Re: [EquisMetaStock Group] Securities data in one or several folders?

["Dale Swinford" <d_swinford@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If you trade stocks, there may be no apparent advantage, other than unwieldiness in Windows.  However, if you trade commodity spreads like I do, there is another important consideration.  A spread is a "composite security" in the Downloader, and the Downloader won't allow the "legs" of the composite to be in different folders.  For this reason, I create folders like "Grains" instead of "Wheat" and "Corn" for instance, since the Wheat vs. Corn spread is an important (and common) tradable.  Likewise, I have folders for "Energies", "Livestock", "Softs", "Currencies", "Metals".  This methodology keeps each of the folders "reasonably" sized.

 

Regards to all,

Dale

----- Original Message -----

From: metastkuser

To: equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2004 2:26 AM

Subject: [EquisMetaStock Group] Securities data in one or several folders?

The Metastock data CD has US securities arranged in directories by
alphabetical order:

- C:\MetaStock Data\US Stocks\A - B
- C:\MetaStock Data\US Stocks\C - D
- C:\MetaStock Data\US Stocks\E - H
- C:\MetaStock Data\US Stocks\I - L
- C:\MetaStock Data\US Stocks\M - N
- C:\MetaStock Data\US Stocks\O - Q
- C:\MetaStock Data\US Stocks\R - S
- C:\MetaStock Data\US Stocks\T - Z

Is there an advantage to having all the securities in one folder
instead of 8?

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