Thank you all for your kind advice, testimonials and encouragement. If I didn't try it in earnest now, I would feel really bad!
Let me get my programming fingers really dirty in the next weeks to mo9nths and I'll come back with any questions and frustrations to you. There will probably be a lot of the latter... ;-) Samantha --- In [email protected], "ozzyapeman" <zoopf...@...> wrote: > > Hi Sam, > > I will chime in here as well, as someone who was in exactly in your position > exactly nine months ago. I couldn't program anything, and desperately wanted > to kick start a trading business. I came to the conclusion that the only way > I could do that would be to learn Amibroker and AFL. > > I bought Howard Bandy's books, and paid a modest sum to have a couple of > systems coded by Graham K.. Then I just sat in front of my computer screen > for the last 9 months, full time, and just kept trying out different things. > Anytime I was stuck, which was often, I posted to this board. As long as you > are willing to do your homework, you will find many kind volunteers here who > will help you out. > > Even to this day, I still post my amateurish debugging questions, and there > is always someone (usually Mike) who spots the bug and sets me straight. > > It does take effort, though. AFL is a full blown programming language. And > for a non-programmer (like I was) it can often be tough. Can't tell you how > many times I was about to throw in the towel. > > But now, nine months later, I have a full blown automated trading system, > many hundreds of lines of code, that is capable of trading 24/7. > > Of course actually making a profit...well, I'm still working on that. Almost > there... ;-) > > > --- In [email protected], "Carl Vanhaesendonck" <carl.van@> wrote: > > > > Samantha, > > > > > > > > Having used tradestation easylanguage for long years I was like you at > > first; I have only one advice: persist with your efforts because it is much > > worthwile: AFL language is much more powerful AND easy than anything I have > > known before. Once you "get" it you will want no other program. Usually when > > I have a trading idea while in my car or cutting the lawn in my garden it is > > only a matter of few minutes to translate it into AFL and see it on my > > charts. And I am NOT a programmer kind of person. > > > > > > > > Try again! > > > > > > > > Carl > > >
