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RE: System Testing Report: No of Days?



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The number represents the calendar days that exist from the first data point
loaded to the last data point.  It is not the number of data records loaded.
It is used in some of the annualized numbers.

Ken Hunt
Programming Manager
Equis International


-----Original Message-----
From: Lionel Issen [mailto:lissen@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2000 8:15 AM
To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: System Testing Report: No of Days?


It doesn't even match if you assume that 3433 corresponds to about 225
trading days per year and 4367 corresponds to 365 days per year.
Lionel Issen
lissen@xxxxxxxxx
----- Original Message -----
From: "hcong" <hcong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2000 2:53 AM
Subject: System Testing Report: No of Days?


> Hi,
>
> I noticed something strange in the system testing report, generated by
> MS EOD, 7.02:
>
> I loaded a security which has only 3433 records (I chkd from downloader
> to confirm this), but when I chkd the system testing report, it says:
> Days in Test: 4367.
>
> Now the question is: when does that additional 934 days come from?
>
> When I try opening counters that has shorter history (1511 records) and
> do the *same* system testing, I got: Days in Test: 2199.  Now the
> difference is 688.
>
> Can anyone enlighten me what is the cause of this?
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
>
> Regards.
>
> Ong Hock Choon
> hcong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx