Re: SuperCharts V.2.x

[richard.p.parsons@xxxxxxxxxx (Richard Parsons)]

The solution to Y2K is simple; just add an extra 2 digits to the date in the
ascii file format i.e. "yyyymmdd" instead of "yymmdd"

The problem is getting SuperCharts to recognise the new format.

Doesn't sound difficult does it?

Here, in the UK, I run a program which can be configured to display the date
eight (8) different ways.

WHEN ARE US SOFTWARE WRITERS GOING TO WAKE UP TO THE Y2K PROBLEM???

You ask 'With all that data, what are the charts telling me?'

If only it was that simple! I think the 30 yr Long Bond is interesting
because it reflects the fundamental problems facing the US government. i.e.
how to keep on financing the budget deficit. Each quarterly review a
decision has to be made as to whether to raise funds at the long or short
end. Watching the price action on the long bond one wonders if, in reality,
interest rates are a function of the market place rather than the Fed.

Richard.

-----Original Message-----
From: greene@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <greene@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Richard Parsons <richard.p.parsons@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 13 January 1998 23:30
Subject: Re: SuperCharts V.2.x


>I don't think that deleting a couple of years from my data dates makes
sense
>(even if I could figure out how to do it).  For example - when I test
systems -
>I look at more than the raw test results.  I want to see where the
buys/sells
>are at various points in history.  E.g., how did the system do before the
1987
>crash - how did it perform in the bear market of 1973-74 - etc.  I think
I'd get
>a little confused trying to remember that 1987 is now 1984 - and 1973 is
now
>1969 - etc. <g>.
>
>I agree that SuperCharts is a better program than Metastock (at least it is
for
>my purposes) - but that won't help me if it doesn't run.  FWIW - with
regard to
>Metastock - it will read a date like 1/1/00.  But I suspect it's reading
the
>date as 1/1/1900.  Not as good as reading the date properly - but better
than
>not being able to read the date at all.
>
>As an aside - I have some large daily files (some going back to the
1920's) -
>and SuperCharts can't swallow those files in a single gulp either (it needs
2
>gulps).  Now that I think of it - perhaps that's because I have my data
stored
>in Metastock format.
>
>So - with all that data - what are your charts telling you now?  Robyn
>