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Philip,
Yes, Tradestation is an option. I currently own TS4 in addition to Metastock. It does have the
limitation of looking back at only 13,000 bars, which is fine from an EOD perspective, but not so
good on 1 minute or 5 minute data. TS2000i is pricey when purchased new and still a bit buggy,
but eminently capable for testing purposes. Recently, Omega (or Tradestation Technologies as they
are now known) has objected to sales of used Tradestations on eBay, so they've all been pulled.
You might check out AmiBroker if you are doing EOD work. Several Metastock users have said some
very positive things about its capabilities. www.amibroker.com
Another option that I've recently started looking at is NeoTick RT which sells for only $650 for
the realtime version, and $80 for the EOD version. www.tickquest.com This supports VB and
JavaScript which may be an alternative to EasyLanguage.
Finally, if you are so inclined, you might consider the Metastock Developer's Kit. Learning
PowerBasic won't be much different from EasyLanguage, or even Delphi (EL is derived from Pascal)
might not be much different.
That said, EL isn't really that difficult to learn. You'll get deeper and deeper as you need
features, but you'll be building on simpler things that make it easy to start. As an example, for
your entry, the EasyLanguage code is
If YourEntrySignal then buy at High + 1 point Stop;
Dave Nadeau
Fort Collins, CO
--- Philip <pschmi02@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks for the speedy reply, Dave. I guess that translates into "time for
> Tradestation" for me. I have been hesitating because I dread the learning
> curve in TS, and there are still one or two things I'd like to write in
> Metastock. Still, I need to enter on a stop and the work-around you describe
> sounds even more challenging.
>
> Best regards,
> Philip
>
> Dave Nadeau wrote:
>
> > Philip,
> >
> > Regrettably, no, not in the System Tester. (I own up through V7.03--based
> > on what I've heard about V7.2,it hasn't changed in this regard.) If you
> > really wanted to do this, you're probably looking at writing a .dll in
> > Powerbasic, Delphi, or C++ and doing it all outside of Metastock--and
> > returning the results to be charted or reported in an Exploration.
> >
> > Dave Nadeau
> > Fort Collins, CO
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Philip
> > > Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2001 7:20 PM
> > > To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: System testing
> > >
> > >
> > > I am running MS 6.52. When performing a system test, is there any
> > > way to enter
> > > on a stop the next day? If not, has this been built into any subsequent
> > > releases?
> > >
> > > Philip Schmitz
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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