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John:
There will always be frustrations when you push an application to its
limits. By their nature, investors and traders will always demand more in
order to get that little extra edge from an idea or system. MetaStock has a
lot of limitations, but it's surprisingly stable. No matter what, though,
we will always expect more and push the software developer to deliver it.
Despite our expectations and how we abuse their software (and, yes, even in
spite of my own whining), I must say that Equis's technical support team
stands head and shoulders above the competition.
I suppose the answer to your original question is, it depends on your
requirements. I don't know your background, so I'll assume you're just
getting into this stuff. If you're looking for an entry level end-of-day
application, spend some time with TeleChart2000 if it's still free. The
next step is more complex end-of-day system development, and I'd suggest
MetaStock EOD 6.52. For an intraday, realtime platform, you'll have to
spend some money and *a lot* of time to see what's right for you --
there's TradeStation (lurk in their email list before you commit) and
MetaStock Pro, of course, but also check out TraderWare. For the more
leading-edge stuff, you'd have to talk to the Excel, Visual Basic and neural
net gurus here.
Oh, and a lot of education in between each step. Entry systems are only one
small component in an overall plan.
----- Original Message -----
From: John Jarvi <jkjarvi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2000 10:59 PM
Subject: Re: Is MetaStock worth it?
> If you don't mind me asking, how do you explain the discontent of some
> of the forum members? They seem to think the support is poor and the
> product has engineering deficiences.
> Thank you.
>
> Rajat Bose wrote:
>
> > Though you have put up the question at Metastcok forum
> > where most participants would be favourably
> > predisposed towards the product, however, I can vouch
> > for the product--this is definitely value for your
> > money and time. Being a user of both Omega
> > TradeStation and MetaStock, I can say MetaStock is
> > definitely a better choice than TS2000 not just by
> > support but by features and ease of use. TS2000 scores
> > over MetaStock only in case of system development and
> > testing.
> >
> > Thx.
> >
> > Rajat K Bose
> >
> > --- John Jarvi <jkjarvi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > This is my first day receiving emails and I read
> > > about an unresponsive
> > > sales department and a partially non functional
> > > product. I am still in
> > > the trial period. Is there another product that I
> > > should consider? The
> > > monetary investment in MetaStock isn't too bad but
> > > the time investment
> > > could be costly if the company isn't offering
> > > support. What about Omega?
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