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thank you very much Daniel
I will try the information tonight.
Dave
-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Martinez <DanM@xxxxxxxx>
To: Shepherd <shepherd.boats@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; Equis Metastock Listserv Post
<metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: November 5, 1998 5:49 AM
Subject: Yahoo MetaStock Converted Index Data
>Shepherd,
>I downloaded additional indexes from Yahoo besides the DJI and added them
to my
>database. I have listed them below. I also updated them for tonight and
added
>them to the MetaStock data. I have ZIP'd together all the MetaStock files
for
>the indexes. All you must do is unzip them into an empty folder. You
should be
>able to access the 8 indexes in MetaStock. Let me know if you have any
>trouble. To download the data, click on this:
>http://www.twow.com/horizon/metastock/yahoo.zip
>This file is over 1 MB in size so I don't plan to keep it in my personal
web
>space longer than 30 days. [Image] I am using my web space because
Netscape
>seems to "unzip" zip'd files and make them larger. Also, transmission is
faster
>and you won't have 1 MB embedded in your email forever.
>
>I don't recommend the QuoteMonster Daily downloads for updating your data
on a
>daily basis. Use QuoteMonster Historical and put the same date in the 2
fields
>you have to enter. This was for tonight:
>e:\perl\bin\perl.exe qmh 981104 981104
>
>The reason is the format output from QMD is incorrect and there's no volume
>data. Here are all the indexes I downloaded:
>Ticker Description Start_Date
>^SPX S&P500 Jan/3/1950
>^DJI DOW JONES INDUSTRIALS OCT/1/1928
>^DJU DOW JONES UTILITIES JAN/2/1929
>^DJT DOW JONES TRANSPORTS OCT/1/1928
>^RUT RUSSELL 2000 SEP/10/1987
>^IXIC NASDAQ COMPOSITE OCT/11/1984
>^XCI AMEX COMPUTER TECH AUG/26/1983
>^XAU PHLX GOLD SILVER INDEX DEC/19/1983
>
>For future downloads, please download and install the Perl Standard
Distribution
>file. The link is on the QuoteMonster page:
http://xmlworks.com/quotemonster/
>Also, get the QuoteMonster Historical. In the QMH file, change the my
$header
>line to this:
>my $header = '<ticker>,<date>,<open>,<high>,<low>,<close>,<vol>';
>
>After downloading and creating the *.PRN file, you must use the Downloader
to
>incorporate the data into your MetaStock database. If you have trouble,
please
>contact mailto:quotemonster@xxxxxxxxxxxx and Equis Tech Support.
>
>Good Luck,
>Daniel.
>
>
>Shepherd wrote:
>
>> thank you very much Daniel
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Daniel Martinez <DanM@xxxxxxxx>
>> To: Dave V <shepherd.boats@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: November 4, 1998 6:26 PM
>> Subject: Re: Dow Jones
>>
>> >Wait until tonight. I plan to download the other indexes and will send
>> >them all to you.
>> >
>> >Daniel.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >Dave V wrote:
>> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Jim,
>> >> > I finally downloaded and installed the Perl Standard Distribution
file
>> >> and your
>> >> > QuoteMonster Historical download file. I was able to download
Yahoo's
>> >> Dow Jones
>> >> > Industrial Average data dating back to Oct 1, 1928. This is most
>> >> excellent,
>> >> > especially so since I was hoping for data going back only 20 years.
>> >> The file has
>> >> > 18,647 records(!) and the date field was parsed correctly. I
converted
>> >> the file
>> >> > using the Downloader and used the Downloader to sort the file.
Because
>> >> Quattro
>> >> > Pro's line limit is 8,192 lines, I used the Downloader instead. I
>> >> don't know what
>> >> > Excel's limit is. It is easier to use the Downloader for sorting
>> >> anyway.
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> Hello
>> >>
>> >> I spent 2 hours last night trying to convert the Dow Jones data from
>> >> Yahoo (Excel to Metastock) last night through the Downloader, but I
had
>> >> no success.
>> >>
>> >> If it isn't too much trouble could you please send me the file you
>> >> converted.
>> >>
>> >> If it isn't too much trouble my email is
>> >> shepherd.boats@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> thank you very much
>> >> Dave V
>
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