AmiBroker is a Windows desktop beast for traders who want speed, control, and serious backtesting. If you like proving rules before risking cash, it can be a monster advantage — but it’s not a “click two buttons and become a wizard” kind of tool.

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Quick Summary

What Is AmiBroker?

AmiBroker is a Windows desktop technical analysis platform that combines charting, market scanning, and a system development environment for backtesting and optimization. It’s built for people who want to validate rules with data — fast.

Why Yield Raiders Care

Dividend capture looks simple until you try to do it consistently. The “money leaks” happen in the details: entry timing, exit timing, gap risk, and overtrading. AmiBroker helps you test those details like a lab, not a bar bet.

• Hold-window testing: compare “sell same day,” “sell next day,” and “sell after recovery” rules.
• Exit logic reality check: find out if your exits save you… or quietly murder your returns.
• Position sizing discipline: test sizing rules that keep one bad trade from turning into a crater.
• Portfolio-level behavior: simulate what happens when multiple signals compete for capital.

“AmiBroker is where ‘I think this works’ goes to either get promoted… or executed.”

What It’s Good At

• Speed: designed for fast scans and backtests across large symbol lists.
• Portfolio backtesting: simulation that accounts for position sizing, available capital, and competing signals.
• Optimization: useful for testing parameter ranges, then verifying you didn’t just overfit a unicorn.
• Rule-based workflows: once your rule set is defined, running variations and comparing results is straightforward.
• Flexibility with data: can be set up with different data sources depending on your market and needs.

How Yield Raiders Use It

Here’s the AmiBroker-friendly way to use it for dividend capture without turning it into a year-long PhD program:

• Step 1 — Define the rule in plain English: “Buy before ex-date, sell after X days unless price hasn’t recovered.”
• Step 2 — Turn it into a testable system: entries, exits, sizing, and a basic risk stop.
• Step 3 — Run portfolio-level tests: not just one ticker at a time — test the “many trades, limited capital” reality.
• Step 4 — Keep the boring winners: rules that survive multiple years and ugly periods beat rules that sparkle once.

If you only test one thing: test exits. Dividend capture is an exit sport wearing an entry costume.

Watch-outs

• Windows-only: it’s a Windows desktop platform, so Mac users will need a workaround.
• Learning curve: the power is real, but you’ll spend time learning the workflow and tooling.
• Data is the boss fight: clean data and correct corporate actions matter, or your backtest becomes “garbage with confidence.”
• Overfitting temptation: optimization is useful, but it can also turn into curve-fitting cosplay if you’re not careful.

Pricing & Access Info

• Pricing: Check site for up-to-date pricing.
• Login Required? No (desktop software; licensing applies).
• Upsells or Ads? No ads in the tool itself; you may pay separately for market data depending on your setup.

Verdict: If you’re serious about backtesting dividend capture rules — and you’re willing to learn the tool — AmiBroker can be a high-powered “proof engine” that saves you from expensive mistakes.

Pros & Cons

Our Verdict

“AmiBroker is a speed-and-proof machine. For Yield Raiders, it’s best used to test hold windows, exits, and portfolio rules — so your dividend capture strategy is built on evidence, not vibes.”

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