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by hottip
Fri Feb 12, 2010 12:47 pm
Forum: Testing and Simulation
Topic: Any profitable users of TB?
Replies: 18
Views: 12264

Thanks for all the responses. I forgot to mention that I've also looked into VectorVest. They have some interesting proprietary indicators and many good reviews as well. The problem is that I think their backtester is only for equities and also is not as robust as TB. Another plus for TB is the comm...
by hottip
Fri Feb 12, 2010 12:50 am
Forum: Testing and Simulation
Topic: Any profitable users of TB?
Replies: 18
Views: 12264

One competitor to TBlox sells their product for (1/15)th the price. Yes really. If the price of the software is an important consideration, perhaps you may want to try out the lower cost item first. If it meets your needs, congratulations, you got what you needed for (1/15)th of the money. If it do...
by hottip
Thu Feb 11, 2010 2:02 pm
Forum: Testing and Simulation
Topic: Any profitable users of TB?
Replies: 18
Views: 12264

Thanks Sluggo. Yes, I've already assumed that Mr. Garner is very successful. I was hoping that there would be at least a handful more who can claim this software has helped make them money (as opposed to being a tool for purely intellectual exercises). My question has much less to do with self-confi...
by hottip
Thu Feb 11, 2010 1:41 pm
Forum: Testing and Simulation
Topic: Any profitable users of TB?
Replies: 18
Views: 12264

Any profitable users of TB?

I've been trading profitably fulltime for 7 yrs now. I've always been a "system trader" but the extent of my backtesting has been crudely through Excel. I've finally decided to venture into a more comprehensive backtesting s/w package such as TradingBlox. My question is -- Are there any pr...
by hottip
Mon Feb 08, 2010 12:08 pm
Forum: Testing and Simulation
Topic: Dead Turtles
Replies: 92
Views: 95997

Hello Anthony! Thanks so much for taking the time to answer my question. I would agree that elitetrader is 90% rubbish, but there are a handful of posters that are serious traders and wish to generate some real discussion. I've been thinking about purchasing TradingBlox for some time, and your Activ...