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I have to say, in order of importance... the lack of being able to develop automated trading strategies for MultiCharts for an indefinite period of time prior to trading live, their high pressure sales strategy, and now this lame Facebook requirement (which I don't use) has been more of a turn-off for me than the actual product itself.
I personally think NinjaTrader is probably more popular because it avoids those.
Can you help answer these questions from other members on NexusFi?
interesting demaenor there for sure from MC, if they want a 'likle' on FB please add G+ as well
on a more serious thought I cant really imagine it works for them, if I have a good product let people taste it without any strings and let success unfold.
if you see what TS does with their system / trading ideas research lab, I could imagine giving likes for accessing this monthly idea think tank, this would be the right bonus to offer marketing wise.
on the general topic, 'better' is a problematic word that will not do justice - I use both and more and they are present for a reason - I like to have backups in place and not depend on one route for my personal trading.
My choice is Ninjatrader
I have tested almost all popular platforms and have come to a conclusion that all have minuses and pluses, but as a whole I all the same consider that Ninjatrader the best platform, both on convenience and on stability in work
To what I compared: Sierracharts, Multicharts, CQG integrated, CTS, Rithmic Trader Pro, Thinkorswim, TradeVec, Ensign , MarketDelta
I do not mind the money on the monthly payment for the platform, there's no point, all you need to earn money, Ninjatrader will provide you with a vengeance!
* If investing gets too difficult for a seventh grader to understand, the system is needlessly complex
* Markets produce an enormous volume of information, much of which is redundant
* In every game and con there's always an opponent, and there's always a victim. The trick is to know when you're the latter, so you can become the former
I owned both MC and NT, if you do Manual/Chart Trading, use NT until MC fixes all the bugs in Master Strategy, NT handles ATM very well. Please try MC, enter for order with three targets, and then enter second order with three targets, then you will know how many bugs MC has in master strategy, they will mix all the profit targets, they will give you wrong quantity on profit targets, they will mix your stops.
I've appreciated the thoughts many of you have shared on this (endless) topic! For the past 30+ days I've read and read as many threads as I could find on this topic so please know my questions come after all the reading.
Nonetheless - I still find myself undecided. Someone (not sure if this thread or another) mentioned the idea of starting with the free trials and then buying the cheapest of the 'finalists' and incrementally buying the pricier options if things don't work out. I've used Tradestation in the past and currently using the NT download & MC trial. My finalists are NT, MC, Amibroker, and Cyborg. I don't mind buying more than one platform but I'd rather not.
Here is my profile - I'd _really_ appreciate if any of these details trigger a recommendation from any of you! TIA!
- instruments: CL, ES, occassional ETF
- brokers: IB and TDA
- ZERO programming capability despite many attempts
- want most of my trading to be automated - nothing fancy, stuff like MACD crossovers and RSI
- would love to be able to utilize slope of a line (such as MACD signal), but not a must
- want to be able to have an individualized profit target that would vary depending on instrument *AND* the easy abilility to have a trailing and shrinking profit protection
- would like to be able to do all this with more/less point and click capability as well as the EASY ability to tweak details (i.e. do action at RSI > .19 instead of .20)
Thanks for any thoughts / recommendations for those who have similar approach/needs.
Don't look on macd and rsi indicators and others, they have effect of delay and so on, find other things for trade
Use NT as platform and trade
* If investing gets too difficult for a seventh grader to understand, the system is needlessly complex
* Markets produce an enormous volume of information, much of which is redundant
* In every game and con there's always an opponent, and there's always a victim. The trick is to know when you're the latter, so you can become the former
I have not heard of this problem with MC before. I currently use NT and was thinking about trying MC. It would be interesting to hear from Big Mike on this issue since he likes MC.
I was using the Sierra Chart DOM after I left NT and went to MC, before MC had their own DOM. Then the beta's came out of MC7 with the DOM, and I used it for a while. I ran into some problems unfortunately, so I stopped using it and went back to the Sierra DOM which I like better. Those problems were later fixed but I've just been too lazy to go back to MC dom, SC is nice and I am used to it.
@manualtrader should link to the Project Management requests he created (bug reports) so we can see the status of the bugs and if anyone else has reproduced them. I would imagine if such a bug was reproducible it would receive the highest attention at MC.
I would agree with Jonson. However, I am not that familiar with MC and would assume they also have the capability to do what you are looking for. I can say that NT will do what you are trying to do. Here are some things to consider:
-Writing/Programming Strategies: You can probably do what you describe without any programming using the NT strategy wizard. If you do need to program, MC (easy language) might be a shorter learning curve. Either one is certainly possible to learn for basic strategy creation without being a programmer. You can determine what variables/parameter values you want to be able to change as a user when creating the strategies in NT. Once you get one under your belt, it is much easier to adapt new indicators, etc. as you test different ideas.
-Broker: I don't know much about IB, but I think there are many users of NT/IB. I don't think you can use NT with TDA, but not sure. I recently opened an AMP futures account with a CQG data feed and that seems to be a relatively trouble free combo. (unlike MBTrading) But you only have futures, no ETF's.
-Trading: Regarding Jonson's comment on using indicators for automated trades, he is right. But don't let that discourage you from trying out your ideas. I encourage you to build your strategies and test your ideas in SIM, or Market Replay to see how they perform. Even if you find out they don't work, the exercise can be quite useful in building your trading skills. NT also has their Strategy Analyser that has some problems, but if you don't try to trade at the scalping level or very short time frames, the Strat Analyzer can be helpful in finding any weaknesses with your trading strategy ideas. (Don't use special charts like Renko or Range with the Strat Analyzer, you will get artificially good results that can mislead you. Stick with Market Replay). Also, if you are just getting started in trading, I would encourage you to look into the importance of trade and risk management as part of your trading strategy.
-I have found that while NT is not perfect and can be frustrating, it seems much more stable that it was in the early stages of NT7 (when I first started with NT). And since leaving MBT, life with NT has been much less frustrating.
So all I can say is that NT will allow you to do what you are describing without having to start over with a new platform in 3 months. That said, Mike has made some pretty convincing arguments in favor of MC. My bet is that either one will do what you want. (I am concerned with the comments from Manualtrader in this thread though)