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Hello Barry,
I have been using PowerST since March - it does all you ask. The only
thing not in your list is that it uses C++ as the coding language, and
it is powerful!
I'm using it on Pinnacle ASCII EoD data.
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Best regards,
Ross mail to: ross.bond@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Tuesday, November 19, 2002, 1:38:22 PM, you wrote:
BK> There is a long thread in progress on this list about replacements for TS.
BK> But these messages have been specifically directed to day trading. There
BK> must be many like me who EOD trade funds and indexes and who's systems change
BK> direction say between 5 and 50 times a year. Our needs are different than
BK> commodity day traders.
BK> What I am looking for is:
BK> Good EOD charting like TS, but even better.
BK> Can include system and its chartable indicators in same source code file.
BK> Compress to show up to 10 years daily equity curve in chart window.
BK> Variety of back testing and optimization options - normal and walk
BK> forward.
BK> Sharpe, Ulcer Index, and other summary built in reports.
BK> Customizable built in reports.
BK> Built in reports, commission and slippage allowance more oriented to
BK> percentage gain/loss than to $ gain/loss.
BK> Multiple data streams (like TS) for inter-market analysis.
BK> Scroll through / backtest / optimize up to 50 years of EOD bars, up to
BK> 10 data series per system.
BK> A darn good high level language with: subroutines and not just
BK> functions; global variables; powerful like PowerBasic or TurboPascal;
BK> not for novices.
BK> Compile from ASCII source so I can use my favorite programmer's text
BK> editor. I want to keep source files in ASCII and not have to copy -
BK> paste to an oddball format like ELA - ELS.
BK> Import EOD data from DialData. Any suggestions for better EOD data?
BK> Import EOD data from ASCII files.
BK> Faster optimization engine, and with more options than TS.
BK> If language is not powerful or compiled code is not blazing fast, then
BK> allow DLL hooks so systems and indicators can be programmed with
BK> PowerBasic or other DLL compiler.
BK> Switch between two securities based on position - example: SPY when
BK> long and interest from a short term yield fund when not long.
BK> 32 bit program. Virtually no user code size limit.
BK> No Y2K blowout in say year 2020.
BK> Double precision float.
BK> I deal with only a few dozen indexes and funds so don't want the
BK> TS bloat of a security scanner or a server.
BK> So, what are good TS replacements slanted to the intermediate term EOD
BK> trader?
BK> Barry.
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