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Thanks for all the information. I will try to get something working
next weekend. Makes me wish that Equis would have just built the
option in. =)
Best Regards,
David
--- In equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, murusprimus <no_reply@xxxx>
wrote:
>
> Yes, but you'll have to convert the 60 min data manually:
>
> - in DownLoader display 60 min data you want to convert
>
> - via mouse and cursor, go to beginning of data, select and drag
> cursor across data from date to volume (OI if you want that) and
draw
> mouse to bottom of page
>
> - copy and past onto word processor
>
> - beginning on page 1, find the first 0 or 1 hour line or first
hour
> of trading, then cursor at beginning of line, tap down arrow 4
times,
> then press enter then repeat to end of file *** see next
instruction
> *** you now have a delination of 4 hour periods; save a copy of the
> file as a text file
>
> - if the trading hours of the data you are converting has 7, 9 or
> whatever hours, you should apply the remainder hours as a complete
> bar, not add to the quantity from the next trading session to make
a
> complete 4 hour bar, same for short hours, early closings
>
> - you now have to delete all the 'times', either manually or via a
> spreadsheet program (in Quatro Pro it seems to have a problem
> accepting long files and cuts them), just delete the time column
>
> - repaste back onto wp page; you now have to create the OHLC bar;
1st
> line, O remains unchanged; H: change 1st line H to the HH of the 4
> lines; L: change 1st line L to the LL of the 4 lines; C: change 1st
> line C to the 4th line C; delete lines 2, 3 and 4, continue to end
of
> data, but, DON'T TRY TO CONVERT AT ONE SITTING, limit this work to
an
> hour or two a day so errors are prevented
>
> - Volume: I don't bother adding the 4 lines of volume, it's also
what
> I use as a reference when collecting more data to convert: if I've
> converted say 6 lines the previous occassion, I have 1 complete 4H
> bar plus a 2H incomplete bar with the volume deleted and replaced
> with 000 to identify it as incomplete; when I go back into DL I
find
> the volume of the last complete 4H bar in the data, count down 4
> lines and know I should use the 5th line to start collecting the
data
> to convert
>
> - you'll be 'fooling' MS into accepting the 4H by deleting the
times,
> changing the dates and essentially creating a Daily chart, you now
> need to change the date either manually or via the spreadsheet, I
> started my convertions from 01/01/1900 January 1, 1900 [converting
MS
> 60 min data to load into AGet EOD]; since I don't use
weekend/holiday
> gaps in my charts I was OK, but if you want gaps, you'll have to
> allow for them when dating the file
>
> - if you can create the dates in the spreadsheet great, otherwise
> manually
>
> - when converting manually you'll need to determine whether 'that'
> year has 28 or 29 days in February
>
> - once complete, SaveAs, name the file, and save as: ' ASCII
> Delimited (DOS) Text '
>
> - create a new chart in MS, and when updating, open the ASCII file,
> convert to text, covert data as above, SaveAs ASCII, close, then in
> DL with the 60 min file closed, Tools/Convert and enter the path to
> the ASCII file, OK, enter a symbol, OK and the MS file will be
updated
>
> Any problems, ask. Wallace.
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