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Take a look at AmiBroker. http://www.amibroker.com
It's a work in progress, but cheaper than a Metastock
upgrade.
You can use jscript, vbscript, write dll's and even
access some visual basic dlls.
--- David Jennings <DavidJennings@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> That's not an easy question. There is certainly a
> lot one can do with power
> basic. However, if you want a system optimisation
> with lets say upto six
> variables and test combinations of setups entries
> and exits over a large
> portfolio, then such an optimisation by brute force
> is going to take you for
> ever. So I guess, I wouldn't start from Metastock.
> Have a read of Katz &
> McKormick's Encyclopaedia of Trading Strategies.
> This has quite few good
> ideas on portfolio testing & genetic optimisation in
> particular. If it were
> me starting out, I'd probably export the data from
> MetaStock and then
> develop a trading strategy testing tool in either
> Visual Basic as being
> quick or Visual C++ being more efficient.
>
> Not sure if I've helped.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ara Kaloustian" <ara1@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 11:07 PM
> Subject: Re: Power Basic programming-metastock
>
>
> > David,
> >
> > Would Power Basic allow one to implement back
> testing with multiple stocks
> > and extend Metastock functionality that way?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Ara
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "David Jennings"
> <DavidJennings@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: "William Malone" <wmalone@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 10:41 AM
> > Subject: Re: Power Basic programming-metastock
> >
> >
> > > William,
> > >
> > > I have taken the liberty of copying my reply to
> the list as it might
> just
> > > help others.
> > >
> > > Power Basic has a user manual that is
> downloadable or at least I think
> it
> > > is. They also have a number of examples on their
> web site. There is also
> a
> > > book available for free - PC Magazine's BASIC
> Techniques and Utilities.
> > > Can't remember if this is downloaded separately
> or comes when you
> purchase
> > > Power Basic 32 bit DLL. Can't say I've really
> needed either - It's truly
> > > that straight forward.
> > >
> > > I'd also have a look at Kaufman's book Trading
> systems and methods -
> this
> > > will give you a good source of formulae etc.
> They are often laid out for
> > > TradeStation so they will translate fairly
> easily into PowerBasic. For
> > > mathematical methods, I'd heartily recommend
> Numerical Recipes from
> > > Cambridge University Press http://www.nr.com/.
> Mathematical purists
> often
> > > quibble over some of the implementations, but
> for the sums I do it's
> fine.
> > > Years ago, there used to be a version of it for
> basic. You might find
> one
> > on
> > > e-Bay or similar and it would be worth
> purchasing if you are thinking of
> > > serious computation.
> > >
> > > I have attached a copy of the code for the 32
> bit version of the T3
> > moving
> > > average as a straightforward example. I use the
> code as as a template
> for
> > my
> > > own work as some of the bits are standard e.g.
> Libmain and Wep
> > >
> > > You'll notice, that there are two calls to the
> DLL - the first is the
> > > initialisation, and the second does the
> calculation on each bar.
> > >
> > > Shout if I can help further.
> > >
> >
>
>
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