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You can add my name to the list of people complaining about the angry,
"personal attack" type postings populating this group. Overall, the quality
of this group as a learning experience for Metastock is not very good, and
these types of unsavory postings are a large part of that problem. Free
speech is one thing; but for those of us who are serious students of
Metastock and TA this is nothing but noise. I support users rights to
criticize Metastock and Equis; but not the right to criticize each other
personally. It would be really nice if this group had a friendly,
supportive atmosphere; instead of the fearful angry one dominated by
basically 2 groups: first, the "negative, angry" posters; and second, the
super-sophisticated users who don't want to reveal any of the inner workings
of their "secret" systems, but have apparently been on Metastock for a long
time and therefore have some sort of seniority. The latter group discusses
to the nth degree advanced programming concepts that the average user will
probably never be able to even understand, much less use in actual trading.
Never have I seen a trading group that was less conducive to
less-experienced users than this one. There just doesn't seem to be any
middle ground.
Ron Scott
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of ribau@xxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 7:50 AM
To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Ton Maas Slander
Even the kill file doesn't get rid of this guy. One must suffer through the
hot air in the quotes and comments of others. It is indeed a shame that we
cannot learn about MetaStock without being subjected to such anger and
arrogance. I wonder how many other worthwhile contributors have been run
off...looks like the only escape is to quit the list.
>>Wow, I just signed up for the trial and see all this stuff. I had
>>heard that I could get some help understanding the software
>>but I guess not.
>>
>>What a shame!
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: Don LaBarre
>>To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2000 7:39 AM
>>Subject: Re: Ton Maas Slander
>>
>>
>>Because of all the slander I have receive from Ton Maas I will no longer
be
>>sending out my program. Which was a FREE program to help new Metastock
>>users get up and running with real data. Some people on this list feel
that
>>if you aren't giving away formulas or trades then your not contributing to
>>the list. There are many ways to help other Metastock users besides just
>>giving help with formulas. It's just too bad that one or two people have
to
>>ruin it for the majority.
>>
>>I apologize to all the traders that would have liked to use my program.
>>You're free to send Ton Maas a note expressing your feelings on this
>>subject. I, along with many others, have given up!!
>>
>>Don LaBarre
>>Web Developer
>>Visual Basic Programmer
>>www.u2ecom.com
>>www.cedarcreektrading.com
>>www.auto607.com
>>www.conklinplayers.com
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Guy Tann" <grt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>To: "Metastock User Group" <metastock-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2000 3:41 AM
>>Subject: calculations
>>
>>
>>> Don,
>>>
>>> Here's part of what I had in one indicator that I called COMHX01X09.
>>>
>>> COMHX03:= ( FmlVar("COMH-MXX","COMHMXX") - Ref(
>>> FmlVar("COMH-MXX","COMHMXX") , -3 )) / 3;
>>>
>>> COMHX04:= ( FmlVar("COMH-MXX","COMHMXX") - Ref(
>>> FmlVar("COMH-MXX","COMHMXX") , -4 )) / 4;
>>>
>>> COMHX05:= ( FmlVar("COMH-MXX","COMHMXX") - Ref(
>>> FmlVar("COMH-MXX","COMHMXX") , -5 )) / 5;
>>>
>>> COMHX06:= ( FmlVar("COMH-MXX","COMHMXX") - Ref(
>>> FmlVar("COMH-MXX","COMHMXX") , -6 ) ) / 6;
>>>
>>> COMHX07:= ( FmlVar("COMH-MXX","COMHMXX") - Ref(
>>> FmlVar("COMH-MXX","COMHMXX") , -7 ) ) / 7;
>>>
>>> COMHX08:= ( FmlVar("COMH-MXX","COMHMXX") - Ref(
>>> FmlVar("COMH-MXX","COMHMXX") , -8 ) ) / 8;
>>>
>>> COMHX09:= ( FmlVar("COMH-MXX","COMHMXX") - Ref(
>>> FmlVar("COMH-MXX","COMHMXX") , -9 ) ) / 9;
>>> COMHX09;
>>>
>>> The only thing missing is COMHX01 and COMHX02. When running, it works
>>> sporadically or not at all. I cut and pasted COMHX01 and COMHX02 into
>>their
>>> own indicators (which is how I tested them in the first place) and they
>>work
>>> fine. I'm now moving all of these back into individual indicators. I
>>have
>>> no idea why this didn't work since I only had 9 variables. The COMX09;
>>> entry was strictly for plotting purposes so I could check out the
detailed
>>> results (remember, I'm doing a conversion here and need to verify
>>> calculations to 4 decimal places).
>>>
>>> After verifying my calculation results, I delete the final COMHX09
>>plotting
>>> entry. Anyway, why they don't work when contained in one indicator and
do
>>> work when cut and pasted into their own indicator, I have absolutely no
>>> idea.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Guy
>>>
>>> " If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you."
>>>
>>>
>>>
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