[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: Strange $TVOLQ Problem



PureBytes Links

Trading Reference Links

Bill,

A 32 bit signed number would be limited to 2,147,483,648 and that appears to
be the case here.

~Bob

-----Original Message-----
From: William Wood <wrwood@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Omega List <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Friday, March 23, 2001 6:43 AM
Subject: Strange $TVOLQ Problem


>Maybe somebody knows what the cause of this strange behavior is.
>
>I use Ts2ki with eSignal and want to chart Total Vol on the exchanges.
>$TVOLQ is eSig's symbol for NASDAQ total vol.  Yesterday 3/22/01, NASDAQ
>total vol was 2,508,544,382 according to WSJournal and 2,508,813,056
>according to eSignal.
>
>The problem is Ts2ki charting will not plot that volume number.  Instead it
>plots nothing and produces a very strange negative number in the total
>volume field in Global Server.
>
>I am not a math expert but fooling around I was able to edit GS by trial
and
>error and get it to accept 2,144,967,168 as the Close value for $TVOLQ.
Any
>number bigger than that causes charts to delete the plot for 3/22 and
report
>a funny negative number.  Is there some limit on the size of a number that
>can be charted?  I have had Ts2ki give me strange negative volume numbers
>before but I edited GS and they went away.  This time I cant fix it.
>
>Any suggestions.
>
>Bill Wood
>