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Walter,
I have been watching from the sidelines as Mark Brown is developing his new
software called Tradeware. Is is attracting quite a bit of interest from
the Omega group. Apparently it is a very open architecture program for
charting that gives the user great ability to customize indicators and
systems in C and VB. This link may helpful for anyone interested in
persuing it.
http://24.0.100.173:5080/twtest1/twcharts.htm
Chuck Wemlinger
----- Original Message -----
From: Daniel Martinez <DanM@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, September 27, 1999 6:38 AM
Subject: Re: Excel 2000 VBa book
> Walter,
> Excel VBa does have possibilities and I do plan to read "Microsoft Excel
2000
> Power Programming with VBa" and "'Special'
> Edition Using Excel 2000." What I like about Excel, while tracking a few
> symbols, is its ability to create custom TA which Metastock cannot. For
> example, if you wanted to combine more than 2-4 symbols for a custom
indicator.
>
> If you aren't already familiar with true visual programming in VB or VC++,
it's
> probably best you stick with Metastock or Excel VBa. Getting results in
> programming can be tedious, especially if you're not experienced.
However, if
> you truly want to program, EBAY has MS Visual Studio 6 Enterprise for only
about
> $250. This has EVERYTHING. It is huge requiring 8 CD's and includes VB6,
VC++
> 6, J++, and more. If I ever get back into programming, and with the
> http://www.FMLabs.com product I just might, this is the package I would
get.
>
> For now I will stick with VBa. However, there are 2 drawbacks to Excel
VBa.
> First, in order to get 8,785 symbols continually updated realtime in
Excel, you
> need the VBa code. The only way to obtain this is to get BMI/eSignal/DBC
to
> cough it up. Without their support, you can pretty much forget it.
Because
> Excel is the standard, I'm pretty sure DBC has the code. If I bothered
them
> long enough, I think they may actually send it to me. <G>
>
> Second, I used Excel VBa to update a small 3 tab spreadsheet consisting of
250
> symbols via the Net and it was pretty slow. It appears that VBa, as with
most
> other macro languages, is rather slow. You would need some major
computing
> power to track even 1,000 symbols. Although considering that Excel is
> inexpensive (and free if you already have it), this is not really that
bad,
> quite good in fact.
>
> The only other product I can think of which gives you realtime alerts
based on
> programmed criteria is Omega Research's $2400 Radar 2000i. Telescan has
its
> $250 ProSearch Alert. However, I believe Telescan's output is at a set
> interval, not true realtime. I think to get realtime alerts it would
probably
> be simpler (and more productive) to use one of these if you can afford it.
>
> Daniel.
>
>
> Walter Lake wrote:
>
> > Hi Daniel
> >
> > With Metastock being a "cash cow" business (as the MBA's describe it)
... no
> > investment and milk it till it dies, Excel continues to look like the
only
> > way to go.
> >
> > It looks like all of the "charting" software companies have totally run
out
> > of ideas as to where the next big direction will go. Once the rush to
> > day-trading (i.e., shorter time frames) is over ... they're dead in the
> > water.
> >
> > Re: Quotes Plus ... even though I don't use it ... John Fritch at
> >
> > http://home.earthlink.net/~jfritch/
> >
> > sent me an email that his large workbook posted at the site is only part
of
> > a much larger workbook that he has for QuotesPlus. He'll respond
directly to
> > your questions.
> >
> > Once memory settles down in price <G> P3-450's etc. should be down to
> > Celeron prices and with gig chips on the horizon all that you mention
will
> > be possible.
> >
> > If I don't learn to program, I'm going to get left in the dust ...
because I
> > can't count of the charting companies to bail me out.
> >
> > Best regards
> >
> > Walter
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Daniel Martinez
> > To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Sent: Saturday, September 25, 1999 11:26 AM
> > Subject: Re: Excel 2000 VBa book
> >
> > I just got "Microsoft Excel 2000 Power Programming with VBa" and
"'Special'
> > Edition Using Excel 2000". Both are about 1,000 pages and have a
CD-ROM. I
> > recommend both. I think with the first book I'll pretty much be able to
> > program whatever I wish into Excel, if I ever actually finish it. One
> > problem is that it won't show you how to directly access the
Quotes-Plus2
> > database or BMI/eSignal RT datafeed. I don't really want to get into
MSFT
> > VC++ or VB programming since it would probably take forever to produce
any
> > meaningful results.
> > For those of you who don't know, if you subscribe to BMI via cable, you
> > would be able to get unlimited tickers. BMI sends all of the tickers at
> > once via cable. Right now the only way I know how to get BMI data into
> > Excel is via a DDE link. This limits the number of tickers, I believe.
If
> > you could tap into the BMI feed directly in Excel, you could
theoretically
> > track every single ticker on Nasdaq and NYSE. You could then set up a
page
> > which would consist of alerts. Of course, you would need a fairly
powerful
> > computer to do this. You would need something on the order of a Pentium
III
> > 500 (or greater) with 256 MB's of memory (or more). Nevertheless, think
of
> > the possibilities for profit this setup would create, even if you only
> > caught a piece of the movement in a stock. The profit potential would
be
> > nothing less than incredible. <G>
> > Daniel.
> >
> > Walter Lake wrote:
> > Hi Guy
> > A VB baby?? ... Right ... you're installing Visual Studio Professional
and
> > I'm struggling away with the "plain vanilla" VB standard version. The
"Black
> > Book" sounds interesting however, will have to check it out.
> > Am totally amazed at the UserForms that can be created using VBA in
Excel.
> > They are so easy to make and add "stuff" too ... I can even use
non-standard
> > colours like "purple" <G> now that I found the colour codes and the
colour
> > palette in the properties section for each UserForm.
> > Hope that you get unblocked soon. I've heard about those nasty "blocks"
that
> > the old guys at the home develop. <G>
> > Best regards
> > Walter
>
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