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John,
Quotes-Plus2 supplies the IRL indexes in their database which you may
access via their "virtual" program. No data is on paper. Stocks
and IRL daily indexes are updated daily. All data, including the
IRL indexes, can be loaded into Metastock.
You can use the QP Scan Database feature to output a list of all IRL
indexes. Every weekend a large 1 MB file is downloaded. I'm
not sure if the Indexes are changed every week. I'll have to call
QP and ask them if the composition or number of IRL daily indexes changes.
While you cannot create custom indexes, you can use this output list to
compare stats of industry groups to one another. Using this list
as an input to a new scan, you can create programs in Scan Database.
You can also add any output list from Scan Database to your "Virtual" database
and then access the list of securities in Metastock. This would then
allow you to run Explorations. This is assuming, of course, you remember
your programming from college.
I have spend most of my time working with Metastock and haven't had
the chance to fully explore QP2's features. It does seem very promising.
One word of advice. If you do install QP2, make sure you update QP2
and your Virtual immediately via their web page http://www.qp2.com/download.htm
. When I was running scans tonight, my system was constantly freezing.
After 4 reboots, I finally did my third upgrade. Now it works.
If you are using QP2 now or plan to install it, please contact QP and
ask them to enhance their Scan Database program. It is missing one
key feature. It doesn't let you do relative strength comparisions
between 2 securities or allow simultaneous loading of several securities.
Daniel Martinez
John Sellers wrote:
Is that IRL list in a file or on paper that Quotes
Plus sent you? I have
been thinking about their contents.
I use IRL program to make special indices of the better stocks in a
group as
most of us would not usually just pick out the worst ones in any particular
group. Of course it is more expensive this way since it becomes necessary
to
purchase the software disk from IRL or Equis who also sell them. My
thoughts
are if you start out with a stronger group to pick from the probability
of
success is enhanced. I have not compared the different ways so it remains
philosophically.
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Subject: Re: stock list by industry
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 22:43:56 -0700
From: Denis Trover
John,
QuotesPlus 2 allows one to make up a list of all (or some of the) stocks
within an IRL group and to easily look at charts of each member of
the
group. You can also write a scan which will select all of the
stocks
that fit almost any technical and many fundamental requirements and
then
add the group that each stock is in to output list, i.e. you can get
a
list of all stocks that are within 10% of their 52 week highs
and then
sort this list into groups. If you do not use IRL for anything
more
than to determine what stocks are in a group, QP2 will replace IRL
for
you. However, you can not rank the groups within QP2 as can be
done in
IRL.
I hope that this has answered your question. If you need further
information please write.
Denis Trover -
Camarillo, CA
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-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Martinez
To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ; URNMOR@xxxxxxx
Date: Sunday, October 18, 1998 12:17 PM
Subject: Re: stock list by industry
>If you are willing to switch data providers, Quotes-Plus2 http://www.qp2.com
>automatically divides all stocks by industries. There are about
200. Each
industry
>group has its own "virtual" directory which you access via their Virtual
program in
>Metastock. Each industry group also has its own IRL index which
is given
to you by QP
>free. All of the index prices are updated daily and, I believe,
their
composition is
>updated on weekends. With QP2, you not only get inexpensive
daily updates,
but you
>also eliminate the need to purchase the separate IRL program (unless
you
wish to create
>custom indexes).
>
>Daniel.
>
>
>A.J. Maas wrote:
>
>> This list you can have created by using your own database.
>>
>> -Create securities in folders split-up by the Industry sectors or
Indexes
>> -Run an Exploration to scan for broken out stocks on each one of
the
folders.
>>
>> For instructions on creating your own index folders, see previous
send
mail
>> with as subject "Re: What's worse than no data? !" but as this mail
was
mainly
>> on creating Indexes as securities, and not on Industry stocks as
securities, then
>> for creating the Industry folders you will also have to know for
each
type of stock
>> to what sector(=Industry) it belongs.
>>
>> If you want to do this per index, then in the Downloaders Symbol
LookUp
engine
>> you can get all the stocks comprising the S&P500, the Dow Indu
or Tran or
Util etc.
>> by selecting as Type: Stocks - Common and as Group: "Your index".
>> Perhaps Equis can, in its in this case required monthly updated
"65symbol32.exe"
>> file and available on its website around the 15th of each month,
consider
to add
>> more choices or availabilities by adding the Industry Groups,
>> eg Group: "Financial Sector" or Group: "Consumer Sector".
>>
>> If you want to do this per Industry / sector you can create your
own
"Exchange"
>> symbol file, eg. "your exchange".sym , and give this file names
as
"Financ.sym"
>> and "Consumer.sym" and place this file in the "DLWin" programs folder.
>> Its creating and how contents ought to be placed on lines, can be
found
in
>> Downloaders build-in Help.
>>
>> Equis' IRL program, wich specialises on Industries and Sectors,
and as
such also
>> uses industry folders, can do this all for you. Info is on the Equis
website
>> www.equis.com
>>
>> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>> Van: URNMOR@xxxxxxx
>> Aan: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Datum: zondag 18 oktober 1998 2:26
>> Onderwerp: stock list by industry
>>
>> >Can someone point me in the right direction. I am looking
for a list
that
>> >shows stocks broken out by industry.
>
>
>
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