Easy Language Software

[scriabinop23]

Check out ninja trader ... different system, but you can achieve most all of the same things if not more.

And free (unless you intend to execute live).

 

[PitchBlack]

Quote from spike500:

TS2000i files have ELS or ELA extensions; TS8.X files have ELD extension.

They are not compatible.
Perhaps you can copy and paste an ELD file in an ELS or LED file and verify it.

This is a sample of a programm written for TS2000i and TS8.0.
You will see that the difference is minimal.

Tradestation 2000i

{Code Paul Menzing}
Vars: High1(0), Low1(0),MP(0),OKToTrade(false);

MP = marketposition(0);

If Date <> Date[1] then begin
High1 = High;
Low1 = Low;
OKToTrade = true;
end;

if Close[0] > High1 and OKToTrade then begin
Buy ("LE")this bar on close;
OKToTrade = false;
end;

if Close[0] < Low1 and OKToTrade then Begin
Sell ("SE")this bar on close;
OKToTrade = false;
end;

if MP = 1 then begin
if Close[0] > 2 * High1 - Low1 then ExitLong("LX")this bar on close; 
end; 
if MP = -1 then begin 
if Close[0] < 2 * Low1 - High1 then ExitShort("SX")this bar on close;
end;

SetExitOnClose;

Versie TradeStation 8.1

{Code Paul Menzing}

Vars: High1(0), Low1(0),MP(0),OKToTrade(false);

MP = marketposition(0);

If Date <> Date[1] then begin
High1 = High;
Low1 = Low;
OKToTrade = true;
end;

if Close[0] > High1 and OKToTrade then begin
Buy ("LE")this bar on close;
OKToTrade = false;
end;

if Close[0] < Low1 and OKToTrade then Begin
SellShort ("SE")this bar on close;
OKToTrade = false;
end;

if MP = 1 then begin
if Close[0] > 2 * High1 - Low1 then Sell("LX")this bar on close; 
end; 
if MP = -1 then begin 
if Close[0] < 2 * Low1 - High1 then BuyToCover("SX")this bar on close;
end;

SetExitOnClose;

 

[Andrew Kirillov]

Quote from WarEagle:

Short of finding a copy of 2000i as mentioned above, I would say MultiCharts as well, as they are the only other product I know of that uses the same coding structure as EL. I do not use MC, but I did the trial once to check it out. At the time they claimed to support OpenTick, which is a free data feed (you only pay exchange fees for whatever you subscribe to). I could never get OT to work with it, but I have used OT with other platforms so its not the feed. MC may have been updated to offer better support for OT but I have not tried it. Anyway, if you are only looking for a testing platform, that may be the best option...also I would imagine you could load any ascii data if you were only wanting to backtest.

Hello WarEagle,

I am not sure why you could never get MultiCharts work with OpenTick. MultiCharts has been working very well with this data feed for a long time.

Please contact our support service and we'll give you another free trial and help you set up MultiCharts with OpenTick. It will be a very cost effective solution.

Regards.

 

[mikehabit]

Quote from danmb280:

How does easylanguage differ from the currently used easylanguage on TS version 8.2?
I believe before version 8, you couldnt execute a trade command until a bar closes. Would I have these sort of easy language issues?

I just downloaded a version TS2000i. I got it because I am also an ex-TS user and I love easy language. I couldn’t deal with trade station buggy platform/networks any longer. I have not had much time to spend with it but there are clearly some differences in the code, my entry and exit codes seems to be the big problem.

 

[PitchBlack]

Quote from mikehabit:

I just downloaded a version TS2000i. I got it because I am also an ex-TS user and I love easy language. I couldn’t deal with trade station buggy platform/networks any longer. I have not had much time to spend with it but there are clearly some differences in the code, my entry and exit codes seems to be the big problem.

TS2000i executes only on the close of the bar.

TS8.0 was supposed to enable you to look inside a bar, but as a 2000i user you don't know how 8.0 reacts.