Dynamic Trading Software - Questions?

Hey Folks,

I have been a big fan of Robert Miner's work for years and have always done most of the calculations for Fibs etc within eSignal.

I just bought his software to help me streamline this process. While it is obvious that the drawing tools are far easier to apply and read on the chart, I have some questions/gripes that hopefully someone here can answer:

1. Can't you simply type in a symbol and have it populate that charts that are in your layout? The image below is my layout but I cannot for the life of me determine how to change the symbol w/out basically calling up another layout with a diff symbol that shows the same exact charts - this takes way TOO long. It seems illogical to me to have to have say 25 layouts if you monitor 25 symbols.

http://www.aspentrading.com/uploaded...09dtlayout.png

2. The quote sheet - wow, this is a sad. I cannot find out how to open more than 1 of these or worse, manipulate the fonts/colors.

I really hope I am just missing something here, if not, the software goes back. This take nothing away from Miners's work, but thus far this software is very limited on flexibility.

Any and all help is appreciated.

hey dave

i tried his software at a friends and while it has some really cool stuff, i found the same problem and that is flexibility. my friend got it and never used it coz of the same problem. its difficult and at the same time very manual while other softwares can automate this whole process for u, draw fib time and price and give u targets and exits and such with just a click of a button. maybe it is automated somewhere but i found it confusing to use and the manual wasnt much help

drop me a pm and ill give u some ideas and alternatives.

The software truely is a great piece of work, best i have used, Not sure about RT applications but for analysis best in the field, Its really too bad though they didnt incorporate geometry tools within it though. For me that would throw it over the top.

Thanks for the replies. I never questioned the quality of the software - no doubts there. However, from a functionality standpoint, it is really poorly laid out.

I have never come across software that does not allow you to type in a symbol and have the data populate all the charts currently open that are linked with the quote box etc.

To call up a whole new layout to see a new symbol makes ZERO sense and is time consuming as the computer needs to re-build the whole layout.

While I think the tools are great I will be sending the software back - many of the routines I wanted to do can be done in eSignal, although it is not as clean and simple. However, that draw-back is minor (no pun intended) when compared to the limitations in DT5.

Mr. Miner, here is a little tip: add some functionality/flexibility to your software and you will sell far more copies of it!

Dynamic trader has a series of help videos on the site. As for adding more than 1 time frame, you can do it with every pair (hope you have several large monitors) or use a separate workspace for each pair. Color can be change by clicking on the "ABC" button, here you can also change the font size

Thanks - I know there can be more than 1 time frame open - I have 4 monitors and have a diff chart/time frame on each of the monitors - so that part I get.

What appears to be not possible is to then switch from say EUR to JPY on the fly ands have all those chart re-populated with JPY data.

As far as I can tell I can only call up a new workspace with JPY data in order to see that info. That is completely illogical and takes too long for the computer to load 'new charts' as opposed to just adding in new data to the existing workspace.

On another note - I called their tech support on Friday (emailed too) and still have not had a return call - that to me is pretty scary that their turnaround time is similar to that of many former Soviet bloc countries - i.e. we will get to you, quit bothering us.

Thus far, very, very disappointed with the software.

David,

I do not have any problem. I put my futures charts in one workspace and forex in another. It only takes seconds to switch between them. If I start a workspace with multi- time frames they also are repopulated within seconds of opening them

David,

also to get to know the software, it helps to subscribe to the DT reports.
There are daily videos along with setups. I subscribe to the futures report

The reports will help you identify patterns, one of the patterns for tomorrow is in gold. The yen also has the same pattern. The Yen Futures will trade opposite of the USD/JPY so a high probability setup would be buy the USD/JPY
which was confirmed by the date count and matrix cycle

Not to confuse you but for the Yen futures, it would be a sell

Flint, while that may be true, if I am following 10 pairs across 3 times frames that is 30 charts open at once - that makes no sense as it is a huge drain on system resources.

I like the DT software for sure, from an analysis standpoint, but the functionality of it is pitiful. No charting packages exist that do not allow you to type in a symbol to the chart directly w/out having to create a specific chart for each symbol.

I was on the phone with the lead programmer, Martin, great guy, and when I showed him how other platforms allowed for what I described above, the lightbulb went off.

So, if you have maybe 4-5 charts in one workspace and toggle between them that is fine I guess, but the software has many limiting factors.