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Can you tell me what program you use to get data from
Yahoo to MetaStock.
Thanks, Joe
--- Ed Hoopes <reefbreak_sd@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It is possible to execute trades with zero delay by
> doing the following:
>
> 1. Yahoo! has a 'current' quote server that will
> download today's
> OHLCV - aged 20 minutes. (This data is free)
> 2. So 30 min before the close you download your
> stocklist and run your
> explorations for buy/sell signals.
> 3. Enter your buy/sells just before the market
> closes. If I'm pressed
> for time I enter "Market on Close" MOC order type.
> 4. Then later in the evening you download and
> overwrite your earlier
> data with the true OHLCV data for the current day.
>
> These downloads run quite fast since Yahoo's
> 'current' server returns
> data for 200 symbols per request.
>
> I have been using this technique for 2 years now
> with good results.
>
>
> --- In equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, pumrysh
> <no_reply@xxx> wrote:
> >
> > LH,
> >
> > Realistically you cannot buy the close on an EOD
> system if you get a
> > signal when the market has closed. You must either
> buy the open or
> > some other price on the following day. Setting the
> delay to zero
> > gives you a buy today even though that is not
> possible.
> >
> > Hope this helps,
> >
> > Preston
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> longhair4277 <no_reply@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > A question for those who have experience with
> the Enhanced System
> > > Tester.
> > >
> > > Was experimenting with a system, and was wanting
> to see how it
> > would
> > > perform. I came across a setting that I am
> unsure of what it
> > should be
> > > set to.
> > > I was using EOD data, and had the "Delay Order
> Opening" set to
> > zero in
> > > the "Trade Execution" section, and ended up with
> a 5633% gain,
> > when
> > > set to "realistic", I got 299% (over a 2 year
> period), B&H was
> > 301%.
> > >
> > > The question is, with the "Delay order Opening"
> set to zero, what
> > does
> > > that mean?
> > >
> > > If a person was to watch the trade throughout
> the day, would that
> > be
> > > equiv to having "Delay Order Opening" set to
> zero?
> > >
> > > What are real world settings for the "Trade
> Execution" section?
> > > Thanks in advance
> > > LH
> > >
> >
>
>
>
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