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Chip,
You probably have also been double billed by Reuters! Check your last update
folder and I'd be willing to bet you've gotten an extra charge for out of
range uploads! I had problems similar to the ones you've described ever
since Reuter switched data providers in October. I complained to Reuters
then to Equis. Both were kind but I doubt the problem has been corrected.
The fix....find another source for your data. I have no suggestions but
maybe someone else on this sight will. So, I join you.....GRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!
J
>From: "Chip Anderson" <chipa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Long Bond Continuous Contract Symbol???
>Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 18:26:09 -0800
>
>Grrr...
>
>Does anyone know the Reuters Datalink symbol to use for the price of the US
>Long Bond?
>
>I had been using "@:2ZBcl#I" - the continuous contract - for the past 10
>months without problems.
>Last week, that symbol went away somehow. Being a bit of a novice when it
>comes to futures, I figured something rolled
>over somewhere and I needed to use a different symbol. I went to the Equis
>support website and installed the latest
>symbol file upgrade for The Downloader and then created a new symbol from
>"New Security/Lookup" dialog using the
>"Futures (DataLink Symbols)" selection. This time it generated "@:UScl#I"
>which appeared to work fine (this was last
>Monday). I then spent several hours recreating my bond-based charts with
>this new dataset (grrr... don't get me
>started). After that work was done, things seemed to be back to normal and
>the charts were updated with the new data
>just fine.
>
>Until...
>
>Today, The DownLoader is telling me that both symbols are "invalid" and
>there is no new update for the symbol files on
>the support site. I give up. All I want is a symbol (any symbol!) that I
>can use for the price (not the yield) of the
>30-year US Treasury Bond on a continuous basis. Any and all help is
>greatly appreciated.
>
>Happy Y2K,
>Chip
>
>
>P.S. This is all with the EOD version of Metastock 6.52 and version 7.0 of
>The Downloader. All of my other stock
>symbols downloaded just fine.
>
>
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