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I use AmiQuote - but don't think it converts directly to MetaStock
Maybe DataShark or DataBull go directly to MS format.
--- In equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Joseph Blazie <jblazie@xxx> wrote:
>
> Can you tell me what program you use to get data from
> Yahoo to MetaStock.
>
> Thanks, Joe
> --- Ed Hoopes <reefbreak_sd@xxx> 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@> 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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