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Yes!!!! Unfortunately there is no software which covers everything. I use 2 software packages now (MC and NT) and would need a third one for portfolio backtesting (probably Amibroker).

Maybe "max. number of symbols for portfolio testing". Only a few platforms do unlimited symbols. Multicharts is limited to 100 symbols (unlimited only with the expensive "PRO" version).

Thanks for your comment. Do you use daily historical stock data too?

Does anyone use IQfeed daily stock data for backtesting? What is your experience with the data quality?

Hi! I'm looking for a free or cheap EOD stock scanner. I want to scan all available US stocks for volume, price and volume*price criteria. Then export the resulting symbols as ascii file. Any idea?

How does it look like? Can you post a screenshot? Thanks.

Thank you psytrade. I did not find any provider for daily and intraday data in this price range.

Hi, I have a lot of ASCII files with single futures contracts (daily and intraday). I'm looking for a software tool to link these contracts together into continuous contract ASCII files, preferably with some kind of back-adjusting. Any suggestions? Thanks.

Which version do you use? I had the same experience with versions prior 2.1. But version 2.1 is very stable and I don't have these problems anymore.

Look at http://www.adaptrade.com/

Sorry, I overlooked that it´s an optimization. I only saw "170,000 bars". My fault.

Neoticker would need almost 3 minutes to backtest on a single stock 10 years of daily data. This can´t be correct.

The initial question was which software uses of the enormous hardware power available today and enables the small guy to backtest and scan large amounts of data. The suggestions so far: - Neoticker - NinjaTrader - OpenQuant Any other software?

Regarding Trading Software, this would be a great! As Don Bright says below: "....focusing on the "what you're doing" with your trading style/tactic/plan, etc. would be a better use of brain power."

Also a good point where I agree, but maybe the tons of indicators, charting and platforms could be better. That´s the reason for this thread.

Yes, but programming the tools itself is something beyond my possibilites. Traders want to be mainly traders, but that´s a topic for another thread.

Good point Alex.

Which product does it?

ok thanks gurucandidate. I will check Neoticker. Of course I don´t think that we need the best technology to survive, but I don´t like the fact that we have so much computer power today and only programmers can take full advantage of it.

Bogan7, Of course it needs time, I´m talking about a development over time. We now have quadcore cpu´s and several GB of RAM are affordable. Do you see a proportional improvement in trading technlogy for the retail trader over the last 5 years?