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Ivo
"
Of course,
> > they call
> > their formula-building capability also a "language", but it
> > has not evolved
> > out of the cave yet - you will get very frustrated if you
> > want to program
> > anything more than a simple indicator.
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I donot agree on this statement : i have a complicated indicator
system working Realtime in MS.
Theo Lockefeer.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ivo Karindi" <ivo@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 7:38 PM
Subject: RE: new user questions
> Similar topic just came up on TradeStation list. Anyway, this is what I
had
> to say about it then. I understand that Metastock also has the DLL
> capability, but in my opinion in order to get to the functionality level
of
> TS, you may need some major software development in C++ or VB. TS Pro,
> however, is supposed to solve the data problems.
>
> Ivo
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ivo Karindi [mailto:ivo@xxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Friday, December 22, 2000 10:17 AM
> > To: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: TradeStation Pro Review
> >
> >
> > Metastock 7.0 is extremely easy to use - very user-friendly.
> > I do not use
> > it very often, but I have never met with any bugs. It has
> > very good data
> > reliability, you can get continuously corrected real-time
> > quotes. TS is on
> > the other side of the spectrum. Expext numerous bugs,
> > shortcomings, it's
> > sometimes pretty cumbersome to use, sometimes does very odd
> > things that can
> > only be fixed by rebooting. And quite bad real-time data
> > capability as
> > well.
> >
> > All said, TS has tremendously more functionality. In
> > EasyLanguage, you can
> > actually *program* whatever you want. And if there's even
> > more that you
> > want, you can write your own dll's, and make TS to run these.
> > With TS it is
> > possible, for example, to write a routine in Matlab that does
> > various matrix
> > manipulations, and get TS to run it (of course, you would need some
> > additional software to accomplish this), and then display the
> > result of your
> > analysis on a custom-programmed, sophisticated 3d interface. Here,
> > Metastock falls to the other end of the spectrum. Of course,
> > they call
> > their formula-building capability also a "language", but it
> > has not evolved
> > out of the cave yet - you will get very frustrated if you
> > want to program
> > anything more than a simple indicator.
> >
> > So my conclusion is that if you need good data managing capability,
> > extremely good reliability with real-time data, and do not
> > plan to trade
> > very sophisticated technologies, get Metastock Pro. However,
> > if you want
> > more "scientific" work, you may have to get TS. We do all
> > testing in TS.
> > But we expect to convert all our trading to MS Pro soon.
> >
> > Ivo
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Kevin Johnson
> To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2001 4:09 PM
> Subject: new user questions
>
>
> Hi,
> I'm currently trying out MetaStock Pro (ver7) on a 30 day trial basis. (I
> trade full-time and am primarily a short-term swing trader, 2-5 days to
> several weeks)
>
> I'm sure many of you considered and/or tried out other trading/analysis
> software before ultimately deciding on MetaStock (MS).
>
> Can anyone offer an opinion of:
>
> 1) how MS stacks up against other competitors (i.e., Omega Tradestation,
> AIQ, OmniTrader (which I realize is a "horse of a different color"),
etc.).
>
> and,
> 2) what was it about MS that ultimately persuaded you to purchase it as
> opposed to one of its competitors.
>
> Thx in advance.
>
> ~ Kevin J.
>
>
>
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