> I'm thinking about starting a free afl consulting service to bridge >the gap > between simple questions and answers on this board and a >full blown > professional paid consultancy. If you have a well defined >problem, and you > dont want the full confidentiality of a >professional consulting service. You > could consider this.
That would be awesome .... incredibly altruistic.... people will be beating a path to your door. In my experience <5% on the net are givers at any point in time (most are too busy with jobs/family etc). You would put Graham out of business though! As an aside .... I am predicting that within a decade an open source stockmarket program will be in the top 5 list ... I think I know which one it will be too. You can't beat the power of open community effort ... the verdict is already in. --- In [email protected], "Paul Ho" <paul.t...@...> wrote: > > A few points to consider > 1. Use the code wizard as your teacher when you're new > 2. In our country, we spend 12 years of our lives in basic education, and yet > in afl learning, we expect success in weeks. Give yourself time. > 3. Ask specific questions, but be prepared to do most of the work. Think > about the amount of work you want someone else to do for you in order to > help, is that in proportion to the efforts you put in? If you ask earnest > questions, you will get earnest answers. > 4. I'm thinking about starting a free afl consulting service to bridge the > gap between simple questions and answers on this board and a full blown > professional paid consultancy. If you have a well defined problem, and you > dont want the full confidentiality of a professional consulting service. You > could consider this. > Paul. > --- In [email protected], "brian_z111" <brian_z111@> wrote: > > > > Louies88, > > > > We took the discussion a lot further than you required ... I hope we didn't > > confuse you. > > > > I have been involved in ongoing discussions over training issues, in the > > forum, and with Tomasz, ever since I joined the forum (others have been > > involved since before my time). > > > > As you can see, some of us are a little passionate over the subject. > > > > Tomasz has introduced a lot of 'training' features over the last 3 years. > > > > A few important points we forgot to mention: > > > > - most of the people who are intent on becoming experts with AFL take the > > posts from this board, as emails, and save them in a threaded emailer to > > build up a referenced database ... many of them have years of categorized > > threads. > > > > - re an AFL book ..... Tomasz has actually written an AFL book ... it > > comprises everything under AmiBroker Formula Language in the help manual. > > The fact that people like me are arguing with Tomsasz about the fine print > > creates the impression that 'The Book' isn't good ... that isn't true ... > > it is quite good and if you keep going back to it AND gradually learn it, > > especially the functions, in detail, you will learn an awful lot about > > programming in AFL i.e. the function reference forms the bulk of 'The Book'. > > > > - everyone specializes ... no two traders agree on anything very often > > ..... if and when you want to specialize there are experts in the forum on > > a wide range of subjects (AFL, stats for traders, otpimization, data, > > autotrading etc). > > > > - IMO you have to give yourself permission not to learn it all and don't > > feel intimidated because you are not proficient in all of the fields that a > > trader can specialize in. > > > > > > No one is always right. > > > > After the discussion I haven't chnaged my position very much, if at all, > > and Tomasz probably feels exactly the same way ... I did learn some more > > about AFL though. > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "louies88" <Louies88@> wrote: > > > > > > I think Amibroker is great, especially its AFL. Although I don't know > > > enough about it to claim that it's superior than most other scripting > > > languages out there, I know for a fact that this is one of the best. That > > > also begs the question of how a person w/ virtually no programming > > > background can get started w/ AFL. I followed this forum long enough to > > > note that some of you in here are excellent coders. The codes that I > > > often see are flawless and eloquent, which then makes me think how long > > > does it take a coding newbie such as myself to attain that coding level. > > > > > > I look at it this way. Coding a computer language is pretty similar to > > > learning a foreign language. I remember how my first English class went. > > > I started out by learning a few basic vocabulary words, then use some of > > > it in the form of a noun, then a verb, finally an object. Sentence > > > structures, or in computer language better known as syntax, govern if a > > > sentence is grammatically correct or if it's not. With that in mind, I > > > also started out by looking at the AFL Library in Amibroker. I downloaded > > > all of the functions in the hope of building myself an Amibroker > > > vocabulary and started to put some of the basic vocabulary words together > > > to make a "sentence." > > > > > > However, since there isn't any kind of document FORMALLY teaching the ABC > > > of coding in Amibroker, I'm left w/ a question how does Amibroker syntax > > > work? Some of the experienced coders here often compare AFL syntax to > > > that of C++. But for a person w/ neither background in AFL or C++ or any > > > other computer langugae, the question remains: How do I get start? > > > Where's the square one? > > > > > > Anybody w/ such experience is highly appreciated if he/she's willing to > > > shed a light on this. > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > >
