The answer is "it depends" - you can't just blanket say that one is better than the others. They each have strengths and weaknesses....
Only available to people outside the US. The new version of Wealth-Lab -- 5.0 -- I really don't care for. Requires too much work.
I don't mention it because you need to be a Fidelity client and pay their terrible commissions to get access to the software.
Not as far as I know - could have been added.....you'd have to investigate for yourself to be sure. Backtesting of options is exceptionally...
No - I know of no software for backtesting options - data is probably the issue.
All the programs mentioned can do that.
Open Quant is another interesting program - and I remember some others: - Seer Trading - Right Edge Systems - Open Quant
Exactly - Tradestation does not yet offer portfolio testing, but the following programs do: - Tradingblox - Tradersstudio - Amibroker -...
Do you need portfolio trading or just single equity/instrument?
Amibroker does this out of the box. You can just use the EOD version. It will allow you to create a composite symbol from just about anything....
I just downloaded and tried out QuantStation - very, very primitive in my opinion. Nice charts but no custom indicators, etc. NinjaTrader is far...
Murray - any follow-up on this thread?
Another good place to start is with a product like Stockfetch.com - program in your strategies and see if it can handle them. That will cost you...
I like Tradersstudio (mid-range price), and Amibroker (cheap). On the high-end, TradingBlox is a fine program.
What was the backtest run on? Meaning, what stocks?
Guaranteed bonuses? Meaning - contractually bound to pay those bonuses?
I can only speak for Amibroker, but the issue is not that it can't do it - it is likely the data source. Find a data source that provides 5m of...
I agree - other good ones: - Amibroker Real Time - Ninja Trader I like: - Amibroker - Tradersstudio - Tradingblox Same list as above....
I'm guessing you are not looking for one piece of software on all of these.... Next question - what's your price range?
Ok - so the first move down - was that a 3 bar reversal? Meaning, before the long entry?
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