One hopes they are aware that they deleted an EFS function from 11: playSound(). It's not in the new function glossary. And, oh, yes, they are continuing to support 10.6? Try to find the reference materials for it. I could only find those for 11. I ran a relatively simple script today on a single one minute chart. It crashes after 30 seconds or so.
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I am not as tied into EFS as you, but I use eSignal every day. 11 is a step back, but I am not taking it very seriously at this point. The only explanation for it is that there was some internal deadline to release and so they released a beta product to satisfy their (new, by the way) management.
I mean, who releases a new version as gold that lacks so many features of the prior version? 11 also crashes on simple pages.
I am just operating under the assumption that 11 is still a beta, irrespective of internal company politics. If they shut down 10.6 and the current version of 11 is all they offer, I'll be gone.
I got an email from esignal announcing the launch of ver 11 and it read: "esignal 11 upgrade now available -- completely redesigned for optimized trading"
Redesigned for optimized trading? I'll say "redesigned to kill the technical trader" is more like it. The tools are inferior and the charts aren't as good. What a waste of esignal's resources. Whoever designed the technical tools clearly did not have the technical trader in mind. You don't launch an "upgrade" that really is not.
lots of flaws:
-The candlesticks remain thin when you increase bar spacing.
-Eraser is gone (!!!) It's just really stupid. The developers now expect you to right click on the tool applied to the chart and click "remove/delete"
-They removed the Extended Line tool! Duh! It's a very essential tool to determine if a line touches various points. Sure you can edit the line and check two separate boxes: "extend to the right" and "extend to the left", but that means it's going to be time consuming...again! Just like the eraser tool!
-The Vertical Line is no good. It doesn't snap to the individual candles. It snaps to the space you point your cursor on. It's just horrible.
-I've yet to determine other flaws. I found the abovementioned after testing the product for a few minutes.
The only good thing I can say is that they created tabs for ease moving to different pages.
I suspect Esignal came up with this "upgrade"(...not!) because it's an invitation to trade directly through the charts. More money for them obviously They just missed the mark and did everything without the technical trader in mind. I'm obviously very upset because I rely heavily on the technical tools.
Needless to say if the important tools are not restored or if they get rid of version 10.6, I am going to look for another charting software.
Redesigned for optimized trading? I'll say "redesigned to kill the technical trader" is more like it. The tools are inferior and the charts aren't as good. What a waste of esignal's resources. Whoever designed the technical tools clearly did not have the technical trader in mind. You don't launch an "upgrade" that really is not.
lots of flaws:
-The candlesticks remain thin when you increase bar spacing.
-Eraser is gone (!!!) It's just really stupid. The developers now expect you to right click on the tool applied to the chart and click "remove/delete"
-They removed the Extended Line tool! Duh! It's a very essential tool to determine if a line touches various points. Sure you can edit the line and check two separate boxes: "extend to the right" and "extend to the left", but that means it's going to be time consuming...again! Just like the eraser tool!
-The Vertical Line is no good. It doesn't snap to the individual candles. It snaps to the space you point your cursor on. It's just horrible.
-I've yet to determine other flaws. I found the abovementioned after testing the product for a few minutes.
The only good thing I can say is that they created tabs for ease moving to different pages.
I suspect Esignal came up with this "upgrade"(...not!) because it's an invitation to trade directly through the charts. More money for them obviously They just missed the mark and did everything without the technical trader in mind. I'm obviously very upset because I rely heavily on the technical tools.
Needless to say if the important tools are not restored or if they get rid of version 10.6, I am going to look for another charting software.
Thanks for expressing your concern. Most of the kvetching by users in buried out-of-sight in the ESignal user forum. I intend to keep this issue alive in the broader venue of ET to keep the pressure on.
Here is a perfect example of how they took something trivially simple in 10.6 and fucked it up. In 10.6 if I squeeze a chart down as small as it will go, I still see in the title bar the symbol being charted. In 11, all I see is "Chart". I KNOW it's a fucking chart! If I have a whole bunch of teeny tiny charts arrayed together representing my portfolio, I want to know which one is which! They all say "Chart!"
In 10.6, even though I do not subscribe to Comex data, I can still chart GC (gold) end-of-day. When I try that in 11 it says "not entitled!" Ditto for CL (crude).
Arthur
Nothing wrong with keeping the pressure on. But I still think that once they get it all together (and they have to, don't they?) you'll be so excited that you won't need your Viagra any more!!
Good trading.
PS. And speaking of Viagra, never take Viagra and a laxative together. You won't know if you're coming or going!
Nothing wrong with keeping the pressure on. But I still think that once they get it all together (and they have to, don't they?) you'll be so excited that you won't need your Viagra any more!!
Good trading.
PS. And speaking of Viagra, never take Viagra and a laxative together. You won't know if you're coming or going!
Yeah, EOD data is not enabled as yet.
Even more desirable would be if they added delayed data for free to Premire subscribers. They mentioned doing just that here on ET when their Delayed product came out. And eS, and even the man himself, said they liked the idea. In fact I even remember them saying they were then working on putting it into 10. Would really make 11 just that much more attractive, wouldn't it?
Even more desirable would be if they added delayed data for free to Premire subscribers. They mentioned doing just that here on ET when their Delayed product came out. And eS, and even the man himself, said they liked the idea. In fact I even remember them saying they were then working on putting it into 10. Would really make 11 just that much more attractive, wouldn't it?
Or as Bill Cosby said, "First you say it, and then you do it."
God, I wish I could get excited about trading again! I never realized how unutterably dull it would be! Not at all what I imagined when I was a wage slave. I see nothing to excite me about 11. My codes are set up to see things that aren't really there. I am going to make a wild-assed guess that the ultimate version of 11 will be so bloated that it will take a Cray for it to run my one-second codes.
On those days when my favorite porn sites aren't updating, I get my jollies going to the gun range. I have three rules. If my system says stand aside, I go shooting. If my stop loss is triggered, I go shooting. If my profit target is hit, I go shooting. I find that an hour a day on the range is extraordinarily calming. A simple achievable objective. Don't shoot anybody, and don't get shot.
Shit, man! When you are as old as I am and with incipient Alzheimer's, all data looks delayed by the time you figure out what it means. Like the AAPL news. Very clever. Announce that Jobs is dying on a holiday. AAPL tanks. Then announce record earnings the next day. Pricks! Betcha some brothers-in-law made a shitpot of money on that one-two sucker punch.