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  1. #21
    If you need assistance, just ask here. I utilize MQL and Ami.
    There are lots of support forums around for Ami. This forum is excellent for MT4.

    AFL is not to hard either but the routines you want to manage order flow is tougher than MQL. Ami backtesting is exceptional though.

  2. #22
    Junior Member jarivfer's Avatar
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    You should look at

    http://amibroker.com/guide/h_quotes.html

    to see the Various possibilities. There you may read, that DDE is only accepting STREAMING Data - not backfills. And those data must be streamed -supplied- by somebody realtime. Nobody will provide you with realtime data from official exchanges without costs involved, at least to my understanding. Cheapest are IB. But there you could use API, that is much superior to DDE.

    Free data and appliions that are supplied by so-called brokers (MT4...) are a different kind of animal. If you calculate properly, these transactions are a lot more expensive than actual brokers. And you might check for the Dealer plug-in.

    My personal impression is, you try to walk too quickly. Why don't you begin with small quantities at OandA? Not only demo, but actual money, though only pennies. Might look like a long road - however its the fastets way to success: Generate your signals via any MT4-broker, however trade on Oanda.

    Regards and all the best

  3. #23
    Hello,

    I tried DDE using AB, without success, because of my data recovery from finance.yahoo.com. Although the advice given above is very comprehensive, I need exact help.

    Can you direct concerning the Specific place on finance.yahoo.com to connect the DDE? Or for that matter, any other Realtime Data Retrieval site?

    The person who introduced me to AB, did not inform how to perform actual business from the realtime quotes, to save ordering out of your broker's platform. I have mentioned it below, why?

    My keen curiosity has brought me to this forum just now. I have just signed in as member on forum. Wonder whether Direct Order Execution is possible from Meta Trader 4 and AmiBroker 5 or greater, through any Indian stock broker? I'm considering DayTrading, so the datafeed needs to be free of price. It's given by all brokers of NSE, BSE to their customers, but the program is proprietory and regular data feed from Yahoo etc. is not configurable together. I utilize Sharekhan, IndiaBulls, Ventura, RelianceMoney etc. for my realtime trading. But, none of their appliions is feature rich esp. For charting and super imposing the indiors on price bars to take immediate action on receiving the alerts.

    AB's Alerts would play very significant/important part in decision procedure, Risk Management and may be Time Saving esp. For the Day Traders.

    2. I have also run the demo version of MT4 and find it notable. I am not certain of this AutoTrading feature in AB, but MT4 have lots of Expert Advisors that help in every type of commerce setup. Programming and/or modifiion of the parameters are extremely easy and short of WOW! exclamation. It's always connected to the broker's server so the client does not have to pay for the program. When the company takes place, the broker is automatically compensated in the Spread/price gap.

    3. Since this is the Forum of enlightened users, programmers and even persons connected with all the brokers, I shall thank for every piece of information/guie to get DOING ONLINE TRADING IN BOTH OF THESE TWO PLATFORMS.

    Thanks.

    Sharad Kapadia
    Surat/India

  4. #24
    Member Ahora's Avatar
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    I discover that AB is great, so it is a real pity that its User Manual is poor...

  5. #25
    Member ina99's Avatar
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    You know that is sort of funny, since AB can take esignal as a data source... I use it with a dde feed in my broker and just down load a background so I have back data to utilize. This type of arrangement does not cost me anything and it's realtime and in sync with the broker I am using.

    Scott
    Thank you for the info Scott. And I like the fact that it's a one time fee. I cover $150 for eSignal right now per month.

  6. #26
    I've a replica of TS 2000i too. AmiBroker uses a language called AFL. It is very much like visual Fundamental Like you can use in Excel. I remember, TS uses Easy Language, and that's similar to C. Is that right?

    I adore AB for backtesting and for drawing data and for composing purposes. Too bad it's not a platform for brokers the manner MT4 is... It is hands down better than MT4. And on par with TS, except TS has the platform for trading.

    I can email you the user Manual if you prefer. It available publicly in their internet site. You can also obtain a trial copy free to see if you prefer it.

    Scott
    Thanks for the info Scott. And I like the fact that it's a 1 time fee. I cover $150 for eSignal right now per month.

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    Member ina99's Avatar
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    I have a replica of TS 2000i as well. AmiBroker employs a language called AFL. It's quite much like visual Basic Like you can use in Excel. I remember, TS uses Easy Language, and that's similar to C. Is that correct?

    I love AB for backtesting and for drawing in information and for writing purposes. Too bad it is not a platform for brokers the way MT4 is... It's hands down better than MT4. And on level with TS, except TS gets the platform for trading.

    I will email you the user Manual if you like. It available publicly in their web website. You could also obtain a trial copy free to see if you like it.

    Scott


    I am an old TS user.

    For you Amibroker users, what language is the code? Java? C? Scripting?

    I have been wanting to test AB out for awhile today...

    Has anyone used Tradestation and will do a comparison?

    Thanks!

  8. #28
    I'm an older TS user.

    For you Amibroker users, what language is the code? Java? C? Scripting?

    I've been wanting to try AB outside for awhile today...

    Has anybody used Tradestation and can do a comparison?

    Thanks!

  9. #29
    Hello, I begun using Amibroker. I basically mean to use it's portfolio level backtesting to test systems. However my problem is in setting up the preferences for backtesting especially for cross rate currencies. Can you guys show me what you did?

    Thanks.

  10. #30
    I've used AmiBroker for 5yrs wouldn't use anything else. Can not beleive that individuals would pay the price others are charging. The price differance is principally due to the amount the other software companies are spending on advertisment to tempt you into buying this product. If you find something which AmiBroker can't do, then you certainly haven't read the users guide. It's possible, using a DDE connection, tie it with MT. Haveing AB do the work and sending orders to MT to open/close the positions.
    And, if you have an account with an MT3 broker, there is an MT3 to AB API available for you to utilize. It pulls in information, permits you to execute transactions and queries on your own account.

    If you want to have a peek at it visit the ForexSystemBuilders yahoo group. You'll find past messages from the developer as well as some testers.

    Cheers,
    Andrew.

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