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Re: Import to a watchlist



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This would save me much busy work as well. I do not recall if this 
is on the "to do" list for Tomasz or not. I hope that is.

Brett

--- In amibroker@xxxx, traders10@xxxx wrote:
> Thanks Gang, it looks like we have the answers for importing to a 
> group. Thanks to you all.
> 
> Now for the original question: importing directly to a watchlist.
> 
> In my case I have external data lists that are refreshed at least 
on 
> a weekly basis and usually on a daily basis. The content is 
> constantly changing. The reason I want to import directly to a 
> watchlist is to segregate those stocks from the larger "all" list 
for 
> scanning and backtesting purposes. The reason to make it a watch 
> list is to facilitate deleting the list when I have finished with 
it 
> without deleting the security data. I can imagine that I might 
have 
> 10-20 such lists at any one time, each with its own name.
> 
> So TJ, can this be done today without generating a large amount 
> of "busy work" on my part? If not, would you please consider 
getting 
> it on the to do list soon. In my case I would be using AmiFeed to 
> import from QP2 directly to a named watchlist or perhaps I might 
> want to use the MetaStock file importer. Either one would get the 
> job done.
> Cheers
> Trader