Hi Howard I am looking forward to your book for any help, my hang-up is with writing basic AFL for indicators. My understanding and comprehension is shy of my desire or what I want to do is beyond my capabilities (well that sums up my life). I have read and reread but I still feel I'm missing chapter 1.
I visited your web site about the new book... I may be off base but I think most are able to "set up" the program but to really use it you need the programming skills. I know it's late in the game with an early 2008 release but I do hope you can address some of the basics in regards to programming with AFL. Thanks Kim J --- In [email protected], "Howard Bandy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Angelo -- > > Thanks for the encouragement for my new book -- Introduction to > AmiBroker. I have started a new thread to get away from the > "difficulty of AFL" thread. > > You all know my feelings -- AmiBroker is clearly the best choice for a > trading systems development platform. My book is intended to make it > as easy as possible for as many people as possible to become competent > users of AmiBroker. > > There is always a conflict between accessibility and completeness. > Introduction to AmiBroker is intended to be useful to people who have > absolutely no experience with AmiBroker, and perhaps little experience > with any programming language and little experience with trading > systems or even charting. > > Should a book present the basics in enough detail so that everyone can > get started and use the most common features of AmiBroker? Or should > it present all of the features of AmiBroker, even though that will > make the book longer, heavier, more expensive, more overwhelming to a > new user, and very likely to slip out-of-date quickly? > > I am leaning toward the former -- a book that presents the basics in > enough detail to get everyone started and reasonably proficient. My > thoughts are that AmiBroker is having its set of features expanded > regularly, and that no printed text can stay current and explain > everything, including screen captures and examples. Covering the > basics in detail is more valuable to new users than covering topics > such as Custom BackTester and creation of dlls in an introductory book. > > I believe that there is a place for, and there may be a market for, a > book describing the advanced features of AmiBroker. But I am thinking > that is a separate book. Those of you who have read Quantitative > Trading Systems will note that I have focused on the development and > testing of trading systems, but used many of the advanced features of > AmiBroker to illustrate. I believe that advanced features are best > described in the context of specific examples such as these. > > Most of the people reading these posts are already well into > AmiBroker, so your comments are from a group that has already had a > mostly successful experience. But I would appreciate constructive > suggestions from anyone who has thoughts and opinions about this. > > The writing of Introduction to AmiBroker is well under way. I expect > to have copies available early 2008. > > Thanks, > Howard > www.quantitativetradingsystems.com > www.blueowlpress.com >
