Re: WOW....This may be TOO much

[acs64@xxxx]

Hi Carlton,

Can you give me an example of the filtering script you use? Thanks

Larry

--- In amibroker@xxxx, "Carlton McEachern" <carlton.mceachern@xxxx> 
wrote:
> I carry the entire Toronto and Vancouver Stock Exchange list in my 
database.
> I also carry a database of all mutual funds available in Canada. 
Data
> import used to be pretty slow but Thomaz fixed that early on in the
> development of AmiBroker. One thing I do with analysis is filter 
out
> equities not in my price range - ie I usually exclude equities over 
$40 CAD
> but I still want them in my database for the day I can afford them 
in volume
> (eternal optimist). I usually filter out equities under $1.00 as I 
am not
> interested in the penney market but I still want them in my 
database as
> there are a lot of tech startups and biotechs in that price range 
which may
> be the next big thing. In short, I want a complete database but I 
filter
> out by price to suit my trading patterns. Filtering with AFL is 
easy in the
> analysis window using the < > functions. If you have the hard 
drive space
> and computing power you might want to consider doing the same.
> 
> THE CRAZY CANUCK
> 
> 
> CARLTON McEACHERN
> BOX 259, RR #1
> ASTORVILLE, ONTARIO
> P0H 1B0 CANADA
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: acs64@xxxx [mailto:acs64@x...]
> Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2001 9:18 PM
> To: amibroker@xxxx
> Subject: [amibroker] WOW....This may be TOO much
> 
> 
> Hello All,
> 
> Now that I have this mega-database of over 9,000 stocks, what do I 
do
> with it? I'm thinking that daily updates with this size of database
> may be too time consuming. Historical updates sure have taken some
> time. Any suggestions out there for culling it back to a more
> manageable size and what a manageable size might be based on your
> experience?
> 
> I'd like to keep key representatives from different sectors and
> industries maybe.....Is it possible to automate, with any of Ami's
> language, a means of keeping the best and dumping the rest? I'm 
very
> curious what others may have done or what their approach to data
> overload is. Thanks in advance.
> 
> Larry
> 
> 
> 
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