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RE: [amibroker] CSI precision problem solved - that was quick



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Terry:

I will tidy the AFL watchlist creator up a bit and send you
a copy.

If I forget, remind me in a week.

b

--- Terry <MagicTH@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Thanks b!
> 
> I am putting in my order for the CSI Data. It solves so
> many problems
> and is also considered the "cleanest" data available
> according to
> Futures Magazine
> http://www.csidata.com/csi/reviews/reprintsep99.html
> 
> PS: Would you be willing to share your AFL (or relevant
> portions) that
> correct your data after it has been "nuked" after a clean
> update?
> --
> Terry
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of b
> Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 22:52
> To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [amibroker] CSI precision problem solved - that
> was quick
> 
> Great news - there is a solution that gives full
> precision
> to exports from CSI's UA program to Amibroker.
> 
> Apparently every setting that affects exports to
> Amibroker
> is located where one would expect, on the Amibroker
> preferences page -- except for the option to force
> rounding
> to nearest penny. That option is located on the
> preferences
> page for displaying charts by UA's internal charting
> engine.
> 
> I have never opened that preferences page because I do
> not
> use UA's charting engine. I never would have guessed that
> an option on that page would affect the export to
> Amibroker. But CSI support tells me this is the case for
> UA
> 2.90, the current version. 
> 
> The next update (2.91) will remove this source of
> potental
> confusion since settings on the UA charting page will no
> longer affect the precision of exports to Amibroker. Then
> exports will automatically be given full precision.
> 
> With the current version (2.90), I needed to turn off the
> option to force rounding to a penny on UA's charting
> preferences page. Once that was done, the export to
> Amibroker produced precise data with no rounding
> limitations. 
> 
> For example, CSCO's adjusted prices are no longer 0.08
> for
> several days in a row in early 1990. Rather they are the
> 0.0729 (April 4, 1990), 0.080295 (April 5), 0.078993
> (April
> 6), etc. And the open, high, low data is realistic as
> well.
> 
> So the precision problem is solved. 
> 
> Brian
> 
> 
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