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There's TradeStation from Omega Research, but based on my experience and
other on the omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx, it is even worse than Metastock in
terms of reliability, cost, and customer service. I'm currently using
www.bigeasyinvestor.com's free charting, filtering package. It doesn't do
back testing yet, but it does a lot of what metastock and Omega Research
end of day stuff does and real time data is coming soon. The big plus is
that it does an awful lot and it is free. The only cost is that you have
to put up with a small advertising bar that appears in the software. -uf
At 04:31 PM 2/17/00 -0600, Raymond Hodge wrote:
>At 11:01 AM 2/17/2000 , you wrote:
>
>>I feel that once a person spends possibly hundreds of hours building,
>>tailoring, and fine-tuning custom indicators and charts in MetaStock, and
>>these can not be readily transferred to any other program, then the cost of
>>switching to another program is just unthinkable.
>>
>>I'm in this situation, and I figure I'm a MetaStocker for life. Period. No
>>turning back.
>>
>>Nicholas
>
>I used to feel the same way, cause I'm in the same boat.
> Unfortunately I've been run over so many times by the MetaStock/Reuters
> steam roller that I'm starting to wonder. Success can go to your head, or
> in this case theirs. And it's getting old.
>
>Isn't there anything else out there that does charting, layouts,
>templates, etc.?
>
>It seems like there's an endless supply of contraptions for helping
>mechanical traders
>but next to nothing for visual traders. I don't understand why that is.
>
>Maybe it's because the newbies and amateurs flock to what looks easy and
>doesn't look like it will require much of their time. Not much training, etc.??
>So they try mechanical first. And then when they flush they are
>embarrassed and
>go away quietly.
>
>I have long heard that the money for these app peddlers is in selling to
>newbies who come and go every few months. Why bother with us successful
>old timers?
>All we buy is upgrades. Besides they probably figure we're locked in anyway.
>
>Doesn't anyone know of an alternative charting app?
>
>Surely there must be something out there somewhere?
>
>Please respond by E-Mail if you fear the beast.
>Thank You, Ray
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