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Tim:
I don't know the answer to that. I vaguely remembered a list topic related
to problems with tick storage when the first tick was very bad. However,
today was the first time the problem got me for real.
This is a very serious issue for me so I'm exploring alternatives.
Allan
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At 05:26 PM 7/14/98 -0500, Timothy Morge wrote:
>Allan:
>
>Yeah, I think I am getting the gist of the problem from a few other posts.
This
>is a major bug. Has Omega even promised it will go away with TS 5.0? Here
I am
>just starting my information foray into individual stock scanning and trading
>and you guys are doing your best to scare me back into pure commodities.
>
>Best,
>
>Tim Morge
>
>Allan Kaminsky wrote:
>>
>> Tim:
>>
>> The problem is that ALL of the stored ticks are bad.
>>
>> Allan
>> _______________________
>>
>> At 05:03 PM 7/14/98 -0500, Timothy Morge wrote:
>> >Allan:
>> >
>> >Can't you enter the portfolio in the server and edit the tick prices for
>> today
>> >and save that?
>> >
>> >Tim Morge
>> >
>> >Allan Kaminsky wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Ron:
>> >>
>> >> I just tried what you said, hoping it would work. It still leaves all
the
>> >> remaining ticks as bad. I even tried it again, deleting the new first
tick
>> >> for the day. Still NG.
>> >>
>> >> I'm also running TS4B21.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks for the idea anyway.
>> >>
>> >> Allan
>> >> _____________________________
>> >>
>> >> At 08:40 AM 7/14/98 -1000, Ron Augustine wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >Please tell me if I'm missing something here, but I was able to edit
and
>> >> >correct the bad MRK tick without problems. This is the second time
this
>> >> >issue has come up when I was able to correct the tick in the normal
>> way, but
>> >> >others claim to not be able to fix it without some tedious procedure.
>> >> >
>> >> >This is what I did: Bring up a 1 minute chart, displaying MRK for
today
>> >> >only. Right-click to the right of the first bar on the chart and
select
>> >> >"Edit Price Data" -- navigate to the bad tick, select it, and press the
>> >> >"Delete" button and save the changes.
>> >> >
>> >> >I always fix bad ticks this way and never have had a problem with it.
>> >> >Please let me know if this fix doesn't work. I'm running ver. 4.0,
>> build 21.
>> >> >_____________________________________
>> >> >At 01:14 PM 7/14/98 -0500, you wrote:
>> >> >>Allan Kaminsky wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >>> MRK is one of the issues I collect and it is indeed damaged
(until 1332
>> >> >>> when it straightens out).
>> >> >>
>> >> >>I doubt that seriously. Close the window showing MRK or change
>> >> >>it to another symbol. Then display MRK again, and "amazingly"
>> >> >>the data will be bad until the moment you display it, and data
>> >> >>moving forward in time will be correct again. The data in the
>> >> >>server's database is being stored incorrectly. You can see that
>> >> >>by bringing up the tick editor in the server.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>> Is the repair technique something you can
>> >> >>> describe easily?
>> >> >>
>> >> >>No, look in the omega-list archives for messages from Igor Uhrik
>> >> >>IUhrik@xxxxxxx on this subject.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> This really messes up my data! It's bizarre that most of a day's
data
>> >> >>> collection is bad because of one bad tick.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>Yes, Bill Cruz, it is indeed bizarre, and it is correctible, easily
>> >> >>by Omega, but tediously by users.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>Rod
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >
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