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To: deep_rough who wrote (7520)	11/2/1998 5:29:00 PM
From: unixgeek	Respond to of 11149

The 'flag' bit that you saw is nothing more than a programming technique; it's not QP2 specific, which is why you won't find it in the documentation. As to the docs, I too was sufficiently underwhelmed (still am, actually), but luckily a lot of people here helped me out immensely. I think the docs gloss over the extremely small bit that they go over at all. The online help is better certainly, but it too has a ways to go. Hell, I'd write the docs for Gary, but I bet he wouldn't be able to afford me. ;-) However, I still like the product. Having said that, being betamaxed only 2 times in 15 years is unheard of! Not to try and sound one-uppish, but I WISH I had it that bad. =) Please don't hesitate to ask here if you do have problems.

To: deep_rough who wrote (7520)	11/2/1998 6:13:00 PM
From: TechTrader42	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 11149

Gary O: Gary Lyben is working on an update to the program that will make scans easier to write. In any case, once you write a few scans in QP2, you'll find that they're not all that difficult to write (and translate). You may have already noticed that the scans are much faster in R2 than in R1. And the scanning capabilities are much greater. There are new indicators to use in charts and scanning, including CCI and ADX. Once you use R2 for a few days, you won't look back so fondly on the days of R1. You might have got yourself into a nice rut with it, but you'll come to appreciate the new tarred road you're on now. It may not feel smoother at first to you --comfortable as you were in your well-traveled track -- but it's wider, faster and goes a lot farther. (So quit yer hollerin' at them as what's passed ya by, and pull yer revved-up jalopy of a tradin' system into the fast lane.) As for TC2000, QP2 can do cartwheels around it. The scanning utility in TC2000 is limited. One of the most important things in TA is to be able to write the scans based on your own ideas in trading, and you can do that in QP2. Try writing a linear regression scan in TC2000, or a variable index dynamic moving average scan -- 't'aint possible. You're gonna love QP2 -- once you get used to it. Brooke (aka QPollyanna?)

To: deep_rough who wrote (7520)	11/2/1998 8:22:00 PM
From: Ken Adams	Respond to of 11149

Gary, I've been following your ordeal. I truly can empathize with you. This is one of those "been there, done that" situations for me. I've been using my computer to "do stocks" since 1986. Richard has been at his computer maybe 10 years longer than that (he's still a kid, though). The first program I bought was from Don Worden. I don't even remember what it was called. That was when they were just introducing "tick volume". I had numerous conversations on the phone with Don (a masterful technician, maybe a market genius). I eventually drifted away for reasons I can't even remember. Years later, I went back to TC2000. I used it almost exclusively for about a year. Like you, I'm not a programmer. I don't want to be. I want to trade stocks and not mess with my computer any more than I have to. Once again, TC2000 did not give me what I needed. I dropped completely away from all this for a couple of years, then discovered this thread and the QP product. I never used QP1. I think I've downloaded way too many QP1 scans that I'll never be able to use. What's more, I probably can't even identify them. But, coming up to real time, I've had more help on this thread than I could have bought anywhere else. I even got off to a bad start and a little lady named Brooke took a byte out of my beeee-hind for it. Once I got "online", all has been well, including tremendous help from the great folks at QP2. Don't give up on this, Gary. Open up your mind and look for some really terrific stuff coming down the pipe. Ken