Hello Keith Thanks for the info. I've read both books of Howard. Like you, I was disappointed w/ the first book. I'm not an entirely new guy to trading. I've been around the blocks a few times, working for several big firms before start trading for myself. Prior to that, I've used TradeStation since 1995. As far as Technical Analysis goes, I know a thing or two about it. What draws me to Amibroker and away from TradeStation is its AFL. Although I don't know much about it yet, I can tell that this language is better than most. And if I spend the energy learning it now, that would probably be the only one I'll ever need.
Anyway, what I'm looking for in the market these days is a book simple enough to teach traders w/ some trading experience under their belt, but lack the coding know-hows to express their ideas in terms of a programming language. I can safely say that the majority of traders severely lack the programming skills to express their trading ideas, and/or testing them ADEQUATELY in a trading platform. My wish is that if someone in here or else where who is fluent in AFL to write a book about coding AFL in ENGLISH (please) with plenty of examples and lots of explanations. The examples illustrated the concept while the explanations drive home the points being made. I find out that the best learning technique is imitation. If I can follow what's being coded and replicated them on my own, I'll remember it longer. I'm sure that if somebody comes out w/ a book like that in any scripting language whether that is EasyLanguage of TradeStation or AFL of Amibroker, it would sell like hot cakes. In today's market, there is no such a book exists. s, "Introduction to > Amibroker" or "Quantitative Trading Systems". > > "Introduction to Amibroker" is mostly a rehash of the User Guide, and > therefore I personally don't recommend it. I may stand alone with this > opinion -- many others rave about it. I bought this book, was a bit > disappointed, but am not complaining because the one below is worth more > (to me) than the cost of the two combined. > > "Quantitative Trading Systems", is more advanced. But it contains many > more examples and the code for them is available to buyers of the book > on the book's web site. Each of examples focuses on a single topic and > is very well documented. Going through these examples on your computer > (and modifying them as you wish) will keep you focused as well. > > Howard is writing a third book and I will order it as soon as he lets me. > -- Keith >
