A couple of things I have been wanting for years that have not made it into AB yet -
1. Ability to use the Equity() line as feedback when trading NDO. The value of the current bar's equity changes when new data is downloaded and it becomes the next-to-last bar, causing signals to disappear or appear a day late. Would require a tweak to the Equity() function I guess... 2. Ability to do individual opts on a watchlist and then be able to *sort by ticker* I have added a seperate column ( via CBT ) for only the ticker symbol but it won't sort when I click on the header.. I will just mention them once a year or so until TJ runs out of other things to do... 8 - ) Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "caternore" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 6:36 PM Subject: [amibroker] What Can't Amibroker Do? > Hello All, > > I have been trading my own account for about the last eight or so years. > I have gone through the typical cycle of people getting into trading > (buying advice, buying black box system, looking for the holy grail, etc) > and losing money the whole time. Recently ( last 4 years or so) I have > become moderately successful with a intermediate to long term trend > following system that I use on stocks. However I could never break that > barrier to ultimate success (consistency). I have come to relies (right > or wrongly) that a system is more than a pair of entry and exit rules it > must account for money management and position sizing as well(if you guys > would like to add anything that cool). I also relies the limited > capabilities in my (then) current software program Metastock. With > Metastock I had no way to thoroughly back test all of my ideas over a > portfolio of stock to see what would happened. I had no way to program > inside Metastock the various rules that I used to trade stocks. I > believe that of all the things that lead to my inconsistent performance, > the lack of the proper software was probably number 2 contributor to my > current situation (number 1 is me lol). > > As a result I have been researching charting and back testing software, > that I could use to auto trade from for about the last 6 months or so. My > requirements for the new software are in order of importance. > > 1) True Portfolio-Level Back testing. But also with the capabilities to > back test a full system ( entry, exit, money management, position sizing, > etc). > > 2) A good charting interface. > > 3) The ability to Auto trade through my broker. > > In addition to the above I was also looking for > > 1) I needed a program with its own language but robust enough not to limit > me. As I am not a programmer, I did not want to learn a computer > language (c+ etc) for the next 3 or 4 years before I could program my > system. But at the same I am willing to learn. > > 2) Software that can be extended and molded to what I need it to do. > > 3) A good community of people to bounce Ideas off of and to interact with. > > After reading what I could online I decided to buy a few book by a MR. > Bandy and ask a few question on this board. To my surprise it seems as if > Amibroker not only meets these criteria but exceeds them. Which leads me > to my question. What Cant Amibroker do? Put another way what are the > limitation inherent in Amibroker? > > Thank You > ACE > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > **** IMPORTANT PLEASE READ **** > This group is for the discussion between users only. > This is *NOT* technical support channel. > > TO GET TECHNICAL SUPPORT send an e-mail directly to > SUPPORT {at} amibroker.com > > TO SUBMIT SUGGESTIONS please use FEEDBACK CENTER at > http://www.amibroker.com/feedback/ > (submissions sent via other channels won't be considered) > > For NEW RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENTS and other news always check DEVLOG: > http://www.amibroker.com/devlog/ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
