Fibotrader : An Excellent Free TA Software

Which one is best for beginners:

  • Amibroker

    Votes: 204 44.5%
  • Fibotrader

    Votes: 181 39.5%
  • FCharts

    Votes: 73 15.9%

  • Total voters
    458

soumya_b

Active Member
#21
Fibotrader : Tip's

Few tips for u : on Layouts.
1. in fibotrader u can save upto 10 layouts as u wish.
2. suppose u used to analyze a stocks daily and weekly chart side
by side. first open daily chart. minimized it. open weekly chart.
minimized it.
3. click on Windows -> Align automatically->Horizontally
4. press Ctrl+Shift+number(0 to 9). Suppose in this case it is 1
i.e. Ctrl+Shift+1.
5. close the charts.
6. now press Ctrl+1.

To delete this layouts -> open Windows
-> windows layouts
-> delete the layouts u wish to delete



Chart gallery:

Located at: Fibotrader > Toolbar > icon Tools > Chart gallery
The chart gallery can be found in the context menu of portfolios
and folders. Charts for all symbols will be shown as per choice of
your template. Clicking on any chart will open the chart window
to allow further analysis. If there is no data available for a chart,
the spot will be left blank.

Watchlists:
Located at: Fibotrader > Explorer > Watchlists
Watchlists give you the possibility to have the program
permanently check securities for certain conditions. Several
conditions are possible and a variety of actions can be triggered
when the conditions are met.
The following conditions are available at the moment:

1. Limit break (Price exceeds or drops below a certain value)
2. Trailing stop
3. Signal from drawing/trendline break
4. Signal from trading system
5. The following actions can be performed when triggered:
6. Just color entry in watchlist
7. Show message
8. Play sound
9. Run program
10.Run script
11. Show webpage
12. Execute filter
13.Show watchlist
14. Send E-Mail

Different actions can also be saved and grouped so that they can be entered faster for future uses.

Example: Create a new Watchlist and alarms:

1. Right-click Watchlists in the Explorer and choose "New Watchlist"
2. Give your new Watchlist a name.
3. Using the menu Watchlist manager you can add the desired symbols to the list.
4. Now select the symbol you wish to create an alarm and click the icon
'Add alarm'.
5. You can now choose the condition type and actions to trigger for the new
alarm.
6. A cross before the symbols name signalizes there are alarms for that
symbol.
7. Click the cross to open the alarm list.
8. Using the icon Windows from the Toolbar you can open the Alarm monitor,
giving an overview for all Watchlists.
9. u can add alarm directly from the chart u are studing. just right click on
any drawing on the chart-> Add alarm->.......quite easy na:)

Terahertz said:
Hello soumya_b
i have downloaded and installed the software and it is working very well. it is better than fcharts as you have mentioned.
But still i got to learn the many features which it has so that i can utilise it properly.
i have one small query:
Is there any feature in the program fibotrader which automatically scans all the stocks in any folder for certain criteria(like trendline break, price less than or greater than some value, etc etc) and show us the stocks which match all the criteria specified by us.
If there is one please let me know it.

Thanks
Satish...
Fibotrader has a feature called Filter that can serve your purpose.
How to configure it:

1. Located at: Fibotrader > Toolbar > icon Open Explorer > Filter.
2. Click the cross to open the Filter.
3. there u will see a lot of pre-build filters.
But for the users convenience here is an example :
filter conditions:
a. 100 < close < 500
b. RSI > 50
c. MACD buy

4. right ckick on Filter > New Filter > name it 'My Filter'.
5. a window named 'Filter preferences:My Filter' will appear.
6. click the cross on the ' Quote data' > 2 click on 'Quote or volume'
> The Close shall be
always
greater than
100 in the last 250
days > ok.
7. click the cross on the ' Quote data' > 2 click on 'Quote or volume'
> The Close shall be
always
less than
500 in the last 250
days > ok.
8. click the cross on the 'Indicators' > 2 click on Indicator value >
Value of the indicator Relative Strength(wilder)
shall be greater than
50 > ok.
9. 2 click on 'Trading system signal' > Trading system
MACD
shall generate a Buy signal
since not more than 5 days > ok.
10. click Save and run tab.
11. Symbol selection window will appear.
12. select the folder > ok.

thanks,
soumya
 

casoni

Well-Known Member
#22
hello, thanks ...but i still have pob. ..cant find quote_0,anywhere in your post i have downloaded all updates from your post [main,scripts,updates from 26-05-06 to 02-06-06...buy coudnt find quote_o pls..assitt me ...thanks .sorry for trouble
 

casoni

Well-Known Member
#23
waiting for response \reply from u ....thanks a lot
 

casoni

Well-Known Member
#24
as u mentioned earlies..................7. copy the 'Main' file which i have uploaded for your convenience, and
overwright it to Fibotrader--> Data folder.
8. for database copy the 'Quote_0' file and overwright it to Fibotrader-->
Data folder..............................where & how to do copy & paste 'quote_0'
 

casoni

Well-Known Member
#25
will you please send quoe_o or pls upload quote_o...thankss
 

soumya_b

Active Member
#26
hi casoni,

download Quote_0 from the following links.

soumya_b said:
dear members,

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here is the EOD database(Quote_0) updated till 30-05-2006.
what u will have to do is that:
download->unzip->again unzip->u will get the 'Quotes_0' file

http://rapidshare.de/files/21833712/Quotes_0.part01.rar.html
http://rapidshare.de/files/21836066/Quotes_0.part02.rar.html
http://rapidshare.de/files/21836197/Quotes_0.part03.rar.html
http://rapidshare.de/files/21838611/Quotes_0.part04.rar.html
http://rapidshare.de/files/21838801/Quotes_0.part05.rar.html
http://rapidshare.de/files/21841505/Quotes_0.part06.rar.html
http://rapidshare.de/files/21841681/Quotes_0.part07.rar.html
http://rapidshare.de/files/21842635/Quotes_0.part08.rar.html

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best regards,
soumya
p..l..s carefully read my post #1. it will serve your every queries.

thanks,
soumya
 
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casoni

Well-Known Member
#27
Thank You Very Much.....above Links R Working...i Have Started Downloading....previous Links Has Been Expired So I Think I Was Unable To Get Quote_o ..any Way Thaks A Lot...
 
#28
Hi All,

I have installed Fibo and also sucessfully imported the data from MetaStock. Also, the software works fine.

But 1 thing to mention, it uses Ms-Access to store the EOD Data, which is considered as quite inefficient.

At the end its worth if it is free. But, I prefer a binary file to store EOD as it is not only compact but fast to retireve and update.

Regards
Satys
 

murthymsr

Well-Known Member
#29
hi members,

i have used the Fcharts free version & the amibroker trial version. not used the fibotrader, reasons being win98 compatibility and large file sze, which may call for higher amount of system resources. my views may be to that extent incomprehensive.

i like both FC and AB for the speed of loading a file and features. AB is better as it will show price chart & selected indicators in one view. as FC is free, i finally am settling in with it.

occasionally, i would be refering DLNGROUP and icharts, the web based TA software, which will give the chart n indicators without daily maintainance from user's side.

the support being provided by soumya in helping people using fibocharts is commendable.

to be conent with just one TA software is sometimes difficult.

murthymsr
 

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