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Hello Alex,
I see your point -- there may be cases of some self-proclaimed gurus not
knowing as much as you think they should. However, the EasyLanguage
specialists I know are competent in EL and TradeStation.
EasyLanguage specialists are not required to know how to program DLL's.
There are about 1/3 of them who know how to write DLL's.
In this business, programming skills are important and required.
However, there are several factors that may be just as important, if not
more.
First, confidentiality is CRITICAL for traders, especially for those
traders who can afford and are willing to pay for programming services.
Most traders choose to work with programmers that they know and trust.
Trading and system development knowledge and experience of the
programmer can really help. The programmer can easily understand and
effectively connect with the client, and contribute ideas and insights
to the client's plans and strategies.
Another factor is the programmer's customer service skill -- not only
deliver a good code timely, but also go the extra mile to help the
client, and make the client happy. Having a great attitude and outlook
helps. As a result, the client comes back with more work and refers
other clients to the programmer.
By the way, there are many TS2000 users, but most paying clients use
TradeStation 8. They see what TradeStation 8 can do for them, not what
it cannot do.
With due respect,
-- Harrison
Alex wrote:
Curiousity question - what defines somebody as an EL/TS "guru" in your
mind?
Reason I ask is because I've noticed these people (self-proclaimed
gurus) charge insanely high rates/hour for their "help", but very
rarely know what's beyond that in the EL manual. I talked to some guy
a long time ago who was charging something insane like $100/hr for his
coding skills, and he had 0 clue how to even build a DLL.
So here I am thinking to myself now - I know C++ (I write most of my
functions in it, don't trust TS with their funky math, esp. since I
refuse to "upgrade" past 200i), I know trading strategies and
analysis, I know EL and TS, I know some visual basic in Excel (mostly
just macros to grab stuff from numbers generated and saved from
tradestation and then do further analysis and print all sorts of
pretty curves and whatnot)), so can I call myself a "super-guru" and
charge $200/hr....haha?
Hmmmmm :D
-Alex
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