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[EquisMetaStock Group] Subject: Re: Plotting monthly data on a daily char



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Ooopsey... I forgot that MetaStock cannot plot a longer-periodicity 
data set onto a shorter one.  It can only plot a same/shorter-
periodicity data set onto a longer one.

jose '-)


--- In equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Harry M. Ward <hmw3@xxxx> 
wrote:
> On 2 May 2005 08:20:38 -0000, "Jose Silva" <josesilva22@xxxx>
> wrote:
> 
>> Harry, try this instead:
>>
>> 1) Open a clean daily chart (no other windows/indicators) of a 
>> complete data set, such as an index;
>>
>> 2) Plot the indicator below in a window below the index chart:
>>
>>   Security("{ place your monthly data path & symbol here }",C)
>>
>> The MS Security() function is only available in MetaStock EOD v8.01 
>> and above, or MetaStock Pro versions.
> 
> I must be doing something basically wrong. I followed your
> suggestion, and here is the Metastock error message I got when I
> tried to plot the indicator:
> 
> "The following error occurred while calculating Test-Security()
> 
> Error retrieving data for Security function. No Security with a
> compatible periodicity found in folder path: D:\etc."
> 
> So Metastock would not accept a security with a monthly data format
> plotted on a daily chart.
> 
> Harry




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