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Mark:


I've come to the sad conclusion that Equis doesn't really care and that
they think they have an exclusive franchise (that is franchise as Warren
Buffett defines it).  If Omega provided better service manuals and online
help, they would take away Equis' market.

Lionel Issen
----- Original Message -----
From: scheier <scheier@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 1999 9:30 AM
Subject: Re: Meta's fib tool


> I shouldn't be surprised to learn this deficiency has been posted to this
list
> before.   I'm a fairly new member.    Once about 2 years ago I got
someone on the
> line at Equis and tried to discuss this issue.   It was clearly an
example of being
> unable to think outside the box.   The box being defined by the lowest
common
> denominator of established technical analysis tools.
>
> If Equis would start thinking in terms of Open Architecture instead of
Predefined
> Terms, they just might be able to leap into the market opportunity left
open by bug
> ridden bench of TradeStation's new releases.   Is anybody listening?
>
> Mark Scheier
>
> "A.J. Maas" wrote:
>
> > Like noted before on this list, I would also prefer to see
> > a user definable Retracement Tool, replacing the irrelivant
> > clumpsy Retracement-tool that is currently available in v6xx.
> >
> > For my preferences I would like to enable it to give lines @  the
> > Decimal-levels (-0-12,5-25-33.3-50-66.7-75-87.5-100+112.5+125+
> > 133.3+150 etc.), and having "optional" checkboxes (eg to switch
> > some of the lines on and off, from time to time, for better chart
readability).
> >
> > Regards,
> > Ton Maas
> > ms-irb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Dismiss the ".nospam" bit (including the dot) when replying and
> > note the new address change. Also for my Homepage
> > http://home.planet.nl/~anthmaas
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: scheier <scheier@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: Metalist <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: dinsdag 7 september 1999 20:28
> > Subject: Meta's fib tool
> >
> > > Concerning limitations of the Metastock fibonacci retracement
> > > tool.   It seems to use these levels: 68%, 50%, 38%, and 25% (75%
> > > from the other end).    Is anyone aware of way to user-modify this
> > > tool?--as in a way to change the 75% to 78% etc.    Has anyone
> > > spoken to designers at Equis about bringing this tool up to date? --
> > > with the work and software of Bryce Gilmore, Robert Miner, Tom
> > > Joseph and about a half dozen other of their industry competitors?
> > > --or is there maybe just a trick I'm unaware of in the latest or
> > > soon-to-be released versions.
> > >
> > > Mark Scheier
> > >
> > >
>
>