Hmmm... it's interesting that you like to look at charts with different number of bars for each time frame. Maybe you should take that up with support.
I have always looked at charts with price action in mind, so I prefer in a minor way the same number of bars in all time frames. I still think that it's whatever you get used to. You obviously have your eyes trained that way and it seems strange to look at charts that are different. I'm not saying that one is better than the other, but I do not think it is a big deal. I would be interested in what Tomasz has to say. --- In [email protected], "tradinghumble" <sharp...@...> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "booker_1324" <booker_1324@> 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... >
