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If one can modify the volume multiplier in TS2Ki - I can't find it..
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Scott" <rlscott@xxxxxxxx>
To: "Omega-List" <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>; "William Wood" <wrwood@xxxxxxxxx>;
"David Jennings" <davidjennings@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <patterntrader@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Phil Lane" <patterntrader@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2001 4:27 PM
Subject: Re: Strange $TVOLQ Problem


> Bill,
>
> David is correct in that the maximum number you will ever see is
> 2,147,483,647 but the most negative you can see is  -2,147,483,648 and
this
> will occur in normal binary arithmetic if you add 1 to 2,147,483,647.
Then
> adding 1 to that result would increase again until  the number
2,147,483,647
> was obtained repeating the previous numbers pattern over again.
>
> I believe Phil is not correct in saying that changing the multiplier to 10
> does not work.  It must be the *Volume* scaling that is changed in the TS4
> Symbol Universe.  This would result in the maximum volume being able to go
> as high as 21,474,836,270 with a minimum resolution of 10.
>
> I do not know but I must assume that you could do the same Symbol Universe
> type change in TS2K.  Could someone confirm that?
>
> ~Bob
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: William Wood <wrwood@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: Bob Scott <rlscott@xxxxxxxx>; Omega List <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Phil Lane <patterntrader@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Friday, March 23, 2001 7:17 AM
> Subject: RE: Strange $TVOLQ Problem
>
>
> >Bob
> >
> >This is definitely the answer.  I just edited GS again and I got it to
take
> >2,147,483,008.  That seems to be the limit but it is very close to the
> >number you provided.
> >
> >Is there any way around this such as using the ABS function to remove the
> >sign problem.  This is one of the many times when I wish I had a good
math
> >teacher in high school or college who would have shown my why I needed to
> >learn much more than I did.
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >Bill Wood
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Bob Scott [mailto:rlscott@xxxxxxxx]
> >Sent: Friday, March 23, 2001 7:47 AM
> >To: William Wood; Omega List
> >Subject: Re: Strange $TVOLQ Problem
> >
> >
> >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
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>