cunparis
71 posts
msg #65802
- Ignore cunparis |
8/4/2008 3:43:58 PM
I'd like to do some more complicated backtesting than what Stockfetcher does. I've tried Ninjatrader and found it a bit cumbersome. I'm wondering if tradestation is better. What do people here use?
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stocktrader
294 posts
msg #65822
- Ignore stocktrader |
8/5/2008 12:54:43 AM
SF does very complicated backtesting, using Excel.....
Set up the Extra Indicators and Advanced Options to do and give you what you want in raw numbers and Excel does the rest using IF...THEN statements, etc.
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SFMc01
358 posts
msg #65827
- Ignore SFMc01 |
8/5/2008 7:19:37 AM
Regarding TradeStation: Using the specific stocks selected by StockFetcher, I find that simulating actual trades on the dates specified for the trade by StockFetcher and using the exact strategy I would use on TradeStation, to be the best I can do for determining the results I might expect. Laborious, but, there does not seem to be any substitute for hard work.
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cunparis
71 posts
msg #65833
- Ignore cunparis |
8/5/2008 2:48:03 PM
I should have been more specific. Stockfetcher is great but it is an EOD-based system. I'd like to be able to make more decisions intra-day. For one I'd like to calculate a stop based on recent high/lows for example.
And I'd like to be able to automate the trading.
It seems tradestation is the best. I don't know the software so I can only compare it to Ninjatrader which I don't know well but I'm learning. I assume if TRO and some others use tradestation it must be really good.
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