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    Investment Software - What do you recommend for the beginner?

    Im with Commsec so after paying $20 brokerage each trade, i probably wouldnt be making the 8 trades a month to use IRESS for free, and i wouldnt be to happy giving commbank another $80 a month I guess the MetaStock name pulls in alot of business from traders all over the world, tv...
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    Investment Software - What do you recommend for the beginner?

    Haven't seen any come up mac compatible. Prob your best bet would be dual boot. Maybe windows 20gb partition for work (trading, reports etc), mac for play
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    Investment Software - What do you recommend for the beginner?

    What features did/are you mostly using in MetaStock? e.g MACD indicators? etc LiL_JaSoN: do u have an intel based mac? if so, have you considered dual booting windows and mac os? that way you can still use windows only programs while keeping all your mac stuff. Or you looking to be "mac only"?
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    Investment Software - What do you recommend for the beginner?

    What was your deciding factor in sticking with MetaStock? Alot of people have moved over to AmiBroker, saying after learning the programming language its miles ahead... Thoughts?
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    Investment Software - What do you recommend for the beginner?

    Id probably be the short - medium trader with my views atm but that may change. Ive been thinking to go with either MetaStock 11 (EOD) and pay the one-off of $500, or Amibroker pro for $280. This would probably be coupled with data from http://www.premiumdata.net/ . Ill also get the intraday...
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    Investment Software - What do you recommend for the beginner?

    Hey Guys, Question is in the thread title, what investment software do you recommend to the beginners? Ive searched and come across many "which software?" threads but none that were suggested for the beginner that would also help with the learning curve for T/A. Also cost per month etc would...
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    Beginners - Introduce yourselves!

    Hi all Im a 20 year old 1st year uni student studying Forensic Science. Also (obviously) looking to start investing/trading. Have just applied for my CommSec trading account earlier today and am looking forward to the experience. My older brother ordered me the Interactive Share Market...
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    Investing my first $1500

    Have just read through the whole thread. Big thank you to nioka for actually putting up his hard earned to demonstrate that it is possible. I too am a newbie who has just decided to invest and this thread was one that helped me make that decision. Cheers
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    Live trading with Commsec IRESS - How many Mb does it use per day?

    Hi Maybe download a free data/traffic counting program for your PC and run it while you use commsecIRESS, do some basic functions, then close it. Look at the meter and there you have it. If you want an average number, use it for 3-5 days while you use IRESS, add up all the days totals and...
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