RE: [Metastockusers] Metastock

["Lionel Issen" <lissen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

<FONT face=Arial 
size=2>Henry:
<FONT face=Arial 
size=2> 
Thanks for your 
comparison with other programs.
<FONT face=Arial 
size=2> 
You have touched on 
some of the reasons why in spite of is shortcomings many of us continue to 
use Metastock.
<FONT face=Arial 
size=2> 
Some of the 
complaints abut MS have been going on since version 5. The number of 
complaints greatly increased since version 6. Equis management have not 
made enough effort to meet these criticisms. Amibroker, which seems to be a 
very small shop, frequently responds to support questions within a few 
hours.  They have rapidly added requests for new features and corrected 
bugs without any excuses why it cant be done. 
<FONT face=Arial 
size=2> 
The Metastock 
interface is good which makes it easy to learn, but the programming language is 
too limited.  The pluggins seem to be designed to extract money from the 
users. They can rapidly increase the cost of the program  from $499. to 
several $K. According to users, most or all of these pluggins are 
inadequate.
<FONT face=Arial 
size=2> 
The Technical 
analysis Scanner (TAS) was available until 1999. This 
program corrected many of the problems with Metastock and was easy to 
use. Unfortunately the owner couldn't make the transition to Windows and 
Equis would not support the program even to refusing to list it in their 
catalog. That's now ancient history.
<FONT face=Arial 
size=2> 
To sum up, Metastock 
bashing was created by Equis' none responsiveness to users requests for 
improvements.
<FONT face=Arial 
size=2> 
Happy New Year and 
good trading.
<FONT face=Arial 
size=2> 
<FONT face=Arial 
size=2>Lionel
<FONT face=Arial 
size=2> 
<FONT face=Arial 
size=2> 
 
 
 

<FONT face=Tahoma 
size=2>-----Original Message-----From: Henry Z Kaczmarczyk 
<henry1224@xxxxxxxxx> [mailto:henry1224@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: 
Wednesday, January 01, 2003 6:14 AMTo: 
Metastockusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxSubject: [Metastockusers] 
MetastockYesterday was an amazing day for MS Bashers, 
while not all of the complaints were about the program itself, most of them 
were about the way MS handles the resale of their product. I have not heard 
of anyone mentioning the fact that MS could be loaded on more than one 
pc, try that with AGet, DT4, BioComp Profit, Patternsmasher,Neureshell 
trader, MurreyMath.The add-ons come with a lot of hype, but very little 
promise.I personally didn't like the way MS bundled the latest Version 8.0 
with the demo of Pivots Point, I thought that I was getting new 
indicators but what I really got were little black boxes with little 
documentation.I would like metastock work on Optionscope to become 
more user friendly.the comparisons between MS and other programs are 
a good starting point.MS Language VS Tradestation Easy language: MS 
only allows 20 variables in one indicator, no data arrays, no limit to the 
number of plotted lines, 2000 indicators, 2000 system tests, 2000 experts, 
2000 explorations. Tradestation:you need a degree in programing just to 
plot an indicator, only allows 4  plots per indicator, 1000 
indicators,highlights, systems, can only test one system on one stock at 
a time unless you really ante up and buy an add- on from Rina 
Systems.AGet has now been purchased by ESignal: has some nice Indicators 
but the program is based on the trading techniques of Tom Joseph.It 
only allows for simple or expotential MA's, It has the regular Stoch, 
RSI,CCI etcbut you cannot create your own indicators,highlights, experts or 
systems tests.PS it doesn't have alerts.DT4 is based ot the 
trading style of Robert Miner, and it to has 20 or so regular indicators but 
it has the same limitations as AGet you cannot create your own 
indicators,highlights, experts or systems tests. DT3 used to work in RT but 
now you have to lease it on a yearly basis for RT.All programs 
have good and bad points.It should be What program is making ME 
MONEY!   HenryTo 
unsubscribe from this group, send an email 
to:Metastockusers-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxYour use 
of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the <A 
href="http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/";>Yahoo! Terms of Service. 







Yahoo! Groups Sponsor


ADVERTISEMENT



<img
src="http://us.a1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/a/am/ameritrade/120402_am_ban_off_x82_x_300x250_6.gif"; width=300 height=250 border=0>











To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
Metastockusers-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxx





Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.