Re: [amibroker] Can anyone explain Why AmiBrokers instead of Metastock

["Mark H" <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Been there. I still have my MS 8.01 CD and manual on my bookshelf collecting dust. I can sell it to you if you want it :-)
Seriously, AB can do everything MS can offer and MUCH more. MS has somewhat good looking interface and a bunch of marketing people promoting it, but it turns out to be very limiting not only in its formula language and backtesting engine as well. As to their development kit, you have to pay extra for it (they may not respond to you if you are an individual trader, not a company. That's what happened to me)

In the beginning, it may take a bit more effort to get up to speed with AB, but its rich feature set can accommodate your growth in many years to come. Having used or tried half dozen popular TA software on the market, I have not found anything even close to AB.

Just my 2 cent worth of opinion.

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: mytakeismine 
  To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 3:38 PM
  Subject: [amibroker] Can anyone explain Why AmiBrokers instead of Metastock


  Why AmiBrokers instead of Metastock?
  Speed, ease of use, add-ins and plug-ins, richness and maturity

  Speed, Is this 32bit or a 64bit program? will this benefit from dual 
  processors(smp)? 

  Ease of use, Learning curve this verses Metastock, intuitive?

  Add-ins and plug-ins, Can you get more or less with this verses 
  metastock?

  Intuitive, does it easily makes sence the way it was written almost 
  anticipating your needs?

  I am asking this here and at metastock, I have known about Metastock 
  for sometime and am just hearing for the first time about AmiBrokers

  Thanks
  mytakeismine



   
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