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I backtested MESA against the S&P a while back and made more money
fading the signals than taking them.
It's just another system that's time sensitive; pick the wrong timeframe
and you're toasted.
Ray
On 5 Jul 2004 11:26:04 -0000, equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx said:
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> There are 5 messages in this issue.
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> Topics in this digest:
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> 1. Data Maxed out
> From: "z888off" <z888off@xxxxxxxxx>
> 2. Re: MetaStock Binary Data to MetaStoc
> From: "mimansoor" <mimansoor@xxxxxxxxx>
> 3. Re: data download
> From: hcour
> 4. MESA
> From: "traderskill" <cardiop@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 5. Re: MetaStock Binary Data to MetaStoc
> From: "Jose" <josesilva22@xxxxxxxxx>
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 04 Jul 2004 13:06:13 -0000
> From: "z888off" <z888off@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Data Maxed out
>
> Hi People,
>
> I seem to have a problem with converting data.
>
> When I have accumulated a number of days of EOD data (app 1year) I
> keep getting errors during the conversion in the downloader. To
> correct the problem I have to re-convert approximatly the last 9
> months of data and this will keep me going for 3 months or so and
> then I have the problem again.
>
> As such i can never accumulate a large amount of data to use.
>
> Is there a max number of securities Metastock can handle? I thought
> this as my data includes warrents and options which expire and
> become redundent over time, and the errors I recieve will converting
> are mainly "failures to create new security". If this is the case
> how do I fix it.
>
> Has anyone else experienced this?
>
> Cheers,
> Dino.
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 04 Jul 2004 15:16:04 -0000
> From: "mimansoor" <mimansoor@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: MetaStock Binary Data to MetaStoc
>
> Hello All,
>
> I have release new version of MetaStock(r) Command Line Utilities
> version 1.2.
>
> This can be fetched from:
> http://www.geocities.com/mimansoor/MsCmdLineUtilsV1.2.tar.gz
>
> I have implemented all the features requested.
>
> 1) Option to append, replace file, replace record if data file
> exists.
>
> 2) Option to specify in/out directory where MetaStock Data exists.
>
> 3) Now returns exit(1) if error occurs.
>
> 4) Added support for SYMB,YYYYMMDD,O,H,L,C,V,OI for daily and
> SYMB,PER,YYYYMMDD,HHMMSS,O,H,L,C,V,OI for intraday.
>
> Please try it out, and let me know your feedback. Bug reports,
> enhancement requests etc.,.
>
> Thanks for your feedback.
>
> Regards,
> Mansoor.
> --- In equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, MOHAMMED MANSOOR
> <mimansoor@xxxx> wrote:
> > Hi Roberti,
> >
> > Thanks for trying out the tool,
> >
> > Very good inputs from you, I'll take this as my
> > TODO list for future releases of this tool.
> >
> > Looks to me like asc2ms is the most popular tool
> > among'st the two. ;) Here's where a lot of
> > enhancements have been requested by many of the
> > members.
> >
> > Regarding 1) I felt the need for this after similar
> > kind of request from other members.
> >
> > Regarding 2) Yes that's right the tool appends into
> > existing data files, I think it's a good idea to have
> > this feature of replacing existing data.
> >
> > Regarding 3) Okay I can put this in. An option to
> > specify output directory would be very useful with
> > default as current directory.
> >
> > Regarding 4) Error return values; right now the
> > tool returns in either case with exit(0), I'll change
> > this to return with an exit value other than 0 for
> > errors.
> >
> > Thank you very much for your valuable review
> > feedback.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Mansoor.
> > --- Robert Roy <ta_mails@xxxx> wrote:
> > > Thank you, Mansoor for this very useful utility...
> > >
> > > I'd like to add a bit more for the wishlist:
> > >
> > > 1., I work with intraday data which are exported
> > > from Excel's .CSV
> > > format. Like this:
> > >
> > >
> > <TICKER>,<PER>,<DATE>,<TIME>,<OPEN>,<HIGH>,<LOW>,<CLOSE>,<
> > > VOLUME>
> > >
> > BX0412,30,20040625,160400,11860.0,11860.0,11830.0,11850.0,126
> > >
> > > It is the format which can be directly converted by
> > > Downloader as ASCII
> > > text input to MS data...
> > >
> > > So, if is it possible like Jose's wish for
> > >
> > > SYMB,YYYYMMDD,O,H,L,C,V,OI for daily and
> > > SYMB,PER,YYYYMMDD,HHMMSS,O,H,L,C,V,OI for intraday.
> > >
> > > 2., It seems your utility append to MS data. Is it
> > > possible to overwrite
> > > existing data? In Downloader it can be found in
> > > 'Conversion Options'
> > > as 'If file exists' Append or Replace.
> > >
> > > 3., Is it maybe possible to specify output
> > > directory?
> > >
> > > 4., Is that uitlity create any DOS error return
> > > value if we would like to
> > > create a batch update? For example 0 when no error,
> > > 1 any error...
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > > Roberti.
> > >
> > >
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> Message: 3
> Date: Sun, 04 Jul 2004 20:48:00 -0000
> From: hcour
> Subject: Re: data download
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> You might also consider MetaQuote. It's not free but the data is free
> once you get the program.
>
> Harold
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> Message: 4
> Date: Sun, 04 Jul 2004 22:57:33 -0000
> From: "traderskill" <cardiop@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: MESA
>
> Hi Trader's!
> I am studying the indicator MESA.
> I would like to know if somebody uses this Indicator.
> What you find of this indicator?
> It has some utility?
> As to interpret the MESA, I am having some doubts. Somebody could
> help me?
> I am thankful. Skill
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> Message: 5
> Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2004 02:36:37 -0000
> From: "Jose" <josesilva22@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: MetaStock Binary Data to MetaStoc
>
> Many thanks, Mansoor.
>
> Can you tell me which command switches I would need to convert the EOD
> text data file below to MetaStock Computrac binary data?
>
> jose '-)
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> ---8<--------------------------
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> BHP,20040630,12.46,12.55,12.44,12.53,19839844
> BHP,20040701,12.59,12.59,12.51,12.51,14502305
> BHP,20040702,12.42,12.55,12.41,12.51,12720885
> WDC,20040630,15.35,15.44,15.32,15.4,2416046
> WDC,20040701,15.4,15.57,15.4,15.48,9387058
> WDC,20040702,15.5,15.6,15.46,15.6,20562350
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> ---8<--------------------------
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>
> --- In equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "mimansoor" <mimansoor@xxxx>
> wrote:
> > Hello All,
> >
> > I have release new version of MetaStock(r) Command Line
> Utilities
> > version 1.2.
> >
> > This can be fetched from:
> > http://www.geocities.com/mimansoor/MsCmdLineUtilsV1.2.tar.gz
> >
> > I have implemented all the features requested.
> >
> > 1) Option to append, replace file, replace record if data file
> > exists.
> >
> > 2) Option to specify in/out directory where MetaStock Data
> exists.
> >
> > 3) Now returns exit(1) if error occurs.
> >
> > 4) Added support for SYMB,YYYYMMDD,O,H,L,C,V,OI for daily and
> > SYMB,PER,YYYYMMDD,HHMMSS,O,H,L,C,V,OI for intraday.
> >
> > Please try it out, and let me know your feedback. Bug reports,
> > enhancement requests etc.,.
> >
> > Thanks for your feedback.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Mansoor.
>
>
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