Re: Continuous Data

["Don Roos" <rosewood@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jim:

Try Tim Morge's site for a good start in the ascii data
(www.medianline.com).

For creating continuous contracts from real time data, you
can use the data window from a chart with the time frame of data you
want to save and no indicators active, then R click on the data window and
"send to file" to save the data to a text file.  Then just use two open
windows of Wordpad and copy and paste from the new data just saved (from the
data window) to the other wordpad which has your continuous contract open.

You can easily create a new data file by using wordpad.  Transfer the data
to wordpad by using a save as proceedure to text format.  Once you have it
saved, copy the
target address of the file and use the "insert price data" (ts4) or "insert
symbol" in ts5.  Assuming you have ts5, click on "3rd party directory" and
"new directory".  Click "ascii" and "browse".  Once you have the new
directory, your file should be listed under symbol in the "insert symbol"
window.  Then just choose the correct data settings and you should be able
to plot the chart.

You can manually update the file by saving and
closing the workspace, transfering the new data to the wordpad CC file, and
then reopening
the workspace once you have the new data saved.

Don



----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Johnson" <jejohn@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Robert Dal Lago" <roberto.dallago@xxxxxxx>
Cc: "OmegaList" <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 9:56 AM
Subject: Re: Continuous Data


Hello Robert,

As far as I know there is no way to do it inside 2000i or TS4.  There
are ways someone esle can detail involving export/patching together
ins spreadsheet/import that may work.   Or you can buy from Tick Data
or CIS Futures.

You could specify what data format you're using and how far back you
want to go.  Perhpas tim Morge's site can help (www.medianline.com)..
He has some continuous data available for download free.

Best regards,
 Jim Johnson

Tuesday, June 05, 2001, 8:20:48 AM, you wrote:


RDL> Hello All,

RDL> I am new to the group and to trading.
RDL> I have TS2000i and when loading their history data noticed that there
is no
RDL> back adjusted continuous data for the emini S&P or NASDAQ on the daily
RDL> price.
RDL> Could someone please tell me how you build continuous data in TS2000i.

RDL> Regards,
RDL> Robert



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