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I think that TAS has some of these desired characteristics. Unfortunately
it is not available in a Win 32 bit format. Does anyone know of a similar
program that can read various data formats?
Lionel Issen
----- Original Message -----
From: Tom Strickland <tstrickland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, November 05, 1999 10:22 AM
Subject: Re: Increasing the MetaStock(R) Formula Language with MetaStock 7
> Daniel,
>
> You can't have your ice cream and your money back too! :-) Either you
> must use a simple but limited language such as MetaStock's System Tester
or
> you must use a standard programming language such as C++, Basic, etc.
> Unfortunately, it does take time to learn a programming language, but
there
> seems to be no way around it. If there were, someone would have come up
> with one that vastly simplifies the standard languages used for general
> programming.
>
> MetaStock's approach seems to be better than Omega Research's to deal
with
> more complex systems. Based on previous postings, I gather that the new
> MetaStock Version 7.0 will retain the System Tester but allow us to
> supplement it with more complex instructions written in a compatible,
> standard programming language of our choice. By contrast, Omega Research
> uses its EasyLanguage. It appears to me that it is much more complex than
> System Tester and it's expensive (~$2000). Thus, you have to spend a lot
of
> money to buy it and then spend lots of time learning to use it. Neither
> System Tester nor a full programming language is that expensive, and you
> don't have to spend lots of time learning unless you want to do complex
> systems.
>
> At least, that's the way I see it based upon what we have been told about
> the soon-to-be-available MetaStock Version 7.0. BTW, I have no personal
> interest in Equis except as a MetaStock user, but if they would like to
> send me a large check for this plug, I'll cash it.
>
> Tom
>
>
>
>
>
>
> At 07:08 PM 11/4/1999 -0800, you wrote:
> > Maybe when I'm not full-time trading, not system testing, not
> >learning new TA methods, not learning Elliot Wave... I have been
> >tracking a (much smaller) group of stocks delayed and this is definitely
a
> >way to spot moving stocks during the day. Just my 2¢,
> >Daniel.
> > Walter Lake wrote: Don What you say makes perfect sense ... the
installed
> >base of VB and Excel is
> >huge. What is this "Power Basic" nonsense to mainstream users ... just
more
> >"not really being helpful stuff" to confuse and complicate the issue?
Let
> >me know when your program is ready. I'd be glad to work with someone who
> >is trying not "trying". Best regards Walter
> >
>
>
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