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MetaStock Users:
I just downloaded the DOW (^DJI) from 1928 to the present. I rarely use the
Downloader. Because the dates are in descending order, I don't know how to
incorporate the data into MetaStock. Can anyone tell me how this is done?
This is a sample of the data:
Date,Open,High,Low,Close,Volume
30-Oct-1998,8591.58,8718.25,8481.39,8592.1001,7850000
29-Oct-1998,8371.22,8539.83,8305.5401,8495.03,6994000
28-Oct-1998,8372.7401,8504.04,8271.5501,8371.9701,6775000
27-Oct-1998,8503.7901,8586.69,8309.92,8366.04,7645000
26-Oct-1998,8483.96,8564.03,8349.57,8432.21,6099100
23-Oct-1998,8531.34,8589.01,8366.04,8452.29,6376400
22-Oct-1998,8519.03,8629.17,8334.12,8533.14,7549000
21-Oct-1998,8504.6701,8641.02,8380.7201,8519.23,7451000
20-Oct-1998,8540.0901,8713.62,8419.08,8505.85,9582000
The dates don't appear to be in a MetaStock readable format. Since I'm rather
new at using the Downloader, I'm not sure. If there is a utility which will
reverse the order, please send me the URL or file.
Daniel.
Tom wrote:
> Here is an easier shortcut to Yahoo's data:
> http://chart.yahoo.com/t?a=12&b=31&c=79&d=12&e=31&f=91&g=d&s=&y=0&z=%5Espc
>
> This takes you their historical data input menu. I do not know how to get
> there from Yahoo Finance but...
>
> Thanks everyone for the info...it looks like the Internet has just shaken
> another business (Data Providers).
>
> Tom
>
> Subject: RE: QuoteMonster [Was:Re: Yahoo data]
>
> >Hi Jim and Rob,
> >
> >Is the yahoo data of good quality? To what extend can we trust the data
> >downloaded?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Gregoire.
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jim Michael
> >> Sent: jeudi 29 octobre 1998 14:28
> >> To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Cc: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> >> Subject: QuoteMonster [Was:Re: Yahoo data]
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Rob,
> >>
> >> Thanks for posting the detail. I have modified QuoteMonster Historical to
> >> use this new data source. QMH is a FREE perl script for retrieval of
> >> historical data for any number of tickers for the date range you specify.
> >> You may change the order of the fields and include only those fields of
> >> interest. I have not added code to reverse the date order but will be
> >> uploading a script to perform that function only.
> >>
> >> The QuoteMonster web page is at http://xmlworks.com/quotemonster/
> >> Send bug reports to quotemonster@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> Jim
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, 28 Oct 1998, Rob Nagler wrote:
> >>
> >> > joachim@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >> > > Yahoo! just extended it's "free" information. Now you can
> >> >
> >> > Quite convenient, thanks. To save some clicking, here's how to
> >> > download a comma-separated list of IBM daily prices for all of 1991:
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> http://chart.yahoo.com/table.csv?s=ibm&a=1&b=1&c=91&d=12&e=31&f=91&g=d&q=q
> >> >
> >> > The form fields are defined as follows:
> >> >
> >> > s=Symbol
> >> > a=Start Month
> >> > b=Start Day
> >> > c=Start Year (two digits only!)
> >> > d=End Month
> >> > e=End Day
> >> > f=End Year
> >> > g=(d: Daily, w: Weekly, m: Monthly, v: Dividends)
> >> > q=(q: spreadsheet, <other>: html)
> >> >
> >> > It's in a weird format, because the file is in reverse order, i.e. end
> >> > record is first and first record is last. Easily remedied with a bit
> >> > of perl or whatever.
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >
> >
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