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Help Resources For TRADESTATION formulae

Gentlemen,

I am A NEW user of Tradestation 2000i and looking for some useful formulae and tips.If any member has tips, please help.

Read about two things here.
First one resource for tradestation formulae packages.
1a)
https://www.tradestation.com/Discussions/Topic.aspx?Topic_ID=8968&PAGE=1&#251415
b)
http://www.zonetraderpro.com/video/intro.html

http://www.powerswings.com/powertools-for-tradestation/

2. The future of trading without charts
get ready for future.
http://www.prime-line.com/intro.htm
thanks in advance
rvlv

Re: Help Resources For TRADESTATION formulae

Hi Everybody,
I am new to this forum, Can any one give me link to download tradestation software along with tutorials.
Thanks
K.R.ShriHari

Re: TRADESTATION -most troublesome thing

Friends,

Tradestation is not available for free. There are no links. There are resellers,of course secret ones.
second thing, if you are a technical novice and dont know much about computer applications,better stay away from tradestation. It is by far one of those tough applications with series of problems right from downloading,updating,connecting and stabilising global server,and the biggest trouble is organising realtime data feed,the cost of which can run into 5000 rupees a month from genuine sources or involves time consuming circumvented procedures. The worst of the problems being neither tradestation people nor data vendors can really help you through to get to live charts in TS. Of course vendor like ESIGNAL can help partially, but not to the extent you reach end of the battle.

One thing is there as exception.
If you have a neighbour or close friend who is currently using tradestation,and who is willing and can spend hours for you to stabilise your setting up things till you complete the task,then you may go for it.
It may take days together.
The worst of the things is
If you are user of pentium 2 pc,old version,not ready to spend money to upgrade to pentium4, not willing to spend time on net or pc more than 5 or 6 hours or more per day,then be one kilometer away-from TS.
USING PC with memory range not less than 100GB, and if you are a user of dial up internet with very low speeds,dont even think of it.
Tradestation involves lots of time spending, spending money,burning midnight hours,sleepless nights, eligibility criterion is having good friends who can spare their time for you,happily.

Hope it is clear
Ready for the battle? ready to spend time,money,buy new stuff,have friends to help out?
Only then think of Tradestation
After all these trouble what you achieve? Day trading capabilities in futures and options.
For stocks,swing trading with amibroker and metastock can do wonders.
ford

gENTLEMEN,

I was installing tradestation software for TS2000i.
After initial installtion, I have to install two software update packs sp4 and sp5.

As I install the first one SP4 pack, it goes through till 98% installation and stops there.

The pc gives an alarm,
% s decompression failed. There is not enough space in TEMP directory.

I tried to lacte the temp but cant.
tried removing temporary internet files from internet explorer,via tools,delete files etc.
Nothing worked.
I checked up forums on esignal.
No remedy found,
Ultimately I found the solution from the Blog of RAMESHBABU VELIDI. PROBLEM GOT SOLVED AND I INSTALLED MY UPDATE PACKS WITHIN MINUTES.

all the google,yahoo searches did not help.
But this blog helped.

Link is here. If you face same problem please visit it.

http://stocksandtradingbasics.blogspot.com/2007/10/tradestation-2000i-installation.html




Happy trading.
rvlv

Tradestation Indicators-free Add on-try

Gents,

Please find a nice useful free stuff here

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* * Free online courses that will help you get the most out of
HotScans! Click here for more information
http://scans.marketgauge.com/help/OnlineTraining.asp

* * A FREE message board where you can learn more about trading and the
HotScans product.
Become a member now! http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/hotscans/

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them to! * * * *
Put HotScans to work for you. Click here for a discounted trial price:
http://scans.marketgauge.com/mgpricing.asp

Best in Trading,
Dataview, LLC
http://www.MarketGauge.com
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Also you may try
http://www.tradestation2000.com/popular-scanner.php

Make sure you see the charts by clicking on Entry position etc
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The System's main features are:
Monitoring markets for strong volatility and Price moves
Sharp volatility changes
Type and size of submitted Trading Orders
Popular Stocks Scanner is designed specially for trading NASDAQ and NYSE Stocks and uses asynchronous Tick Bars which are based on Trading Orders at any point of time.

Popular Stocks Scanner produces the following types of Trading Signals:
Entry Position
Buy
ShortSell
BuyToCover and Buy
ExitLong and ShortSell
ExitPosition
ExitLong
BuyToCover
It requires momentary and synchronous closing the current position and opening the opposite one. As Popular Stocks Scanner selects Symbols with the highest liquidity, it has no difficulties. When the liquidity decreases the System produces ExitPosition Signals and no Signals for opening positions.
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Happy trading
rvlv

Re: Tradestation- INSTALLATION PROBLEMS

Why dear...
If u would have dropped it here.. I would have answered you

Official Link for the solution.http://www.tradestation2000i.com/search_results_full.asp?DocumentID=600

But it's nice you posted the problem & solution so that it'll be helpful to many

Regards
Omkar

Problem with ELD files:How to convert them to ELA/ELS

Gentlemen,

First
My thanks to OMKAR for giving the link for resolving TEMP issue.
Actually,everytime I tried locating TEMP directory,I landed up with an empty TEMP directory that showed no contents. Later on I found an empty Temp DIRECTORY WAS CREATED by my pc serviceman,which complicated the issue of finding hidden files to be deleted. It is there the Run,procedure
solved the prob in 3 steps-search,locate,delete after checking if the file to be deleted not to belong to system.
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I have another problem
My tradestation 2000i system does not recognise ELD file with formulae.
It knows only ELS or ELA file and can import only these.
If I have ELD file how to convert it to ELA or ELS to apply the formula?
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For example
MarketGauge gives free indicators like below but the files are in ELD format.
ref link
http://scans.marketgauge.com/scanshome.asp

Download individual files or get all in of them with the Dataview Suite:
(Red download buttons will include all blue download files)


Description
(Name of TradeStation .eld File) Documentation
(**Right click the button) TradeStation File (.eld)
(**Right click the button)

The Dataview Suite
Includes all 5 Analysis Techniques below
(dv_Dataview_Suite.eld )


The Opening Range
(dv_OpeningRange.eld)


The Prior Day's High, Low, Close
(dv_PriorRange.eld)


The Three Day Pivot Range
(dv_Pivot_ThreeDay.eld)


Color Coded Volume
(dv_ColorCodedPriceVol.eld)


Price Color Coded
(dv_ColorCodedPriceVol.eld)


** We recommended that you right click on the download buttons and choose "Save Target As...". See detailed download instructions above.


Download these 2 sample workspaces with charts preformatted:


Description Name of Workspace File
Download File (.tsw)
(**Right click the button)

The Dataview Suite Workspace
Includes all 5 Analysis Techniques dv_Dataview Suite.tsw

The Opening Range Workspace dv_Opening Range.tsw

** We recommended that you right click on the download buttons and choose "Save Target As...". See detailed download instructions above.

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Please suggest a way out.
regards & thanks

rvlv

Re: Tradestation Indicators-free Add on-try

thanks for your nice post. since you have addressed this only to gents, are ladies not supossed to read it?

Re: Problem with ELD files:How to convert them to ELA/ELS

Hi

ELD is not 2000i format.
I don't know the direct solution, like any converter available.

But the TS2000i website says u can install 8.2 (advanced tech) on same machine with 2000i (for old addons & global server dependants)

Regards
Omkar

Re: Problem with ELD files:How to convert them to ELA/ELS

you can only open eld files with ts8.xx
not possible with ts2ki and there is no converter.

maybe you will find a kind soul who transfers for you but then you have to know easylanguage because there are differences in some of the commands. and this can't be recognized by ts2k.
alexandra