 1:20 AM
Subject: Re: Is MetaStock for Real Traders?
>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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