RE: Market Timing Hoaxes, Myths, and Scams

["Ron Hudson" <ron@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>  I'm a trading guy. Always have been, always will be. I probably
> forgot more
> about trading than you will ever learn. Like you said, you're a software
> expert.

I admire and respect that.

> Obviously, with the above statements shows that you're a newbie. You've
> never dealt with Omega Research 's Supercharts 2.0/3.0 or TS 3.0, 3.5 or
> 4.0. You've never seen trading signals appear and then mysteriously appear
> (due to memory leaks)...costing you real money. You've never seen systems
> that look so good in backtesting perform dismally in realtime,
> but then show
> you trades that never existed when you restart GS (or remove trades that
> were there in realtime but are now gone).

I've done and seen all of that.

> Wouldn't step in that pile even if TS pay me to do so.

I understand the sentiment. I've stopped participating in TradestationWorld
too, but only because I understand their need to censor the forum. I prefer
a forum like this where we can speak more freely.

> Wealthlab comes close,so does Neotick. What about Behold for Mac
> users? And
> Trading Recipes still has features TS hasn't even come close to matching.
> bob Bolotin Power ST shows a lot of potential....if he can only
> finalize it,
> I'd buy it in a heartbeat.

I agree that competition is a good thing.

> I only use TS because in 1992, it was the only retail product that closely
> matches what was available in some of the trading houses I used
> to work for.
> I got used to it so I kept up with it. But my last TS version is 2ki.

I think you're missing a lot of cool stuff that you'd have with 7.2, but if
you're making money, then I suppose the tool you use doesn't really matter.
I just like having the latest and coolest software.


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