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I think you have to figure out which program, from my list, or any other, "talks" to you. I'd start by downloading a trial of AB and see what you think. If that doesn't work for you, then move on....

Consider it an average judging from the text.

Sorry should have been more specific - what I find challenging is the idea of getting data into the program on a regular basis. I can do one-off tests no problem, but if I want to have, say, the data for the SPY sucked into Excel every day and have my spreadsheet update correctly, I end up...

Agreed on Excel - it's an excellent tool for figuring stuff out. I've tried out AnalyzerXL as well - didn't love it but it's certainly interesting. Where Excel falls down for me is just in the handling of data. The problem is likely that I don't know Excel well enough, but having dynamic...

Agreed Murray - and I was never that good at word problems either! I'm more of a visual learner. There is, of course, an additional issue which is figuring out how you would do something, then matching what you want to do to the programming tool. Some things that might be easy in one...

Murray, I think you need another category in your poll. For myself, I'm certainly not a system programming wizard, and yet, I've done some programming and gotten some good systems out of it. So some middle ground seems necessary. The biggest problem I have is not really a programming...

The short answer is yes, AB is the cheapest option. It may or may not be the "best" option for you. The original turtle rules are not that tough to program, but TradingBlox has it right out of the box, and TradersStudio can also do them very easily. Both AB and Tradingblox offer demos - you...

HH-LL code for Amibroker: //SUPPORT & RESISTANCE LEVELS //Graham Kavanagh 9 Oct 2003 #49421 //Find turning points top = H==HHV(H,3) AND H>=Ref(H,1) AND H>=Ref(H,2); bot = L==LLV(L,3) AND L<=Ref(L,1) AND L<=Ref(L,2); topH = ValueWhen(top,H); botL = ValueWhen(bot,L)...

1. No. But AFL is a lot easier than EL in my opinion. 2. I believe you can only get a license for 2 PCs and I don't believe they offer any additional PCs. You'll have to ask the company but I believe that would be a separate license.

I use Amibroker. You can see a sample here: http://www.amibroker.org/userkb/2007/04/24/creating-a-correlation-table/

I just reviewed the transcript of the Oct 23 conference call for IB and I could not see a mention of the platform. http://seekingalpha.com/article/101835-interactive-brokers-group-inc-q3-2008-earnings-call-transcript?page=-1 Am I missing something? Was it mentioned on an earlier...

I agree that if FutureTrade is any good it would make IB's offering pretty unstoppable. Anybody actually try out the FutureTrade platform? End of the year is coming - I'm hoping, as a retail client, that I'll get access.

Murray - sorry for misrepresenting!

Good point - here's some answers: 1. Tradersstudio is locked to one PC. I believe they allow you to lock it to two at a time, but I haven't tried that. I've had no problems getting a new PC and updating the key. 2. Amibroker allows you to have two PCs with the software installed...

fundjunkie is right on in his previous note. Now, to answer your question: 1. What you first described is general systems development - that is, test out a simple idea, see if it has merit, then develop into full system. 2. Scanning for specific behaviors is not something any of these...

I haven't used the TS strategy building wizard, but from memory it is not as good as TB - with the understanding that the basic TB (not Builder) is really a giant strategy building wizard. I actually think TS is better at datamining because of the ability to customize reporting. Not sure if...

I use TC for data for AB - which is really the result of pure laziness. I'm looking at switching my AB over to CSI data so that I can have consistency, but I've got a lot of time spent coding some indicators in AB that depend on TC data. Looks more interesting having spent a bit more time...

No idea when they're going to get it out. API = Application Programming Interface - it's a means of accessing/controlling a given application. For instance, Quotetracker can use the Interactive Brokers API to get data from it. TC, which I also use, doesn't do any of these things and...

No real clue - I'm running the same stack except on XP with TWS 886.5. Where did you get that version of TWS?

Can't comment on IB phone support, but unless you are trading options or need a combo charting/data service, I don't see much reason to spend more money by going with TOS. I really like the TOS interface, but it's not extensible/programmable (which is important to me) - and their prices are...