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Dennis Lipter wrote:
>
> 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
All Equis has to do is incorporate the ability of MS to use to recognize
lists of stocks. Then it would be easy to create different lists of
stock QUICKLY and sreen through them QUICKLY using capabilities already
incorporated in MS. Having to create separate directories to create
such temporary lists shorts the program.
Bruce Slomka
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