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Re: volume off the scale!



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"Phil Lane" <patterntrader@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>it seems that on Friday the Nasdaq volume was so big that it exceeded the
>range of the TS4. It's displaying a NEGATIVE number. Attempts at editing the
>data are futile, it won't take the correct number.
>
>Symbol TVOLQ. Anyone have any suggestions?????

As others have pointed out, the problem is the range of a signed
integer. Of course, it's completely silly to use a SIGNED number for
a volume, thus cutting its potential range in half.  To fix that,
Omega would have to allow some symbols to be identified as
volume-type, rather than price-type. 

That said (as Phil notes, we won't get Omega to do anything about it),
how about changing the price scale to a higher value - if you're
currently using AS IS, try 10.  Lose some precision, gain some range.

Jim