I'm enjoyng the discussion but when it peters out why not ask AB support if you can have read only access to the feedback center? It is all there in a searchable format.
--- In [email protected], "caternore" <catern...@...> wrote: > > 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 >
