Tradestation 7.2 opinion requested
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7.2 is available and is being rolled out. To get to the front of the queue, send an email to: preview@tradestation.com and include your network id in the body.
I was going to comment on its shortcomings, but elindydotcom did a better job than I would have.
I've used their products since the late 80s and while they are not perfect, they are quite good.
I am being prompted to upgrade to the next build of 7.2.
I have been on build 1488 for a while. Love that Matrix and cancel/replace function!
If you do not have 7.2 by now....call TradeStation. I am told everyone has it available to them. I am still waiting to hear from BobCathy about the new build....hint hint!
ebo
I have been on build 1488 for a while. Love that Matrix and cancel/replace function!
If you do not have 7.2 by now....call TradeStation. I am told everyone has it available to them. I am still waiting to hear from BobCathy about the new build....hint hint!
ebo
I still love it.....I have the latest 7.2 and it really is the cat's nuts!
They added a whole pile of features and indicators. It is super reliable now. No lags that I can see........
They put in an automatic notation on the chart for all trades, but I see they took it out again on the last build.....I removed manually it as it interfered with the charts too much.
I do not use the new indicators like an Andrews Pitchfork. So I really am not the person to comment on them. I had custom indicators designed for me in Easy Language and still use them.
They added a whole pile of features and indicators. It is super reliable now. No lags that I can see........
They put in an automatic notation on the chart for all trades, but I see they took it out again on the last build.....I removed manually it as it interfered with the charts too much.
I do not use the new indicators like an Andrews Pitchfork. So I really am not the person to comment on them. I had custom indicators designed for me in Easy Language and still use them.
>You cannot backtest an entire portfolio of symbols.
>You can only test your strategy on one symbol at a time.
This one feature (or lack of) was what tipped the scales for me in favor of Wealth-Lab 3.0.
If portfolio level backtesting is important to your strategy (and personally, I find it hard understand that it isn't important to most everyone's) then WL is a wonderful tool. No pasting individual results into Excel and comparing. Feed it the group of stocks (I test mostly on the entire 3,500 plus Naz or NYSE) and let it go.
A really nice feature of WL is that it allow you to change money management rules without running the entire test again...alter the rules and within a few seconds the new portfolio test is done. This saves a ton of time.
I use all my one internal data for testing so I can't comment on WL as it relates to downloading historical data.
JB
>You can only test your strategy on one symbol at a time.
This one feature (or lack of) was what tipped the scales for me in favor of Wealth-Lab 3.0.
If portfolio level backtesting is important to your strategy (and personally, I find it hard understand that it isn't important to most everyone's) then WL is a wonderful tool. No pasting individual results into Excel and comparing. Feed it the group of stocks (I test mostly on the entire 3,500 plus Naz or NYSE) and let it go.
A really nice feature of WL is that it allow you to change money management rules without running the entire test again...alter the rules and within a few seconds the new portfolio test is done. This saves a ton of time.
I use all my one internal data for testing so I can't comment on WL as it relates to downloading historical data.
JB