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> From: equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of chellester2002
> Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 6:22 AM
> To: equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [EquisMetaStock Group] How to check they are currently
trading?
>
> I have lots of equities in my database that are quite old and are
no longer
> trading, or are halted etc. I don't want to just delete them
(because I
> can't be bothered) but they are also still useful for backtesting
historical
> data - but I don't want them to come up when I'm doing
explorations. Apart
> from going through and keeping track of current traded shares etc
and
> removing them from the explorations securities list, what formula
can I use
> to add to the exploration to make sure that it was traded at least
in the
> last week - using todays date (or the date I have selected for the
> exploration).
>
> I'm sure it must be relatively easy, but I can't seem to find it in
the
> help.