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Jan --- Imagine that!

I'll look into it and appreciate your having called my attention to it and what
may be a misunderstanding on my part.  Thank you.  Richard


JHP wrote:

> Richard,
>
> This is not what I see with TS6. All values shown by
> - the total of "Up" and "Down" in data window (Up or Down
>   number changes only on increase or decrease in price),
> - my indicator summing up upticks + downticks,
> - "Trades" in Quote window,
> - "Trade" in Times & Sales" window,
> - counting manually the number of tickbars,
> agree to indicate that only changed prices are included.
> providing that when formatting the symbol, the volume is
> set to "Tick count".
>
> Jan Philipp
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "TaoOfDow" <TaoOfDow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "AceTrader" <tradersh@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2002 5:58 AM
> Subject: Re: Missing upticks etc.
>
> > Dear Ace,
> >
> > TS uses its own definition re UpTicks & DownTicks.  To me, a "true" UpTick
> is
> > a tick whose value is higher than the immediately preceding tick, and
> > analogous for a DownTick.  TS, however, defines an UpTick as not only that
> but
> > also includes each successive tick whose value is equal to the previous
> tick
> > --- in other words, TS UpTicks = true UpTicks + unchanged Ticks (until the
> > next DownTick).
> >
> > I know of no way to "correct" the TS definition (ie, get TS to count only
> > "true" UpTicks & DownTicks) using solely the TS program, and believe me,
> I've
> > tried to find a way for it do so (such is possible, to my knowledge, only
> by
> > using a user-supplied DLL).
> >
> > This may account, in whole or in part, for the discrepancies between what
> you
> > see with TS and other programs.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Richard
> >
> >
> > AceTrader wrote:
> >
> > > I have just subscribe to eSingal GTIS Forex and e-minis real time
> > > feeds and using TS2K Prosuite for trading. When I confirm the upticks
> > > and downticks volume of 60min bars I see an obvious different compare
> > > with what I saw in eSignal advance chart software. With other
> > > monitoring software, I also don't see any hardware or Internet
> bottleneck.
> > >
> > > Anyone experience this before and know the reasons or have any
> > > solutions?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Best regards,
> > >  AceTrader                          mailto:tradersh@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >
> >