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Re: INDU/BMI data error and HD



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all of my tick data for home depot yesterday showed up as a negative number
all 8400 some ticks  -26.437 etc.

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> From: Ron Augustine <RonAug@xxxxxxxx>
> To: Trade Jack <trade_jack@xxxxxxxxx>; omega-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: INDU/BMI data error
> Date: Tuesday, September 01, 1998 9:05 PM
> 
>       
> Difficult to say whether or not it's a Server bug or something else.
> Clearly, the data is being received accurately from BMI and there is no
data
> error-- outside of an occasional bad tick that originates with the
Exchange.
> If the data is displayed in real-time, the chart is OK-- however the data
> being saved to the database is corrupted and any subsequent charts
generated
> from the database will show the error.
>         
> I researched a situation recently with another List member who had bad
Stock
> data-- similar to the error with INDU on 8/31.  The data in my TS
database
> had not been saved with the errors that his had.  I had also seen this
> phenomenon in the past when people reported bad data being saved, but
mine
> was OK. 
>       
> When I sent him an .OMZ file with my data and the bad initial tick(s)
> removed-- his problem was corrected.  My machine has a Cyrix chip and his
an
> Intel, however all other variables were benign.  It appeared that the
> machine with the Cyrix chip did not incur the anomaly --where the data
was
> saved in the corrupted format-- but the Intel chip did.
>    
> Go figure! -- The mystery continues...
> ____________________________________  
> At 06:33 PM 9/1/98 -0700, you wrote:
> >
> >here's the deal: the indu 1 min chart that i opened on sunday
> >afternoon (and has remained opened thru today) still does not show bad
> >data shift on 8/31, but, and this really interesting, i went to the
> >server to check the individual ticks, and the tick data shows the same
> >data jump from mentioned by ron and richard.
> >
> >my conclusion is that the indu tick data was received correctly from
> >bmi receiver, was plotted correctly real time on the chart, and then
> >was corrupted by the omega server.
> >
> >ok, omega, what's the deal here?  you got another  server bug that
> >you're not tellin' us?
> >
> >TJ
> >
> >and omega wonders why we're such a surly lot
> >
> >---Richard Josslin  wrote:
> >Yes, & it has also happened to me earlier, eg, 8/21.  It's funny
> >though - it posts correctly in real-time, but if I create a new
> >window, the same data now has a jump in it.  What gives???
> >
> >Ron Augustine wrote:
> >Anyone notice your INDU data from BMI suddenly jumping from 7725 to
> >8380 at 3:35pm on 8/31?
> >
> >I thought it was a glitch in my system but the refresh data at the
> >Omega Site is also in error.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> 
>