--- In [email protected], "booker_1324" <booker_1...@...> wrote: > > tradinghunble, no I am not overlooking those software packages. I have used > QT and consider it more of a toy for that very reason. It's been a while > since I have used Stockcharts and Bigcharts and even then it was only to > check the closing prices. The others that you mentioned are either limited or > come up short of the power of Amibroker. I still do not know why you would > want to display a set number of bars. Maybe I am missing something. Could you > enlighten me as to the advantage of using a set number of bars? > > --- In [email protected], "tradinghumble" <sharp2be@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "booker_1324" <booker_1324@> wrote: > > > > > > I use 3 different software packages and none of them have a set number of > > > bars for the chart. All have buttons to expand or contract the number of > > > bars and I really do not understand why it should be any other way. You > > > must have cut your eye teeth on one that does and have an adjustment to > > > make. Old habits are hard to break. > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "tradinghumble" <sharp2be@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Every charting software out there has some way to say I want to display > > > > bars from xx/xx/xx to xx/xx/xx or say last 3 months, 6 months, 2 years, > > > > etc... on a chart-by-chart basis... I always wondered why this is not > > > > available in Amibroker. > > > > > > > > Am I missing something here? Most people don't need it ? I find it very > > > > annoying to have a layout with multiple charts, different time frames > > > > and having to readjust every chart to my favorite number of bars > > > > everytime I open Amibroker (as it will load the number of bars defined > > > > in Parameters)... > > > > > > > > Has anyone here found a workaround for this? Thanks in advance > > > > > > > > > > > Booker - you may be overlooking a few software packages out there including > > some well know names such as Tradestation and QuoteTracker (as an example), > > Ninja Trader would be yet another example... if you want to also have a few > > web-based charting packages please look at www.stockcharts.com, > > www.prophet.net or even the oldest of them all www.bigcharts.com ... hope > > this helps you. > > >
Booker, one of the reasons I'm like the functionality of limiting the number of bars but also "persisting/remembering" when I re-open the charting software is simply consistency. Couple of examples: When you build a layout with a daily, weekly and sometime intraday charts I like for example to have the daily charts set at 6 months, weekly at 2 years and 15-minute at 4 days... when I close Amibroker all the charts will be displaying the "same" number of bars (as set in the preference dialog)... not to mention that everytime I switch to a different layout it will also happen... here is another example -- say you want to setup a layout with about 10-20 small daily charts which will help getting a picture of these instructions "at a glance" -- I normally want to look at them OHLC, 1 year chart... guess what, when I restart Amibroker they will all be back to the "parameters setting".. and when I switch to my "intraday monitoring" layout it will all be reset as well... The functionality I just described is present in QT, Tradestation, NinjaTrader and (I am 80% sure) Metastock... Finally I love to say I really enjoy Amibroker and is by far one of the most powerful TA chart out there at the moment... however, the functionality I just describe is "essential" to trades who look at multiple instruments/timeframes at once, otherwise it would not be present in other packages... Hope this helps and please don't take as a criticism to AB...
