My first post. A little introduction, and a wish to find out how to backtest.

Discussion in 'Strategy Building' started by arralou, Dec 5, 2007.

  1. arralou

    arralou

    #11     Dec 8, 2007
  2. arralou

    arralou

    Sounds like very good advice! Thank you.
    Convergence will be in the back of my head when I start testing. But, AmiBroker or Tradersstudio. Is there much that separates these two? (Will check out the thread with reviews of programs one more time too)

    I am not a programmer. But I am willing to learn whatever is necessary. Wondering what others think is best.
     
    #12     Dec 8, 2007
  3. Murray Ruggiero

    Murray Ruggiero Sponsor

    If you want you can PM me any questions you have I will be happy to answer them. I think TradersStudio is your best choice.
    Please look at our overview on the site.

    http://www.tradersstudio.com/Overview/tabid/68/Default.aspx

    We also have a introductory video available here.

    http://www.tradersstudio.com/Tutorials/Videos/tabid/167/Default.aspx

    If you register on the TradersStudio.com site. You can download our manuals and on line language reference the Documents page by logging into our web site. Registering on the site is free

    http://www.tradersstudio.com/Documents/tabid/162/Default.aspx

    Note you need to use this link after logging into the web site or after logging in use the documents menu item.

    This should all help you with your decision.
     
    #13     Dec 9, 2007
  4. arralou

    arralou

    Thank you! Program seems great. But where do I get the historical data and daily quotes for Norwegian stocks? Amibroker is quite easy to use with yahoo.
    I don't have that many questions at the moment, just want to make sure the practical things (like historical data) is in place before I buy something.
    Lots of questions will probably arise as soon as I start to try and backtest. :)
     
    #14     Dec 9, 2007
  5. Murray Ruggiero

    Murray Ruggiero Sponsor

    I looked up and found a few links which will be helpful for you to get the international data from Yahoo into TradersStudio

    http://www.gummy-stuff.org/Yahoo-data.htm
    http://www.dailysofts.com/program/359/22618/Stock_Updater.html

    http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/downloads/HQuote_Pro_Historical_Stock_Prices_Downloader_28642_p/

    Note , I have no connection to any of these products but I search google for you and I think these will address your issues. I hope you decide to try TradersStudio and join our growing family soon.
     
    #15     Dec 9, 2007
  6. arralou

    arralou

    Thanks again :)
    I see that from yahoo I can download the files as .csv and from my broker I can download quotefiles as .xls. Are these importable into your program?

    I will try to search a bit on the internet too.
     
    #16     Dec 9, 2007
  7. Murray Ruggiero

    Murray Ruggiero Sponsor

    CSV files will work great. XLS files need to be saved as CSV from excel.
     
    #17     Dec 9, 2007
  8. arralou

    arralou

    Ok. Another silly question: won't all of it be messed up since things like close, opening, volume and so on is in Norwegian? Of course I could change it manually too.
     
    #18     Dec 9, 2007
  9. Murray Ruggiero

    Murray Ruggiero Sponsor

    So , prices are in your currency is that the point ?. If you sent up the data universe correctly it should not matter.
     
    #19     Dec 9, 2007
  10. I'll start with a question...

    Have you ever worked hard on becoming good at the previous set of "styles" you were trading based on?

    You mention Elliott or Gann... let me test you how well you know both of them...

    "In terms of Fib. ratio and Gann Angles, what is the gnomonic basis common in both techniques? Which Gann Master chart is this related to?"

    My point is... how committed are you to systematic trading? Can you endure 3 years losing money, as part of your learning curve?
     
    #20     Dec 10, 2007