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Thanks Gary.
Yeah, that looks like the only alternative....create a new file.
I have a couple years of data local in one minute points in several
files of 65,500 data points. I will need to create a new file for
each in each time frame needed. The current data set will be updated
with the one minute and I will have to manually update created longer
time frame files with this data.
Would be alot easier if they had left it the way it was, I think.
They probably have good reasons to make the change.
Eventually, eSignal will have much more than 60 days, and then it
will be easy to select any time frame and historical time frame I
wish.....not limited to only 65,500, probably, so that will be
better. But it will take some time. Go eSignal!!
Bob
--- In Metastockusers@xxxx, "Gary" <gary.keeney@xxxx> wrote:
> Near as I can tell (I'm a new user) you have two alternatives.
>
> You can run system tests (simulations) on any time frame using real-
> time data by specifying another time frame when you specify which
> securities on which to run the simulation. This will run it on the
> 60 day data available from e-Signal (or whatever backlog of data is
> available from your supplier), meaning that it will download the
data
> each time you run the simulation.
>
> If you start a simulation and specify a file in the DataOnDemand
> folder, using it as local data to take advantage of past data no
> longer available from the supplier, I don't see any way to change
the
> 1-minute time frame.
>
> However, Equis has an FAQ for converting the 1-minute data to
another
> time frame by copying it into another file. Essentially, the
> procedure is to display a 1-minute chart from the DataOnDemand
file,
> click Format/X-axis/Compression to convert it to another time
frame,
> use the Downloader to creat a new security file with the time frame
> you want, and copy and paste the data from the chart into the new
> file. I don't know whether this will continue to update the new
file
> with the new time frame, or if you have to do it manually. If the
> latter, it seems like a kludge to me.
>
> The FAQ with this procedure is at www.equis.com/support/faq.aspx?
> fcid=6&fid=106. Title: "How can I convert 1 minute data to 5
minute
> data?"
>
> Gary
>
> --- In Metastockusers@xxxx, "rtstrade" <rtstrade@xxxx> wrote:
> > All my intraday data comes from eSignal and is stored in the
> > DataOnDemandCache in Metastock Data.
> > I used to be able to load a 5,10,15,30 minute bar chart and do a
> test
> > on whatever timeframe I wanted. Of course, the data in the cache
> is
> > all in the default, 1 minute time frame, from which the longer
time
> > frames are charted.
> >
> > How do I now run a test on a 5 minute or longer time frame
charting
> > of this 1 minute data? Of course this is in the new and IMPROVED
> MS
> > Pro vs. 8.0
> >
> > Bob
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