Hi Ron, This may not be what you are looking for given that you think of Quicken and the others you mentioned as position management software. Personally I characterize them as personal finance management tools, not trade or position management software.
But if it is trade and position management software you are interested in (at least to my way of thinking), check out Orchid Technologies' ManusRisco, http://manusrisco.orchidtech.com/manus/index.asp . Not free, but an excellent tool for both the professional and private trader, which can help you not only manage your positions, but examine and analyze your trading. If on the other hand you are simply looking for something that will allow you to record your historical trades, track you profit and loss, assist in computing your estimated quarterly tax payment and generate a 1040 D-1 list of trades, then I personally prefer a spreadsheet. I've written such and it isn't difficult to maintain (and I do hundreds of trades a year) if you stay on top of it daily or at leas weekly. The IRS has been accepting my printout as a substitute D-1 (about 50 pages year before last) without problem. Years ago I used Quicken, but after it hiccupped and corrupted over six months of accounts (including every backup I tried to open or import), I said good by and good riddance. Peace and Justice --- Patrick ----- Original Message ----- From: Ron To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 2:34 PM Subject: [amibroker] Re: Position management systems Or do folks use the broker provided tools? Which would work well if you have one broker or one broker per strategy. Mixing and matching strategies and brokers would get complicated. --- In [email protected], "Ron" <rond...@...> wrote: > > I'm curious what people are using for position management. I've been using Excel for a short time but I can see it will become unwieldy over time. I've looked at AceMoney, Quicken and MoneyDance. Anything else I should consider? > > Regards, > > Ron > ------------------------------------ **** 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
