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Thanks 
Chuck
My query really is 
just that, as in the ASX the tick vlaues vary according to the share 
price
< 10c tick = 
0.1c
>10 to <50 
tick = 0.5c
>50 tick is 
1c
and I believe there 
is a larger tick value for stocks >$100 or so, but I am not sure what that is 
as not many stocks exceed $100
I just wondered what 
the US tick values were and if they vary like the silly ones on the 
ASX
The change to 
decimals of cents in the US was just recent if I am correct in 
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  face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----From: Chuck Rademacher 
  [mailto:chuck_rademacher@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Saturday, 5 July 2003 
  1:52 PMTo: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxSubject: RE: 
  [amibroker] H=L and V=0
  G'day, Graham...
   
  I may be missing your point, but don't all 
  U.S. stocks trade in cents (0.01)?
   
  Backadjusted and/or historical prices can 
  be different.   U.S. stocks use to trade in 1/8's.   
  Backadjusted prices can be virtually anything.  I carry eight decimal 
  places in my prices in order to detect minor changes in backadjusted 
  prices.   TC2000, for instance, might show the O,H,L.C. for some 
  stock all as being 0.10.   My database may contain 0.091129514 for 
  the low and 0.10423193 for the high.
   
  I'm trying to answer the question you 
  asked as well as what I think your next question might be.
   
  Cheers 
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    Message-----From: Graham 
    [mailto:gkavanagh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2003 
    1:42 AMTo: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxSubject: RE: 
    [amibroker] H=L and V=0
    Can someone tell 
    me what the trade tick values are for US stocks?
     
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      face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----From: Chuck 
      Rademacher [mailto:chuck_rademacher@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Saturday, 
      5 July 2003 11:15 AMTo: 
      amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxSubject: RE: [amibroker] H=L and 
      V=0
      You may be interested in knowing that 
      since 1984, there were 2,044,478 instances of U.S. stocks trading at least 
      100 shares where the high and low were the same.
       
      Since 1984, there were 981,006 
      instances of U.S. stocks trading at least 1,000 shares where the high and 
      low were the same.
       
      Since 1984, there were 193,717 
      instances of U.S. stocks trading at least 10,000 shares where the high and 
      low were the same.
       
      The above figures are based on all 
      stocks, including stocks that are now extinct.
       
      Be careful, 
      though.   With heavy backadjusting, your data 
      may show something like DELL, YHOO, etc. trading at the same price 
      (O,H,L,C) for several days when, in fact, it wasn't really trading at 
      the same price.    The backadjusted prices 
      (O,H,L,C) may be showing as 0.10, for instance, for several 
      days.   In reality, the price may have been ranging between $30 
      and $32.  It's only the backadjusting that makes it appear that the 
      high and low are the same.
       
      Have fun!
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        face="Times New Roman">-----Original Message-----From: Al 
        Venosa [mailto:advenosa@xxxxxxxxxxxx]Sent: Friday, July 04, 
        2003 9:32 AMTo: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxSubject: 
        Re: [amibroker] H=L and V=0
        Thanks, Bob, for the explanation 
        of what data vendors do for V==0 days. I didn't know that. My list, too, 
        was originally created using ma(V,50)>250,000. Your explanation for 
        days when H==L AND V==0 is good and I feel confident in deleting those 
        days completely (although I don't know how, do you?). The real problem 
        is what to do about those majority of days when H==L, yet the volume was 
        normal. You confirmed this yourself. Are those real trading days? What 
        does it mean when the high and low are the same and the volume appears 
        normal? Are these real errors by QP2? If not, do we just assume them to 
        be correct and go our merry way? 
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          Bob 
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          Sent: Friday, July 04, 2003 1:49 
          AM
          Subject: RE: [amibroker] H=L and 
          V=0
          
          <FONT face=Arial 
          color=#0000ff>Most vendors set O = H = L = C == Ref(C,-1) for 
          zero-V days, Al.
          To 
          do otherwise would trash most indicators.
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          I 
          also use QP2 so ran your scan on a watch list of stocks with MA(V,10) 
          >250K.
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          class=315273903-04072003>This 
          1301-stock list  had 22452 errors; 5152 with V==0. 
          
          Of 
          the remaining 17,300, 4300  had V <= 1000 shares; 
          these clearly could have been a single 
transaction.
          I'm 
          therefore not surprised by the overall % errors he two tests 
          showed.
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            face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----From: Al Venosa 
            [mailto:advenosa@xxxxxxxxxxxx]Sent: Thursday, July 03, 
            2003 7:34 PMTo: 
            amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxSubject: Re: [amibroker] H=L and 
            V=0
            Thanks, Graham. I use QP2 EOD 
            data, so I thought the QP2 folks eliminated what you call 'padded' 
            data. I'll write them an email and ask. 
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              Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 
              10:30 PM
              Subject: RE: [amibroker] H=L 
              and V=0
              
              Sounds 
              like your data you receive is padded, ie non traded days are 
              included in the data as zero volume and the C = yesterdays close 
              with o=h=l=c
              This 
              is common in Australia to use this form, but I don't know if used 
              anywhere else.
               
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                align=left>-----Original 
                Message-----From: Al Venosa 
                [mailto:advenosa@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, 4 July 
                2003 10:22 AMTo: 
                amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxSubject: [amibroker] H=L and 
                V=0
                Hi, everyone:
                 
                Tonight, I thought I'd do a quickie exploration of a 
                watchlist containing almost 800 stocks (range setting on all 
                quotations). I was interested in finding out how many times the 
                high was equal to the low or the volume equaled 0. I used the 
                following exploration:
                Buy=Sell=Short=Cover=<FONT 
                color=#ff6820 size=2>0;Error = 
                H==L OR 
                V==<FONT face="Microsoft Sans Serif" color=#ff6820 
                size=2>0<FONT face="Microsoft Sans Serif" 
                size=2>;<FONT color=#0000ff 
                size=2>AddColumn(H,<FONT 
                color=#ff00ff size=2>"H",<FONT 
                color=#ff6820 size=2>1.2);<FONT 
                color=#0000ff size=2>AddColumn<FONT 
                size=2>(L,"L"<FONT 
                size=2>,1.2<FONT 
                size=2>);<FONT face="Microsoft Sans Serif" 
                color=#0000ff size=2>AddColumn<FONT 
                face="Microsoft Sans Serif" size=2>(V,<FONT 
                face="Microsoft Sans Serif" color=#ff00ff size=2>"V"<FONT 
                face="Microsoft Sans Serif" size=2>,<FONT 
                face="Microsoft Sans Serif" color=#ff6820 size=2>1<FONT 
                face="Microsoft Sans Serif" size=2>);<FONT 
                color=#0000ff size=2>AddColumn<FONT 
                size=2>(Error,"Bad Price 
                Patterns",<FONT color=#ff6820 
                size=2>1);<FONT 
                face="Microsoft Sans Serif" size=2>Filter=Error><FONT 
                face="Microsoft Sans Serif" color=#ff6820 size=2>0<FONT 
                face="Microsoft Sans Serif" size=2>;
                 
                To my surprise, I found over 13,000 instances of H==L and 
                almost 2,700 instances of V==0. On the days when V==0, the H and 
                L were also equal. So, those days were truly bad data (or 
                non-trade) days. However, in the other 10,000+ instances when 
                H==L, there was legitimate volume, sometimes high volume. What 
                does it mean when the price bars are all equal (O=H=L=C), yet 
                volume was finite? 
                 
                Al Venosa
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