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Re: Date Formula Help Needed


  • To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: Re: Date Formula Help Needed
  • From: "Bill G Bolumen" <BOLUMENkkkkkkkkkkkkk>
  • Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1998 09:30:34 -0400 (EDT)

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I have tried V>0, H<>Ref(H,-1) and still some sneak through, this is why I
thought that defining a date formula and inputting that formula for date
into each of the explorations would help but I do not know just quite to do
this.
Bill
-----Original Message-----
From: Onno Goedknegt <goedkneg@xxxxxx>
To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Friday, August 21, 1998 1:37 AM
Subject: Re: Date Formula Help Needed


>Bill,
>
>For that reason I made an Explorer system called "FILE CHECK".
>The columns contain O/H/L/C/V, my filter selects securities if the
>value of one or more of the mentioned items is equal to zero.
>Then something might be "wrong" with that security.
>
>Maybe that works for you?
>
>Onno
>At 21:38 20-8-98 -0400, you wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>My data supplier provides me with many securities which are "obsolete",
that
>>is they are no longer those securities due to merger, bankruptcies, name
>>changes, etc.  I would like to input a "date" formula into my Explorer
Scans
>>so that it compares the present date of the last update (last business
day)
>>with the date of the last data point and if it is not the same or for
safety
>>if it is more than 2 days old, then throw out that security.  Can someone
>>help me on this? Thanks.
>>
>>
>