When I first started trading equities, the process of culling, annotating and calculating Dry Up required four or five hours time commitment each evening. Using the automated culling feature significantly reduces the time requirement. In addition, if you ever think you'll have a desire to learn to apply the methodology onto the futures markets, then having the ability review the entire futures workspace via playback mode becomes an invaluable tool for learning.
Comparing software and datafeeds presents another example the need to make sure one knows what one gets with their purchase. I recently dropped my Qcharts datafeed after comparing the TN Datafeed with that of Qcharts / Esignal. You can take a guess which datafeed proved superior.
Oddly enough, had ESignal not 'messed' around with the Qcharts platform, or never attempted to 'nickel and dime' its client base with added fees, I'd have had no reason to search elsewhere for a package.
Quotetracker is a good product, and the Medveds always provide excellent customer service. However, Quotetracker relies on a broker data feed, whereas, TN has its own feed. TN also prides itself on superior customer service.
While I used Wealth-Lab devloper for many years, unless one trades actively through Fidelity, Wealth-Lab Developer (or Pro they may call it now) is not available to US Customers. As many have noted in the past, the Wealth-Lab Web Site often fails to update its data until the next morning.
The bottom line is this, if you feel better data, automated annotations and automated culling provide a benefit for your trading, then this package will serve you well. If, however, you feel that you can 'get by for now' with a broker datafeed and quotetracker while manually culling the market, then stay with your current software.
These tools were designed to assist someone learning to trade or actively trading. If you feel you can't (at your current level of knowledge) see much benefit, then wait to use them until you do. The tools aren't going anywhere, and they will always remain free of charge.
TN 'Tradesense Language' isn't designed for people who are expert programmers. It's more like 'pseudo code' that people with few computer skills can use. I see no reason that someone with an ability watch a few training videos can't learn to 'code' thngs the way they want.
A thimble holds more water than my brain holds knowledge of how to code, and I did OK.
Perhaps some of the folks who have used the package for a while can speak to their experience 'coding' things.HTH
- Spydertrader