Video Instruction and Webinar Sessions

MetaFLIX: MetaStock Training Library

StorkBite — Tue, 05 Jul 2005 11:24:08 GMT

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MetaFLIX: Metastock Training Library

Note: Macromedia Shockwave player is required to view videos in the training library.

MetaStock EOD/Pro Training

MetaStock Quick Start

Introduction to MetaStock

Open Dialog and securities

Templates and Layout

Indicators

Line Studies

Backup

Chart Options

Print Format

Application Options

Creating Custom Symbol File

Enhanced System Tester A

Enhanced System Tester B (Part One)

Lesson 1: Getting Started with MetaStock

Lesson 2: MetaStock Charts, Line studies and Indicators

Lesson 3: MetaStock Templates, Layouts and System Tester

Lesson 4: MetaStock Explorer and Expert Advisor

The Downloader Training

Lesson 1: Creating a new folder and securities

Lesson 2: Converting MetaStock data to Excel

MetaStock FX Training

Lesson 1: Introduction to MetaStock Pro FX

Lesson 2: FX Trader's Advantage

MetaStock Formula Training

Lesson 1: Basic Formula Writing

Lesson 2: Functions- REF(), SUM(), MACD()

Lesson 3: Divergence- VALUEWHEN(), STOCH(), RSI()

Lesson 4: Latches and Flip Flops

QuoteCenter Training

Lesson 1: Introduction to QuoteCenter

Lesson2: QuoteCenter Basics

Lesson3: QuoteCenter Portfolio

Lesson4: QuoteCenter MarketWatch

Lesson5: QuoteCenter Analytics

Online Trading Summit Videos
Note: Listed in alphabetical order by presenter's last name

Steve Achelis: Intro to Technical Analysis

Daryl Guppy: Trading with the multiple Moving Average

Chuck LeBeau: Short Term Trading Strategies for Stocks

John Murphy: Sector Rotation

Oliver Velez: Effective Swing Trading

Larry Williams: Long Term Secrets of Short Term Trading

Equis International's Audio Interviews
Note: Listed in alphabetical order by guest's last name

John Bollinger's Interview

The 5 T's of Trading - Online Training

Class #1: Trade Identification and Triggers

Class #2: Implementation of Trade Identification and Triggers

Class #3: Trade Management

Class #4: Implementation of Trade Management and introduces Targets

Price Headley

Finding Big Trends In Stocks and Options

Finding Big Trends in Stocks and Options October 9th

John Jagerson

Hedging Risk in the Stock Market

FIRE

Fire: interview with John Slauson and Greg Morris

***Last updated: May 2008***

MetaStock Training Lesson 1

Patrick — Wed, 31 Aug 2005 04:48:21 GMT

Here is the MetaStock training provided by Equis support department.

It is about 50 minutes long and about 28 megs to download.

This lesson is about getting started with MetaStock.

To watch it click on :

http://forum.equis.com/Training/MetaStock/SupportLesson1.html

To download it, right click on the link below and select "save target as" :

http://forum.equis.com/Training/MetaStock/SupportLesson1_media/SupportLesson1.swf

Patrick :mrgreen:

Set up a book library

alphateam — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 21:26:02 GMT

My idea is to set up a Book Library in the "resource library" section. Members who've read a good book on Technical Analysis, Fundamental Analysis, Economic Theory etc could enter the title, author, ISBN, publisher and a few comments and a recommendation. Other readers could add their views which might agree or disagree.

We all want to learn more. So what books have you read? Which ones were useless or brilliant?

Which ones are the best for covering topics like Gann? Learning Metastock?

Formula Training - Lesson 2

Patrick — Wed, 04 May 2005 09:11:48 GMT

Lesson 2 has been recorded I will edit it tomorrow and post the link when ready.

We will talk about the Reference function and the "what to look for when your formula looks too good" :wink:
Also a quick look at the sum function but I will go over this one again I might loose some of you on that one.
We will also cover the MACD() function and explain how to use the cross function versus a greather than statement.

This lesson is a little longer 30 minutes I believe, this is to compensate for the fact that I don't sound very happy :mrgreen:

Patrick

Jeff Crystal's Online Training Seminars

StorkBite — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 07:04:27 GMT

Jeff Crystal's Online Training Seminars for Personal Investors have just been added to the MetaFLIX library!

Taking your trades to the next level is the goal of Jeffrey Crystal in his nationally acclaimed seminars for personal investors. Applying successful secrets to trading basics give his students the advantage they need—especially when using real-time data. With these courses, you’ll learn the 5 T’s of Trading: Trade Range, Triggers, Trends, Targets and Trade management. These basics principles form the foundation of your trading success, and will equip you with the skills you to need meet your designated goals.

Class #1: Trade Identification and Triggers
Class #2: Implementation of Trade Identification and Triggers
Class #3: Trade Management
Class #4: Implementation of Trade Management and introduces Targets

In these classes you’ll also learn why to go with real-time trading; how real-time trading reduces the cost of trading; trade set ups, including Breakout, Breakdown, Bull pullback, Bear Pullback; and how to make smarter trading decisions.

A successful trader himself, Mr. Crystal has spent the last decade teaching personal investors how to use day trader platforms, technical analysis software packages and theory. His formal trading education includes a multitude of disciplines including Pivot trading, Fibonacci analysis, Elliot Wave Theory and thousands of hours of lectures, seminars and workshops including the works of John Murphy (former CNBC Technical Analyst), John Bollinger (Hedge fund trader, CNBC Analyst and developer of Bollinger Bands), Chris Manning (Hedge Fund Manager), George Lane (the father of Modern Stochastics), Tom Joseph (leading Elliot Wave and Fibonacci expert).

Downloader

skeetabomb — Wed, 31 May 2006 15:07:59 GMT

Can we please have some videos on how to use The Downloader to it's maximum capacity?

1. Creating lists
2. Downloading data into various lists
3. How to manage multiple folders/lists for sectorial/security class explorations/analysis
4. What the various Downloader features are meant to be used for - i.e. WHY - (this is not stated in any of the manuals or help files)

Ta,
skeetabomb.

Technical Analysis By Steve Achelis

Patrick — Sat, 04 Feb 2006 01:42:02 GMT

Well I liked it the last time I watched it and I still think it is a great intro to technical analysis.
Not because Steve Achelis was the founder of Equis ( Never met him ... ), but because it is simple, non pretentious and no hype :D

It is about an hour and thirty minutes long and 20 megs in size.

To watch it click on :

http://forum.equis.com/Training/OnlineSummit/SteveAchelis.html

To download it, right click on the link below and select "save target as" :

http://forum.equis.com/Training/OnlineSummit/SteveAchelis_media/SteveAchelis.swf

Patrick :mrgreen:

Kevin's Webinar- Metastock Demo

StorkBite — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 09:49:38 GMT

Not quite sure about where Kevin's Webinar wound up, but if you're interested, you can find it here:
http://www.equis.com/marketing/webinar/metastockdemo.aspx

Short Term Trading Strategies for Stocks By Chuck LeBeau

Patrick — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 06:43:53 GMT

This recording was done during the Online Trading summit organised by Equis in 2001.
It is about 1 Hour and 30 minutes long and about 12 megs to download.

The sound is a little louder than usual so be careful :)

To watch it click on :

http://forum.equis.com/Training/OnlineSummit/ChuckLeBeau.html

To download it, right click on the link below and select "save target as" :

http://forum.equis.com/Training/OnlineSummit/ChuckLeBeau_media/ChuckLeBeau.swf

Patrick :mrgreen:

Effective Swing Trading By Oliver Velez

Patrick — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 01:55:53 GMT

This recording was done during the Online Trading summit organised by Equis in 2001.
It was in San Diego and was one of the most impressive shows I have seen ...

It is about 1 Hour and 40 minutes long and about 28 megs to download.

To watch it click on :

http://forum.equis.com/Training/OnlineSummit/OliverVelez.html

To download it, right click on the link below and select "save target as" :

http://forum.equis.com/Training/OnlineSummit/olivervelez_media/olivervelez.swf

Patrick :mrgreen:

Long Term Secrets of Short Term Trading By Larry Williams

Patrick — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 01:30:42 GMT

This recording was done during the Online Trading summit organised by Equis in 2001.
It is about 1 Hour long and about 12 megs to download.

WARNING - SOUND IS LOUDER

To watch it click on :

http://forum.equis.com/Training/OnlineSummit/LarryWilliams.html

To download it, right click on the link below and select "save target as" :

http://forum.equis.com/Training/OnlineSummit/LarryWilliams_media/LarryWilliams.swf

Patrick :mrgreen:

Technical Analysis and sector rotation By John Murphy

Patrick — Sat, 14 Jan 2006 02:10:24 GMT

It is about 1 Hour long and about 16 megs to download.
I can't comment on it because I was goofin around with g on the forum and did not listen to it :) It's all g_stockman's fault :lol:

To watch it click on :

http://forum.equis.com/Training/OnlineSummit/JohnMurphy.html

To download it, right click on the link below and select "save target as" :

http://forum.equis.com/Training/OnlineSummit/JohnMurphy_media/JohnMurphy.swf

Patrick :mrgreen:

Trading with the Multiple Moving Average By Daryl Guppy

Patrick — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 01:49:19 GMT

This recording was done during the Online Trading summit organised by Equis in 2001.
It was in San Diego and was one of the most impressive shows I have seen ...

It is about 1 Hour and 30 minutes long and about 13 megs to download.

To watch it click on :

http://forum.equis.com/Training/OnlineSummit/DarylGuppy.html

To download it, right click on the link below and select "save target as" :

http://forum.equis.com/Training/OnlineSummit/DarylGuppy_media/DarylGuppy.swf

Patrick :mrgreen:

Forex Trader's Advantage

Patrick — Sat, 10 Dec 2005 09:07:05 GMT

Wow! Great performance by Bret Charlesworth the Director of Sales and Marketing here at Equis.
I just finished editing the video and I believe this to be a perfect overview of the new FXTA Plug In.
If you trade or want to trade the forex you have to look at this plug in.
If you bought the plug in you could learn a few basics right here.
The quality of the presentation is top notch ( Power Point presentation made by Miss M herself ;) )

The video is about 30 minutes and 15 MB

To view the lesson click on the link below:

http://forum.equis.com/Training/MetaStock/fxta.html

To download the lesson right click on the link below and select "save target as":

http://forum.equis.com/Training/MetaStock/Fxta_media/fxta.swf

Patrick :mrgreen:

MetaStock Pro FX - Webinar

Patrick — Sat, 10 Dec 2005 10:55:05 GMT

Bret Charlesworth the maker of "Finding the right trades" offers us a walkthrough the new metastock Product, MetaStock Pro FX. a little sales oriented but a good watch if you are interrested in Forex trading. Again the quality of the presentation is top notch ( Power Point presentation made by Miss M herself ;) By the way look out for the smiley face on the F grade, it's her signature style right there :lol: )

The video is about 40 minutes and 19 MB

To view the lesson click on the link below:

http://forum.equis.com/Training/MetaStock/ProFx.html

To download the lesson right click on the link below and select "save target as":

http://forum.equis.com/Training/MetaStock/ProFx_media/ProFx.swf

Patrick :mrgreen:

is formula training teaching formula primer

happysingh — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 00:57:59 GMT

hi all
is formula training teaching formula primer?
if yes then great.
pls reply

thanks navneet

QuoteCenter Training - Analytics/NewsWatch

Patrick — Thu, 27 Oct 2005 22:04:48 GMT

Alright another installment of Justin's training. It is about 27 minutes and 7 mb in size.
Originally the training covered marketwatch and containers so I edited it to the best of my abilities so that we would not repeat the same things we already had seen in previous recordings.

To view the lesson click on the link below:

http://forum.equis.com/training/metastock/QuoteCenterAnalytics.html

To download the lesson right click on the link below and select "save target as":

http://forum.equis.com/training/metastock/QuoteCenterAnalytics_media/QuoteCenterAnalytics.swf

Patrick :mrgreen:

QuoteCenter Training - Portfolio

Patrick — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 04:29:34 GMT

This training session is about 12 minutes long and 5 MB in size.
Justin covers the Portfolio container in this session.
If you have any feedback please post it in the feedback forum.
Again, Thanks to Justin for his work.

To view the lesson click on the link below:

http://forum.equis.com/training/metastock/QuoteCenterPortfolio.html

To download the lesson right click on the link below and select "save target as":

http://forum.equis.com/training/metastock/QuoteCenterPortfolio_media/QuoteCenterPortfolio.swf

Patrick :mrgreen:

QuoteCenter Training - Basics

Patrick — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 04:14:04 GMT

This training session is about 38 minutes long and 20 MB in size.
Justin covers the overall quoteCenter container in this session.
If you have any feedback please post it in the feedback forum.
Thanks to Justin for his work.

To view the lesson click on the link below:

http://forum.equis.com/training/metastock/QuoteCenterBasics.html

To download the lesson right click on the link below and select "save target as":

http://forum.equis.com/training/metastock/QuoteCenterBasics_media/QuoteCenterBasics.swf

Patrick :mrgreen:

QuoteCenter Training - MarketWatch

Patrick — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 03:39:37 GMT

This training session is about 16 minutes long and 5 MB in size.
Justin covers the Marketwatch shell in this session.
We did record more but I will post the videos separately.

If you have any feedback please post it in the feedback forum.
Thanks to Justin for his work. ( His nickname is Pyradius on the forum ;) )

To view the lesson click on the link below:

http://forum.equis.com/training/metastock/QuoteCenterMarketWatch.html

To download the lesson right click on the link below and select "save target as":

http://forum.equis.com/training/metastock/QuoteCenterMarketwatch_media/QuoteCenterMarketWatch.swf

Patrick :mrgreen:

If you asked me ... About training! PART II

Patrick — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 12:07:35 GMT

It is also important to note that no technology will trade for you. You are going to have to put in at least an hour or two of work daily, even more while you are learning. If this is not something that you are interested in and can dedicate time to, you will not enjoy it and you will not do well. You may be disappointed to learn that there isn’t a single, coherent path to trading success. You might think there should be a rulebook with a clearly defined set of steps to take and processes to go through. But there isn’t and beware anyone telling you there is.

Does all of this mean that the training that you went through was rubbish? Not at all. The best tool that you can buy is going to be training. Learn how to read charts, find out all you can on patterns, indicators and every thing else you can get your hands on. There will be some methods and tools that will feel quite natural to you. Use those methods and tools and apply them as part of your over all trading strategy.

Interesting bits and pieces picked up from training…

One of the biggest pieces of advice from the professional is to find your own trading system and understand it. In fact, one went as far to say that a system that you completely understood and was 65% accurate would be more profitable that one that was 90% accurate that you didn’t understand much at all. This bit of advice would explain why a lot of software and their plug ins won’t work for people. They are not able to trace their own trends, nor can they recognize those patterns on a chart. You need to be able to trace a trend on a chart! Having said that, if you are interested in a system and have studied it, or are going to study it, by all means buy the plug in or add on. It will save you hours and hours of custom programming. Just make sure you understand why you are getting the information and signals that you are getting.

“People pay too much attention to averages and crossovers and miss the most important information. The moving average cross over is never where you want to buy or sell. It’s too late. What to look at with 2 moving averages (one long and one short term) – looking for an agreement value. When both averages get close to each other people are agreeing about the value of the stock. But when there is an agreement, there will be a disagreement soon.”
Darryl Guppy

Pick a pattern that fits your personality
Some people like to trade in and out daily, weekly and monthly. There are even people who trade on moon cycles, year and any other time period you can fathom. The point is pick a time period you are going to be comfortable with. What does your lifestyle and schedule permit?

95% think exit signals are more important than entry signals
65% of the time double bottom will fail.
75% cup and handle will fail.
People are unprepared – don’t have a system

Preventing and controlling losses is the most important thing to practically every technical trader out there. Technical analysis is demonstrably more risk-averse than the value investing approach. Technical trading means to trade with a plan that identifies the potential gain and the potential loss of every trade before time. The technical trader devises rules for dealing with price developments as they occur in order to realize the plan.
“We are not traders. We are risk managers”
Robert Deel

Patrick :P

PS: Special Thanks to Marilyn who helped me write this :D
PPS: Post comments in the feedback if any.

If you asked me ... About training! PART I

Patrick — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 11:00:20 GMT

Who is this article aimed at? If you have no prior knowledge about trading and want to get a head start in trading or if you are currently unsuccessful trading and have spent thousands of dollars in plug-ins, software and books, this might be for you.

What authority do I have to talk about trading and pretend that I will be able to teach you? None and it is the whole purpose of this work and I’m sure you will find this very informative. As usual you will not get fancy buzzwords from me ;)

Working for Equis I have quite a bit of training material readily at hand. Add the information freely available on the web; it is quite a bit of information over load. What struck me after spending many weeks of research is that every single one of these trading gurus were saying the exact same thing. Then depending on what they were trying to sell they would adjust their speech, some being more genuine about trading some being full on sales oriented.

This is in my opinion, something you should never forget, all these experts do the following:

They first look for a trend
Then look for a price pattern
And wait for a confirmation from a indicator

Of course, most experts have their own unique ways of doing things. And in an effort to give the public, us, what we are looking for they offer tons of specifics. The problem with focusing on their specifics is that you will be too focused on the details and you will miss the whole point. The point that they are all trying to make is that you need to define what works for you. Though there are very many that will actually walk you through defining what works for you.

An interesting story…

As a child, to teach me to tell time, my parents bought me a little puzzle with the hands of the clock. They would move the hands and ask me the time. Being very focused on the details I would count each minute. So if the hands were at 9:13 I would spend time counting each minute up to 13. Because I was so detailed oriented I was to slow and my parents would tell me that I couldn’t tell time.
I was getting frustrated so I switched places with them and I would turn the hands of the clock and ask tem to read the time. When I placed the hands at 10:14,the would say : “It’s ten and a quarter”, when I placed at 8:02 they would say “It’s eight”. I then realized that it is important not to focus too hard on the details as long as you understand how it works.

How is this story relevant?

I attended trading seminars in the past. And I watched numerous training videos, read the books and listened to speakers. In the end of each training material, my comment would be: “It sounds good but where is the magical formula”, this did not tell me exactly what to do. I believe that most people, just like me, are looking for specifics when they attend anyone’s investing seminars. That is, they are looking to be fed specific information (what type of security to trade, what kind of indicators to use, which signals to watch for, etc.). The point is that it doesn’t matter what someone else is using. They may have a totally different trading style that you. It may be ok for them to make 100 trades in a month, where you may be more comfortable trading 5 or 10 times. They may have a lot of money to trade with, where you may have a more modest account. They may have a higher risk tolerance, where you are more risk adverse. The point is that you need to understand why you have picked the system that you have and understand the information that you get from it. When you are armed with that knowledge you will be able to make the appropriate decisions. My final conclusion was that everyone should design and test their system.

MetaStock Training Lesson 3

Patrick — Wed, 17 Aug 2005 03:53:56 GMT

It is about 45 minutes long and about 10 megs to download.

This lesson is about layouts, templates and the system tester in MetaStock.

To watch it click on :

http://forum.equis.com/Training/MetaStock/SupportLesson3.html

To download it, right click on the link below and select "save target as" :

http://forum.equis.com/Training/MetaStock/SupportLesson3_media/SupportLesson3.swf

Patrick :mrgreen:

MetaStock Training Lesson 2

Patrick — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 03:42:14 GMT

Here is the MetaStock training provided by Equis support department.
It is about 43 minutes long and about 10 megs to download.

This lesson is about charts, smart charts, line studies and indicators in MetaStock. There is so much to talk about I hope this will help you learn more about your MetaStock.

To watch it click on :

http://forum.equis.com/Training/MetaStock/SupportLesson2.html

To download it, right click on the link below and select "save target as" :

http://forum.equis.com/Training/MetaStock/SupportLesson2_media/SupportLesson2.swf

Patrick :mrgreen:

MetaStock Training Lesson 4

Patrick — Wed, 03 Aug 2005 23:29:07 GMT

Here is the MetaStock training provided by Equis support department.
The sound might be loud so make sure to turn down your speakers first.

It is about 40 minutes long and about 8 megs to download.

This lesson is about the Explorer and the Expert Advisor in MetaStock.
I actually quite like it and Justin did a great going through most options.
I hope you like it as well :

To watch it click on :

http://forum.equis.com/Training/MetaStock/SupportLesson4.html

To download it, right click on the link below and select "save target as" :

http://forum.equis.com/Training/MetaStock/SupportLesson4_media/SupportLesson4.swf

Patrick :mrgreen: