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Hi,

> 1. Does the back tester always use daily data?
Currently yes. However the support for testing in weekly mode is
coming up in v3.7.

> 2. If I change the plot display to weekly does the backtester then 
> work with weekly data?
No.

> 3. Do the B/S arrrows from a backtest apply only to a daily plot? 
I 
> can't get them to display on a weekly plot.
You can get buy/sell arrows on monthly and weekly plots using
Chart commentary.

> 
> 4. Is the explore capability in AB similar to the MetaStock explore?
Yes, but more flexible - AB has UNLIMITED number of user definable 
columns.

> 
> 5. Yahoo quotes, is the volume in units or 100s?
Units.


> 6. If I import MetaStock format data, do I always have to manually 
> sort the stocks into the correct markets, groups etc. or am I 
missing 
> something? If I want a NASDAQ stock under that market do I have to 
> move it there from the import default of NYSE manually?
No, using registered version, you do this only once.

Best regards,
Tomasz Janeczko