I don't know how you work, but when I am trading I like to watch charts. If I have to switch back and forth between TWS or some other order entry package and my charting package, I will lose valuable seconds and make mistakes (like manually entering GG when I meant to enter GGB, for example). Scottrade Elite, Fidelity, TD Ameritrade, E- Trade, TradeStation and as far as I know just about every other broker has an integrated charting and order entry interface. IB offers trading options and advantages I can't get elsewhere, but their charting is terrible. QuoteTracker is too limited and alternatives like eSignal are too expensive. I just know switching back and forth is going to be a lot less efficient than keeping one screen open and clicking on a chart to execute a trade. I think AmiBroker is great in every other respect. I just wish I could get this manual entry screen to work. I'm so busy I don't want to spend any of my spare time to try to figure out how to get it to work, but I guess that's my only option if I want to trade through IB. I might just buy it and play with it, but that's a couple hundred bucks down the drain if I can't get it to work right. What I'm really worried about though is screwing it up and accidentally cleaning out my trading account. That would be a real drag.
Chuck --- In [email protected], "scourt2000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > What do you have to substantially gain by manually entering trades > to IB through Amibroker? Why would you discount its use in trading > just because of this? Do you realize that its capabilities to help > you backtest trading ideas far exceeds the trivial kind of > restriction you're placing on its use? > > I cannot name another piece of software that even comes close to > what Amibroker can do for what you pay. > > There is a SIMPLE answer to your problem. I'm assuming that you > abhor the TWS interface to placing trades manually, including the > use of BookTrader. If that's the case, then just use a free IB > front-end like TSIM+: > > http://www.tradingsimulation.com/index.html > > IMHO, the problem is not with Amibroker. It's that you have not > sufficiently researched your options. There are plenty of front- > ends to trading with IB. Some are free, some want a one-time > donation and others have a monthly fee. I think that the one above > is the best no-strings-attached interface which is completely free. > > If this is still not acceptable, then get TradeStation and, if you > meet their minimum monthly trading requirements, their platform is > free. Of course, you'll have to place all trades through their > brokerage firm but trading is completely integrated into their > charting package. TradeStation has an excellent intraday database > going back years. However, their porfolio backtesting is > dramatically inferior in speed and options to what Amibroker offers. > Please note that this group is for discussion between users only. To get support from AmiBroker please send an e-mail directly to SUPPORT {at} amibroker.com For other support material please check also: http://www.amibroker.com/support.html Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/amibroker/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
