Software for traders?

[app2]

The way the virtual environment works is quite transparent - and you don't need to connect to the Internet in the virtual environment other than to download your data and view your charts. There's no need to use it to connect to your broker etc - you can use your native Mac environment to do that.

It's certainly worth a try - especially to get away from the incompatibilities of WINE.

Thanks for the advice Richard, I may look into it further...will have to dig up an old WinXP license, share filesystems to transfer price data, install and configure firewalls, virii scanners, wrestle WGA, Windows Updater etc. etc. *sigh*

A six pack of Red Bulls will be needed for such an undertaking!

Cheers,

A.

 

[MS+Tradesim]

Re: Software

how do i feed my live data from comsec into an excel sheet??

I'm not subscribed to ComsecIRESS anymore so I can't run you through it. You open it, then open an Excel worksheet and on Excel there should be a new menu item...something like "Web Data Plugin". It allows you to import data from IRESS. It's pretty easy to do so if you subscribe to it, just read the help files. It's straight forward.

 

[musicman]

What broker are you using app2?

Edit - I guess your feeding Amibroker with your IB feed?

I never heard of AmiBroker so I Googled it and Metastock flashed up
Is it a Metastock product ? if not are you able to give me a contact site.

Thanks

musicman

 

[Timmy]

Is it a Metastock product ?

No, it isn't.

if not are you able to give me a contact site.

Thanks

musicman

http://www.amibroker.com/

 

[Mr J]

I've been using Quotetracker but it's stopped working (the exe no longer works), so I'm testing out other software in case I can't solve the problem. I took a look at Amibroker, but it looks like it only supports a single chart? I'm surprised if that is the case. It also didn't have much customisation of colours - aesthetics are important to me. I'm currently trying Ninja Trader.

 

[Mr J]

I've been using Quotetracker but it's stopped working (the exe no longer works), so I'm testing out other software in case I can't solve the problem. I took a look at Amibroker, but it looks like it only supports a single chart? I'm surprised if that is the case. It also didn't have much customisation of colours, and typical colours schemes are unbearable for me.

I'm currently trying Ninja Trader, but it doesn't accept historical tick data from IB.

 

[Trembling Hand]

I'm currently trying Ninja Trader, but it doesn't accept historical tick data from IB.

What do you mean? I feed it with IB only.

If you are looking at a charting platform you can't go past NT IMO.

 

[beamstas]

I've been using Quotetracker but it's stopped working (the exe no longer works), so I'm testing out other software in case I can't solve the problem. I took a look at Amibroker, but it looks like it only supports a single chart? I'm surprised if that is the case. It also didn't have much customisation of colours, and typical colours schemes are unbearable for me.

I'm currently trying Ninja Trader, but it doesn't accept historical tick data from IB.

Amibroker will take multiple charts

 

[Mr J]

What do you mean? I feed it with IB only.

If you are looking at a charting platform you can't go past NT IMO.

Apparently tick, volume, and range charts can only be used with real-time data. This means either trading blind for the morning, or leaving it open 24/7. I don't know why, as quotetracker didn't have this issue.

 

[Timmy]

Apparently tick, volume, and range charts can only be used with real-time data. This means either trading blind for the morning, or leaving it open 24/7. I don't know why, as quotetracker didn't have this issue. I really don't like time-based graphs.

I would be surprised if there wasn't some historical data import you could do to get all the data?

Also if its data presented as tick, volume, and range charts you are after then there a number of alternatives around: eg. Sierra, Ensign and Investor R/T (my fave) spring to mind.

 

[Mr J]

Got Quotetracker running again. Just a perfect package for me as it's free, simple, customisable and allows my beloved range charts.

 

[Wysiwyg]

is there a way of utilising the live data i can get from comsec into any software?

The short answer is, yes.

What software, how it's done, etc etc etc is a much longer answer.


wabbit

A long answer with few alternatives. Programmers on Freelance that have looked at my request have no skill to do it, even being paid for the job. IB into Amibroker for 100 stocks maximum is pathetic in the modern day.

I think an Amibroker plugin to read the data from Iress and allow backfill.
An API from Iress to allow communication.

Paying for an overseas company to provide real time ASX stocks data feed is ridiculous. Especially on top of a paid trading platform that has real time ASX data.

 

[joea]

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Hour & Minute Charts
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Hour & Minute charts first beta version; and
Scheduled stock screens with additional filters.
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Hour & Minute charts full version;
FTSE index feed (including Singapore Straits Times Index);
Indian (NSE and BSE) delayed data.
Flags for dilutions and dividends;
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[stockhunterwa]

You can run Premium Data and AmiBroker using a Windows emulation software on the Mac (VMWare Fusion / Parallels etc.). We have quite a few Mac users that do this.

Hi Richard

Have any idea/heard of the IC investor software? I just learned it in a recent seminar I took here in WA.

Got any feedback on the apps?

appreciate ur replies,

stockhunterwa