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> metastock-digest Wednesday, June 3 1998 Volume 01 : Number 071
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 03 Jun 1998 20:40:34 +0800
> From: Jim Dunlop <cdunlopj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: Power-cut
>
> snip..............
> >>I have a second hard drive installed so each Saturday I drag and drop my
> >>Shares folder onto the second disk. When the second disk gets full I clean
> >>it up.
> >>If I loose my db again I can recover from the most recent daily data files
> >>in a matter of an hour not days as before.
> >
> >Why drag and drop, don't you mean copy, leaving the originals at disc C
> >and copy to D(or whatever disc/letter) ?
>
> Ok Ok copy and paste if you will.
>
> >Did you know that you cannot access these "drag&dropped" files, IF you
> >haven't copied them using the Downloaders' "Copy"-util?
>
> No. Have you tried it? It works for me.
>
> >Have you actualy had an experience with this, just taking you 1 hour to fix?
>
> I just applied 3 days data to a backup file from March with no problems, it
> took about 20 minutes all up. What problems should I expect?
>
> >
> >
> >Regards,
> >Ton Maas
> >Ms-IRB@xxxxxxxxx
>
> Jim Dunlop
> - --
> JH Dunlop, Ferndale, WA 6148
> (08)94517261
> e-mail: DunlopJ@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 03 Jun 1998 11:04:43 -0500
> From: Lionel Issen <lissen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: REUTERS/(readers:this is an off topic reply)
>
> Wayne:
>
> Randolph Heast is credited with dragging the US into the Spanish American
> War. When an American ship blew up in Havana harbor he claimed that the
> Spaniards had blown it up. A recent examination of the evidence around
> 1970 by the US Navy said that probably the boilers blew up.
>
> Hearst was not a pleasant person. Like most self made millionaires, he
> lied, used violence, freely broke the law, and ruined those that disagreed
> with him. Oh yes he also supported the Nazis.
>
> Lionel
>
> At 11:50 AM 6/2/98 -0500, wayne walusiak wrote:
> >Dear Dan:OOps: saw this went to the list....will make this a short one
> >
> >re:You make a very good case, re: the "TV talking heads"/thanks !! they
> are !!!
> >The news services are in place to MAKE MONEY! Period./again, yes! Nothing
> wrong with
> >that, either, as long as we make ourselves aware of their limitations...??!
> >
> >> They will show "what they think public wants to see" .... stay tuned for
> the
> >> following break!
> >
> >Again, yes! It isn't very obvious is it ?
> >
> >re:Lest we forget: Who was that person (Mr. Hearst - in 19 ought what?)
> that almost
> >sent the USA to war, just to sell newspapers? Ah, I think because of it we
> DID go to
> >war, he so inflamed the readers and the public in general !! (war of 1812?
> - - ie, the
> >Maine? Turned out to be an accident?)
> >
> >> re:It is what they DO NOT report that is really important! / Again- total
> >> agreement!!!
> >
> >Thanks Dan !
> >
> Lionel Issen
> lissen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 3 Jun 1998 01:43:51 +0200
> From: "A.J. Maas" <anthmaas@xxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: Automation: ClockMan95
>
> Having seen John Smarts' scripts, I do think MacroScheduler is quicker to learn.
> ClockMan95 is more advanced, but no problem either.
>
> For some straight forward routines I will check out Macro Scheduler too.
> Nice, neat and friendly. All we need in them for us to be productive, and soon.
>
> BTW I've send these on with pleasure.
>
> Regards,
> Ton Maas
> Ms-IRB@xxxxxxxxx
>
> ==========================================================
> Here is the adress and a copy from some info-sheets.
> ===========================================================
>
> http://www.graphicaldynamics.com
>
> Welcome to ClockMan95 - (Reference: The WIL-help file):
> - -ClockMan is an event scheduler. Event schedulers date back to the old
> days of mainframes and minicomputers. Like everything else about them,
> using them was best left to experts. Event schedulers can be found
> today from vertical applications still found on the big machines to the
> UNIX cron to the NT scheduling service to the System Agent found in
> the Plus! Pack of Windows95. There are a number of commercial and
> third-party programs trying to do the job better.
> - -ClockMan95 marries two powerful tools to produce what we think is the
> best event scheduler for Windows at any price: a robust easy-to-use
> program with a powerful batch-like language.
> - -The Automation Assistants(AA) in ClockMan95 give users easy access to
> automating commercial applications like never before. With a few
> mouse clicks you can automate much of the best software available
> for Windows95.
> - -What do you want to learn?
> <> What are Automation Assistants?
> <> How to use ClockMan (detailed walk-through)
> <> What is WIL?
> <> Sending Keystrokes to DOS apps
> Automation Assistants
> - -Automation Assistants are designed to change the way we all look
> at automating PCs. This latest feature to ClockMan addresses a
> common concern we heard from our loyal customers.
> "ClockMan is great and I use it a lot, but I don’t have the time to become
> an expert at automating my PC!"
> - -We found this sentiment coming from brand new computer users as well
> as seasoned programmers. We’d like to claim some grand insight that
> led us to incorporate Automation Assistants, but it was the feedback
> from our customers who made this indispensable feature a reality.
> - -Automation Assistants allow you to quickly walk though a series of simple,
> straight-forward decisions. Then ClockMan takes over. ClockMan will
> automatically generate a custom WIL script to automate complex tasks,
> assign them to occur on the times you specify and that’s it.
> - -ClockMan has Automation Assistants designed for the following best
> selling commercial programs:
>
> ScanDisk (disk utility that ships with Windows95)
> Disk Defragmenter (disk utility that ships with Windows95)
> Norton Utilities for Windows95
> Norton AntiVirus for Windows95
> McAfee VirusScan95
> NavCIS from Dvorak Development
> OzCIS (for DOS) from Ozarks West Software
> OzWIN from Ozarks West Software
> TapCIS ver. 6.0 from Support Group, Inc.
> PointCast by PointCast Development
> Diskeeper from Executive Software
> Norton Defragmenter for Windows NT 4.0
> Eudora from Qualcomm
> Netscape Mail from Netscape Communications
> Pegasus Mail by David Harris
> Agent and Free Agent from Forté
> MetaStock from Equis
> AntiSpam built completely from the WIL language
> Time synchronizer built completely from the WIL language
> - -And this is just the beginning. We plan to make available more
> Automation Assistants on a demand basis. The most popular
> applications will get Automation Assistants. However, if your
> app is a one-of-a-kind or a product you developed and you
> would like ClockMan’s Automation Assistants to support your
> product, consider the Automation Assistant Software
> Developer Kit (SDK).
> - -You’ll want to check in with our WWW or BBS on a periodic
> basis to see the latest Automation Assistants. They come
> as DLLs, and you simply copy them into your AA directory
> beneath your ClockMan directory. The next time you start
> ClockMan, it will recognize and automatically initialize any
> new Automation Assistants you’ve added.
>
> Using ClockMan
> - -ClockMan was designed with automation as it’s key function.
> However, it has been constantly improved since it was first
> introduced back in 1991. Customers wanted more power and
> they didn’t want to have to be an expert to use it. ClockMan is
> evolving to accommodate these wishes and now it’s more easy
> to use than ever and has more of the power our customers have
> been asking for.
> - -The basic component of ClockMan is it’s alarms. Alarms can be
> as simple as reminding you of an important event or automating
> a series of nightly maintenance routines.
> - -Alarms have three components:
> 1.when they occur
> 2.the message they display
> 3.and the action they take.
>
> What is WIL? (Reference: Step by step-guide to learning WIL(build-in).)
> - -Windows Interface Language (WIL) is an easy-to-use yet very powerful
> general-purpose programming language with over 500 functions for file
> management, sending keystrokes, disk drive management, directory
> management, binary file access, multimedia support, DDE support,
> clipboard handling, system control, program management, string
> handling, displaying information, user prompting, window management,
> floating point & integer arithmetic, execution control and more.
> - -Many operations that require pages of code in other programming
> languages can be accomplished with a single WIL function call.
>
> WILScripts and WinEdit
> - -WIL scripts are written in a plain text file, which can be created by
> Notepad or most word processors. (Of course, we recommend our
> own WinEdit, which has many features designed expressly for
> programmers(VB), including a full-featured implementation of WIL itself).
> - -These text files can take one of two forms, depending on your
>
> particular implementation of WIL: batch files or menu files.
>
> Batch Files
> - -A batch file is simply a list of WIL commands and function
> calls, executed in order (just like the old DOS batch language.)
>
> Menu Files
> - -A menu file is similar to a batch file, except that multiple
>
> chunks of WIL code are organized into menu and sub-menus,
> and each routine is launched by pressing the appropriate
> keystroke or selecting an item from the menu. (The name and
> location of the menus vary depending on the particular
> implementation of WIL menu files.)
>
> Sending Keystrokes to DOS apps
> - -If you're running Windows in Enhanced mode, ClockMan can send
> keystrokes to a DOS app running in a window. You can send any
> keystroke to a DOS app that you would to a Windows app (unlike
> trying to use the Edit|Paste selection in the app's System menu).
>
> Note:
> - -When automating DOS applications, turn the Exclusive Flag Off.
> You must ensure the DOS application or .PIF file runs with the
> Exclusive flag turned off; otherwise the keystrokes will never get sent.
> - -The Background flag can be on or off.
>
> Don't Overrun the Buffer.
> - -Unlike when sending keystrokes to a
> Windows app, you must take care to avoid overrunning the
> DOS box's keyboard buffer, which is only 16 characters long.
>
> Get to know the {#wait secs} command.
> - -Give the DOS App Time to Start Up. There are two parameters you
> can change to slow down the keystrokes when sending to
> a DOS app - the delay before the first keystroke, and the delay
> between keystrokes. You change these in the Advanced Options dialog.
>
> - -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: A. Scholberg <scholberg@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Aan: 'A.J. Maas' <anthmaas@xxxxxx>
> Datum: woensdag 3 juni 1998 0:25
> Onderwerp: Automation: ClockMan95
>
> I need automation and I am definitely not keen to see my data trashed. You make a reasonably good pitch for ClockMan95.
> Could you let us know where we can get it from?
> Thanks for all your input.
> Andre
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 3 Jun 1998 12:10:30 -0500
> From: "Richard Estes" <rtestes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: REUTERS/(readers:this is an off topic reply)
>
> "Like most self made millionaires, he lied, used violence, freely broke the
> law, and ruined those that disagreed
> with him. Oh yes he also supported the Nazis."
>
> Isn't it amazing how people type-cast the classes. Most self-made
> millionaires do all that? The class struggle is often used as the answer to
> the differences between achievers and non-achievers. The achievers (a
> minority) are seen to be the devils by those without the abilities. It is
> always popular with the left to suck in the majority. Those without the
> blessing of a mind that puts things in a logical perspective become cannon
> fodder for the leaders of the left. I consider Nazis as a statism line of
> thought similar to Communism and socialism.
>
> Richard Estes
>
> - -----Original Message-----
> From: Lionel Issen <lissen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: wayne walusiak <waynewal@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wednesday, June 03, 1998 11:25 AM
> Subject: Re: REUTERS/(readers:this is an off topic reply)
>
> >Wayne:
> >
> >Randolph Heast is credited with dragging the US into the Spanish American
> >War. When an American ship blew up in Havana harbor he claimed that the
> >Spaniards had blown it up. A recent examination of the evidence around
> >1970 by the US Navy said that probably the boilers blew up.
> >
> >Hearst was not a pleasant person. Like most self made millionaires, he
> >lied, used violence, freely broke the law, and ruined those that disagreed
> >with him. Oh yes he also supported the Nazis.
> >
> >Lionel
> >
> >At 11:50 AM 6/2/98 -0500, wayne walusiak wrote:
> >>Dear Dan:OOps: saw this went to the list....will make this a short one
> >>
> >>re:You make a very good case, re: the "TV talking heads"/thanks !! they
> >are !!!
> >>The news services are in place to MAKE MONEY! Period./again, yes! Nothing
> >wrong with
> >>that, either, as long as we make ourselves aware of their
> limitations...??!
> >>
> >>> They will show "what they think public wants to see" .... stay tuned for
> >the
> >>> following break!
> >>
> >>Again, yes! It isn't very obvious is it ?
> >>
> >>re:Lest we forget: Who was that person (Mr. Hearst - in 19 ought what?)
> >that almost
> >>sent the USA to war, just to sell newspapers? Ah, I think because of it we
> >DID go to
> >>war, he so inflamed the readers and the public in general !! (war of 1812?
> >- ie, the
> >>Maine? Turned out to be an accident?)
> >>
> >>> re:It is what they DO NOT report that is really important! / Again-
> total
> >>> agreement!!!
> >>
> >>Thanks Dan !
> >>
> >Lionel Issen
> >lissen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 03 Jun 1998 19:33:14 +0200
> From: "J.W.E Roberts" <jan.roberts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: Dyn RSI - Metastock indicator code for dynamic zone indicator
>
> Hi Anil & All,
>
> The problem here is that you need a dynamic RSI - as to its # of bars. Now,
> there is a standard indicator in MS: Chande's Dynamic Momentum Indicator, which
> does just that. The problem is that everything is preset by Equis; that is the
> variable influencing the # of days (standard error or r-squared I believe)
> itself as well as _its_ length. So the only solution would be to create a custom
> RSI that allows length as a variable - which the MS-indicator does not.
> There are a number of real MS-programming pros (among whom I emphatically don't
> consider myself) around here who have solved the same problem for dynamic MAs.
> Therefore I'd like to step onto Anil's sideboard, and ask the same question:
> ======================================
> Has anyone programmed a custom dynamic RSI?
> ======================================
>
> Thanks & Happy Trading,
> Jan Willem E. Roberts
>
> Anil Chugani wrote:
>
> > Is it possible to create the dynamic zone indicator in metastock ver 6.5?
> >
> > If anybody does have the code I would appreciate very much if you could let
> > me know.
> >
> > The Easy Language code for Tradestation & SuperChart is reproduced below and
> > is taken from page 27 of the summer '98 issue of Omega Research Magazine.
> >
> > RSI-DZ2
> > Inputs:PriRSI(Close), LenRSI(9), LookBack(70), StD(2.5), Smooth(1);
> > Vars: MidBand(0), HighBand(0), LowBand(0);
> > MidBand=Average(RSI(PriRSI, LenRSI), LookBack);
> > HighBand=MidBand+StdDev(RSI(PriRSI, LenRSI), LookBack) * StD;
> > HighBand=Average(HighBand, Smooth);
> > LowBand=MidBand-StdDev(RSI(Pri(RSI,LenRSI), LookBack) * StD;
> > LowBand=Average(LowBand, Smooth);
> >
> > Buy/Sell rules for system
> > If RSI(PriRSI, LenRSI) Crosses Over LowBand Then Buy on Close;
> > If RSI(PriRSI, LenRSI) Crosses Under HighBand Then Sell on Close;
> > If RSI(PriRSI, LenRSI) Crosses Under LowBand Then ExitLong on Close;
> > If RSI(PriRSI, LenRSI) Crosses Over HighBand Then ExitShort on Close:
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 03 Jun 1998 10:47:31 -0700
> From: Thomas Duke <ubiquitom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: REUTERS/(readers:this is an off topic reply)
>
> A lot of accusations here. Where are your references? Did you know him? Sounds
> like yada yada yada and quite a simplistic view.
>
> Lionel Issen wrote:
>
> > Wayne:
> >
> > Randolph Heast is credited with dragging the US into the Spanish American
> > War. When an American ship blew up in Havana harbor he claimed that the
> > Spaniards had blown it up. A recent examination of the evidence around
> > 1970 by the US Navy said that probably the boilers blew up.
> >
> > Hearst was not a pleasant person. Like most self made millionaires, he
> > lied, used violence, freely broke the law, and ruined those that disagreed
> > with him. Oh yes he also supported the Nazis.
> >
> > Lionel
> >
> > At 11:50 AM 6/2/98 -0500, wayne walusiak wrote:
> > >Dear Dan:OOps: saw this went to the list....will make this a short one
> > >
> > >re:You make a very good case, re: the "TV talking heads"/thanks !! they
> > are !!!
> > >The news services are in place to MAKE MONEY! Period./again, yes! Nothing
> > wrong with
> > >that, either, as long as we make ourselves aware of their limitations...??!
> > >
> > >> They will show "what they think public wants to see" .... stay tuned for
> > the
> > >> following break!
> > >
> > >Again, yes! It isn't very obvious is it ?
> > >
> > >re:Lest we forget: Who was that person (Mr. Hearst - in 19 ought what?)
> > that almost
> > >sent the USA to war, just to sell newspapers? Ah, I think because of it we
> > DID go to
> > >war, he so inflamed the readers and the public in general !! (war of 1812?
> > - ie, the
> > >Maine? Turned out to be an accident?)
> > >
> > >> re:It is what they DO NOT report that is really important! / Again- total
> > >> agreement!!!
> > >
> > >Thanks Dan !
> > >
> > Lionel Issen
> > lissen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 3 Jun 1998 10:50:11 -0700
> From: "Steve Karnish" <kernish@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: puzzling nuance - help
>
> Fellow testers:
>
> I've constructed a little oscillator that has the following
> simple rules:
> Enter Long: Cross(-2,ForecastOsc(close,3))
> Close Long: Cross(ForecastOsc(close,3),2)
> Enter Short: Cross(ForecastOsc(close,3),2)
> Close Short: Cross(-2,ForecastOsc(close,3))
>
> When a signal is posted the trade are then initiated on the
> opening of the next day (OPEN, -1).
>
> My problem:
> When the system "triggers" a trade (i.e., a long trade when the
> oscillator is below -2) and the next day's action pulls the
> oscillator above +2, MetaStock doesn't recognize the one day
> trading reversal.
>
> Everything works fine if there is a day between the signals
> (below -2 or above +2), ... it only "misfires" on one day
> turnarounds.
>
> ANY and ALL comments about this phenomena would be appreciated.
> Obviously, I'm missing something.
>
> Steve Karnish
> CCT
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 03 Jun 1998 10:53:54 -0700
> From: Jim Nolen <jnolen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: On-line brokers
>
> List Members,
>
> Does anyone have experience with XPresstrade, LLC on-line brokerage for
> futures? I would appreciate any observations pro or con.
>
> Actually, I'd appreciate any comments on any of the newer on-line only
> firms.
>
> Thanks,
>
> jim
> jnolen@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 03 Jun 1998 15:04:46 -0700
> From: Vitaly Larichev <vitaly@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: puzzling nuance - help
>
> Steve,
>
> Unfortunately, you didn't miss anything. About 2 years ago I ran into
> the same problem (with MS 5.11 by then). In response to my question:
>
> Vitaly Larichev[SMTP:vitaly@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] wrote:
> > ....The problem is that as I noticed,
> >'Buy' signal has never been generated on the next day after "Exit" ,
> although
> >there were instances when the assumed trading rules by themselves would
> ...
>
> I've got the following from Jared Saxton:
>
> "When you set a trade delay, this delay is applied both when entering a
> trade and when exiting a trade; so, when exit criteria is
> met with a trade delay of one day, the actual exit will occur the next
> day. If the buy signal occurs on this day, it will be ignored.
> I have no work-arounds for you; this is just the way MetaStock works in
> regards to system testing.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jared Saxton
> Equis International"
>
> Cheers, Vitaly
>
> Steve Karnish wrote:
>
> > Fellow testers:
> >
> > I've constructed a little oscillator that has the following
> > simple rules:
> > Enter Long: Cross(-2,ForecastOsc(close,3))
> > Close Long: Cross(ForecastOsc(close,3),2)
> > Enter Short: Cross(ForecastOsc(close,3),2)
> > Close Short: Cross(-2,ForecastOsc(close,3))
> >
> > When a signal is posted the trade are then initiated on the
> > opening of the next day (OPEN, -1).
> >
> > My problem:
> > When the system "triggers" a trade (i.e., a long trade when the
> > oscillator is below -2) and the next day's action pulls the
> > oscillator above +2, MetaStock doesn't recognize the one day
> > trading reversal.
> >
> > Everything works fine if there is a day between the signals
> > (below -2 or above +2), ... it only "misfires" on one day
> > turnarounds.
> >
> > ANY and ALL comments about this phenomena would be appreciated.
> > Obviously, I'm missing something.
> >
> > Steve Karnish
> > CCT
>
> ------------------------------
>
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