Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Strategies & Market Trends : Technical Analysis - Beginners -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Spots who wrote (8000)	1/30/1998 12:04:00 PM
From: Richard Estes	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 12039

No, both packages are limited to 255, this isn't a bad thing. If you put 2000 stocks in Equis'file management, it is like swimming in molasses. The beta testing is nearing an end, I don't think any testers will be added. You can download the QP 1.1 version and start learning now. MSWIN does a better test than WOW. WOW just allows testing multi-stocks with one run, rather than one at a time like MSWIN. WOW isn't a matter of being premature, it is only a step up from data vendor charting and using net. try QP for starters.

To: Spots who wrote (8000)	1/30/1998 2:07:00 PM
From: F Robert Simms	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12039

I have been charting for just one year so take my comments with a grain of salt. I agree with Richard about trying QP first. QP is mainly a data service, but I also has excellent charting and scanning abilities. QP is straightforward, cheap, fast and powerful. It has abilities to scan 10,000 stocks for many criteria. There are a lot of scans to find good stocks to look at here in the SI archives. The basics of charting are there to get started. The basics are important to learn first. The charting is minimal compared to MSWIN 6.5, but that is mostly due to the extra indicators. Richard has said in the past that many of the indicators are measuring the same thing, so as a beginner that may not be a real problem. I got WOW Pro 5.0, but if I had it to do over again, I would get MSWIN first. Best Wishes, Bob