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Oops, well forget the idea of saving some files from the old DB, I should
have read your post more carefully... 8 - )
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Dugas" <sjdugas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 12:41 PM
Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: Telechart Volume Data Error when read by
Amibroker
> Sure...
> 1. In AB, go to Tools > Preferences > Data and set the default DB to
> something other than the DB you will be deleting.
>
> 2. Close AB, open windows Explorer, go to the AB directory and delete your
> DB.
>
> If you have put a lot of work into that DB, you might consider saving a
> few
> things before deleting it, like the Layouts and Watchlists folders and the
> 3
> Broker.xxx files, to use in your new DB, but in your case perhaps might
> just
> perpetuate the problem, I don't know...
>
> Steve
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "wernerg97" <wernerg97@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 11:18 AM
> Subject: [amibroker] Re: Telechart Volume Data Error when read by
> Amibroker
>
>
>> Thanks Steve, you code worked fine. I added it to all of the volume-
>> related indicators that I now use, including a file with lots of ATC
>> functions that accumulate volumes for indexes.
>>
>> I think you are right that its unique to my machine. I had removed
>> TC from my machine a couple of years ago, but didn't remove the TC
>> database directory from Amibroker. Before reinstalling TC I did
>> remove all contents within Amibroker's Telechart directory but I kept
>> all the broker.xxx files that contained layouts and watchlist data.
>> Then I reinstalled the TC database into Amibroker and put the old
>> broker.xxx files back into their proper directories. It all worked
>> great except for this one day with screwy volume data.
>>
>> BTW, is there an proper method to remove a database from Amibroker?
>>
>> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Steve Dugas" <sjdugas@xxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Werner - In my experience using plugins like TC and QP, any
>> changes along
>>> those lines, if AB even allows you to make them, are likely to be
>>> overwritten the next time the plugin reads the 3rd-party DB, which
>> you must
>>> do from time to time if you want to get new issues, etc. One
>> thought, if you
>>> use an #include file in your codes to define your settings as some
>> do, you
>>> could add a line there that redefines the Volume array, then any
>> call to
>>> Volume after that should use the redefined array. It shouldn't
>> rewrite your
>>> DB but might make things easier. Funny thing is, I think we have
>> quite a
>>> few people here that use TC for their data and I don't recall
>> anyone
>>> mentioning this before, which makes me think the problem may be
>> unique to
>>> your machine. You might try creating a new DB, or possibly try
>> creating one
>>> that stores the data locally and then one that doesn't to see if
>> that has
>>> any effect. Good luck!
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "wernerg97" <wernerg97@xxx>
>>> To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 7:51 AM
>>> Subject: [amibroker] Re: Telechart Volume Data Error when read by
>> Amibroker
>>>
>>>
>>> > Thanks Steve, Putting that code into every indicator that uses
>>> > volume is going to be a drag but I guess that's the only choice.
>> Is
>>> > there a way to permanently embedd the corrected volume for that
>> day
>>> > into Amibroker's database so that it overrides the data that it
>> mis-
>>> > reads in Telechart?
>>> >
>>> > --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Steve Dugas" <sjdugas@> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Hi - Can't tell you why it happens but you could try this as a
>> band-
>>> > aid...
>>> >>
>>> >> MyVolume = IIf( DateNum() == 1071108, Volume / 100, Volume );
>>> >> Plot( MyVolume, "MyVol", colorRed, styleHistogram );
>>> >>
>>> >> Steve
>>> >>
>>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>>> >> From: "wernerg97" <wernerg97@>
>>> >> To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> >> Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 8:13 PM
>>> >> Subject: [amibroker] Re: Telechart Volume Data Error when read by
>>> > Amibroker
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> > Does anyone have any ideas on how to fix this in Amibroker? A
>>> > factor
>>> >> > of 100 is a huge error and screws up any attempt to use time
>>> > average
>>> >> > volume-based indicators for backtesting. I can't imagine why
>>> > only this
>>> >> > one day shows the error on all stocks unless a format change
>> for
>>> >> > Telechart volume occured on that day and Amibroker assumes it
>> was
>>> > one
>>> >> > day later.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "wernerg97" <wernerg97@>
>> wrote:
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> I have Telechart Gold newly reinstalled (after about two years
>>> >> >> hiatus). When I look at Telechart stock data in Amibroker,
>> the
>>> >> > volume
>>> >> >> for all stocks on Nov 8, 2007 is higher than Telechart's data
>> by
>>> > a
>>> >> >> factor of 100. I've only looked back over a few years but
>> Nov 8,
>>> >> > 2007
>>> >> >> appears to be the only day for which this happens.
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> The database settings for the Telechart database in Amibroker
>>> > are set
>>> >> >> to not save data locally so Amibroker appears to read the data
>>> >> >> incorrectly every time.
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> Has anyone else seen this?
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> Werner
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >
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