Just a thought,
This might be a dumb solution but when I have a lot of studies on a
chart and they overlap making it hard to choose one to change I put
them in layers, unclick the study layer that overlaps and change the
one I want. Click the layer back on and you can look at all of your
studies again.
I use layers also because somtimes I don't want too many things
cluttering up a chart at one time. How many times does a FIB study
cover everything else.
I'd like to know from the original poster what software handles
these "problems" because AB has been the best software I have used
after many years of many different charting programs. Other programs
might be easier to use to start, AB does take more time to learn but
well worth that extra time.
Dave
--- In [email protected], "Tomasz Janeczko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> Hello,o
>
> Regarding #726 -
> It respects the selection but clicking means CHANGING selection.
> If you want to access properties of selected study without
changing selection
> just use Edit->Properties menu or define keyboard shortcut for
that for fast access.
>
> If all studies are put in the SAME place, how AmiBroker
> can tell which one you mean when you are clicking on given X,Y
point?
> Do you know how it works in any software?
> It detects X,Y co-ordinates that you just clicked, then it detects
> which studies exist under given point. If more than one exists
under the
> very same point, it picks first one.
> The only alternative that could be implemented is to pick the last
one
> instead of first.
>
> As for the rest - that would need to be checked.
>
> B est regards,
> Tomasz Janeczko
> amibroker.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dennis Brown" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 6:12 AM
> Subject: [amibroker] Study Charting dare I say bugs...
>
>
> > Friends,
> >
> > AmiBroker is a wonderful program for many things. In fact I use
only
> > a fraction of its total capability for my trading style. I trade
only
> > single ticker (futures) real time and write whole trading
systems just
> > in AFL in indicator mode. This is actually more like the
traditional
> > chart trading that is offered by many brokers.
> >
> > I would expect that AB, which supports all these functions as a
very
> > basic operating mode would be at least as good as other charting
> > programs.
> >
> > However, even though the fundamen tal operations are there (and
I think
> > potentially better), the interface (either design or
implementation
> > bugs --I don't know which) has made it hard for me to use this
product
> > for drawing even basic lines on the charts while trading. In
fact, I
> > need a second chart from my broker's application open to the same
> > ticker just so I can draw lines where I want them even though AB
would
> > be superior at this if it were not for the bugs. This has been
going
> > on with me for over a year now and it is costing me.
> >
> > I have other trading friends that I have recommended try AB in the
> > last week, and I am embarrassed to think what they will say to
me when
> > they figure out that these basic features don't work properly. I
have
> > actually refrained from recommending AB to them for quite a
while --
> > hoping these things would be fixed first.
> >
> > I don't know how many other traders are frustrated by the same
bugs,
> > but if you are, please join the conversation so that Tomasz
knows that
> > this is important to you also and perhaps we can get some higher
> > priority on getting the study charting to work properly.
> >
> > Here is a short list of my frustrating bugs --there are others
on the
> > suggestions and bug lists, but I am only pointing out the ones
that
> > cost profits by either making it very slow to do a simple
operation
> > that makes one lose the trade opportunity, or creates
frustration and
> > emotion which takes one out of the trading "Zone", or makes the
line
> > drawn correctly to become inaccurate causing one to miss the
trigger
> > point for a trade. If I have missed any that you feel are
costing you
> > profits (not the nice to have pre tty things) than please add
them to
> > the conversation.
> >
> > #726. Handles from a selected study line are not respected. Often
> > several lines are anchored or pass through the same pivot points.
> > Price levels, Trend lines, Forks, Fibs, etc., often use a common
pivot
> > point. However, as a trade progresses, new pivots become more
> > important and the lines need to be adjusted in real time. It is
easy
> > to select a study just by clicking on it in a spot where it is
unique,
> > and the handles will appear along the line. However, unlike any
other
> > charting program I have ever used, clicking and dragging on the
> > visible handle will not usually work properly if any other study
> > crosses very close to that handle. The problem is that AB will
grab
> > the earliest drawn study and not the selected one --it will un-
select
> > ; the one you selected and select the oldest one and drag it
instead.
> > After playing around for a few valuable seconds trying to grab the
> > right line, I end up having to move the whole line away from its
> > current location and reposition all its handles. Very
frustrating and
> > takes the time and concentration away from the trading action.
> >
> > #728. Horizontal price levels do not stay horizontal. The
horizontal
> > lines (price levels) do not snap to a bar with the magnet mode on.
> > They just are placed at the cursor level. However, if you click on
> > the line, it jumps to an angled line that snaps to the bar on
the left
> > side of the screen. Its operation is just bizarre and causes
errors
> > in placement of the price level after the fact. Completely
> > unacceptable behavior for trading.
> >
> > #890. Study handles chan ge when off screen. Lets say you have the
> > magnet on and are zoomed out and draw a trend line between two
peaks.
> > Next you zoom in on the trading action so that only the right hand
> > handle is visible on the chart. Now say the prices have advanced
to a
> > new peak and you need to adjust the right handle to the new peak
(this
> > is a very common occurrence). Most of the time, that handle that
is
> > off screen jumps to a new bar position and is no longer on the
peak
> > you selected. Of course that changes the slope of the trend line
to
> > the wrong one, but you never know it when trading and you end up
> > placing bad breakout trades because the line is in the wrong place
> > now. Completely unacceptable behavior for trading.
> >
> > #990. Drag shadow is on the wrong bar. When dragging a study,
there
> > is a thin "shadow" line that show s which bar you have dragged the
> > handles to. However, when the mouse is released, the study gets
moved
> > to a different bar than the one indicated by the shadow. This
wastes
> > valuable time with two or three attempts to figure out which
wrong bar
> > to put the shadow on to get the study to go where you want it.
This
> > is an annoyance.
> >
> > And here is one more that I just found today. If I draw trend
lines
> > on a one minute bar snapped to peaks, then switch to a 5 minute
view,
> > the trend lines are shown on the wrong 5 minute bars. And heaven
help
> > me if I select the line in that view, because it will snap to
these
> > wrong bars.
> >
> > There you have my short list. Please speak up if these issues
affect
> > you.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Dennis
> >
> >
> >
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