OK. Back to ugly. I ran a backtest in 11 and didn't see anywhere that it allows me to change the default lot size from the 100 it appears to be set at. Please, don't say "Read the manual!" It's supposed to be intuitive!
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When I minimize a chart, it snaps to the lower left of the screen. When I try to drag it where I want it, like I can in 10.6, it snaps back.
There is no "Save As option" in the script editor. Another pain in the ass. I don't want to cut and paste an existing script to make a related new script.
When I create a new script and save it, it doesn't automatically resort alphabetically as in 10.6, it goes to the top of the file list and you have to resort.
The settings on the backtest don't stick from one backtest of the same strategy to the next, or from backtesting one strategy to another. Another PIA. I'm done. Not looking at it again until the next release.
"Say something nice to the girl."
"She backtests a 115 line strategy on 120 days of a one-minute chart over two times faster than 10.6."
That's the good news. The bad news is that the answer is wrong.
"She backtests a 115 line strategy on 120 days of a one-minute chart over two times faster than 10.6."
That's the good news. The bad news is that the answer is wrong.
Here's another good one. You can only backtest a strategy that is loaded onto a chart as a study, unlike 10.6, which will test from a list of all scripts.
Hahahahahahahahaha! I had my full-up system running in 11, all good code that works like a hose in 10.6, waiting for the start of the Sunday evening futures session. It choked, puked and shut down. Reloaded it. Same.
I don't do your type of backtesting and I don't use EFS. But as so many do, this is an important feature and if it worked in 10.6, they will without doubt have it working in 11.
No doubt they will. But my view is that their objective is to make 11 easy to use for casual users at the expense of the kind of flexibilty 10.6 now gives serious (albeit retail) traders. That concern is why I am bitching so vociferously. I do not want to leave ESignal. But I will if they leave ME. Frankly I am surprised that more people aren't commenting here. Maybe there aren't many users on ET who care.
But the feedback on the ESignal bulletin board makes me sound moderate.