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--- "John O. Romero" <jromero@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> We all get really pissed at TS and it's bugs and
> quirks. At some point each
> of us needs to bite the bullet and put Omega behind.
Ok then, cut the girlie routines and let's cut to the
beef: current rankings of best backtesting + realtime
charting programs. I'll go first.
#1 Metastock Pro
#2 Neoticker (never used, just based upon your words)
#3 Tradestation Pro
#4 http://www.Ravenquote.com
#4 http://www.cqg.com
#5 Tradestation 2000i
#6 http://www.linnsoft.com
#7 http://www.lmt-expo.com
What I am saying here is that if I had the balls to
translate my Easylanguage routines that my first pick
would be Metastock.
Jack
> Is it a pain to
> convert your code from EL to VB - yes, but not a
> huge pain as VB is very
> similar to EL. EL is a take off of Pascal. The wrost
> part is rechecking
> your logic. as you now have to make sure all of your
> logic, you once
> thought was good is really sound. For instance - if
> you have values in a
> function that need to be recalced every bar, there
> are certain conditions
> when this will not occur. Or Omega, changing the
> sequence in which
> functions are calculated, based on simple/series or
> some such other reason.
> I don't remember all of the "stuff" why things were
> weird, but I reached a
> point and found a product that had the capabilities
> I needed / wanted and a
> price I liked.
>
>
> Take a look at NeoTicker, they just released V2
> which includes the ability
> to write trading systems, and backtesting. There is
> a 30 day trial and then
> purchase is only $650 (currently) . You can program
> in VB, Java, C, C++ or
> any other 32 bit language you choose. IT is very
> similar in TS4 with
> multiple windows, multiple, subgraphs (called panes)
> and multiple
> workspaces (called groups). They are open to
> suggestions from users.
>
> I have posted this before and I promise this will be
> the last time.
>
> NeoTicker is a realtime product for $650 and their
> EOD is only something
> like $89.
>
> www.tickquest.com NeoTicker
>
> The usual. I am not affiliated with TickQuest - just
> a happy customer.
>
> John
>
>
> At 12:38 PM 7/18/2001, James Lillard wrote:
> I have been wondering if the time has come for a
> great many of the readers
> of this news-group to find a another charting
> toolbox?
>
> I agree with all of you, that TS2000i has far to
> many bugs. I really think
> that the product will never get out of BETA testing,
> and we all paid to be
> testers. I no longer even bother reporting bugs to
> TRAD, because I have
> lost confidence in them ever being fixed.
>
> Currently, I am not using any of the TS build-in
> indicators and only a very
> few of the built-in functions. I find that
> EasyLanguage is far from being
> easy or bug free, and EL is at the very heart of TS
> and cannot be ignored.
> Example: Try to plot anything custom on a chart
> without using EL. I don't
> think it can be done using a DLL. Between the bugs
> in EL and the charting
> engine, I have just about had it with TradeStation.
>
> So, on August 17, 2001, I am going to the Online
> Trading conference/show in
> Washington D.C. with the express purpose of looking
> at other charting tools.
> I would enjoy meeting face-to-face with other
> news-group-readers if they are
> going to be in the area. BTW - TRAD will be at the
> show showing the new
> TradeStation Platform product.
>
> What is you opinion?
>
> James Lillard
>
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