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Shepherd,
I downloaded additional indexes from Yahoo besides the DJI and added them to my
database. I have listed them below. I also updated them for tonight and added
them to the MetaStock data. I have ZIP'd together all the MetaStock files for
the indexes. All you must do is unzip them into an empty folder. You should be
able to access the 8 indexes in MetaStock. Let me know if you have any
trouble. To download the data, click on this:
http://www.twow.com/horizon/metastock/yahoo.zip
This file is over 1 MB in size so I don't plan to keep it in my personal web
space longer than 30 days. [Image] I am using my web space because Netscape
seems to "unzip" zip'd files and make them larger. Also, transmission is faster
and you won't have 1 MB embedded in your email forever.
I don't recommend the QuoteMonster Daily downloads for updating your data on a
daily basis. Use QuoteMonster Historical and put the same date in the 2 fields
you have to enter. This was for tonight:
e:\perl\bin\perl.exe qmh 981104 981104
The reason is the format output from QMD is incorrect and there's no volume
data. Here are all the indexes I downloaded:
Ticker Description Start_Date
^SPX S&P500 Jan/3/1950
^DJI DOW JONES INDUSTRIALS OCT/1/1928
^DJU DOW JONES UTILITIES JAN/2/1929
^DJT DOW JONES TRANSPORTS OCT/1/1928
^RUT RUSSELL 2000 SEP/10/1987
^IXIC NASDAQ COMPOSITE OCT/11/1984
^XCI AMEX COMPUTER TECH AUG/26/1983
^XAU PHLX GOLD SILVER INDEX DEC/19/1983
For future downloads, please download and install the Perl Standard Distribution
file. The link is on the QuoteMonster page: http://xmlworks.com/quotemonster/
Also, get the QuoteMonster Historical. In the QMH file, change the my $header
line to this:
my $header = '<ticker>,<date>,<open>,<high>,<low>,<close>,<vol>';
After downloading and creating the *.PRN file, you must use the Downloader to
incorporate the data into your MetaStock database. If you have trouble, please
contact mailto:quotemonster@xxxxxxxxxxxx and Equis Tech Support.
Good Luck,
Daniel.
Shepherd wrote:
> thank you very much Daniel
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel Martinez <DanM@xxxxxxxx>
> To: Dave V <shepherd.boats@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: November 4, 1998 6:26 PM
> Subject: Re: Dow Jones
>
> >Wait until tonight. I plan to download the other indexes and will send
> >them all to you.
> >
> >Daniel.
> >
> >
> >
> >Dave V wrote:
> >
> >> >
> >> > Jim,
> >> > I finally downloaded and installed the Perl Standard Distribution file
> >> and your
> >> > QuoteMonster Historical download file. I was able to download Yahoo's
> >> Dow Jones
> >> > Industrial Average data dating back to Oct 1, 1928. This is most
> >> excellent,
> >> > especially so since I was hoping for data going back only 20 years.
> >> The file has
> >> > 18,647 records(!) and the date field was parsed correctly. I converted
> >> the file
> >> > using the Downloader and used the Downloader to sort the file. Because
> >> Quattro
> >> > Pro's line limit is 8,192 lines, I used the Downloader instead. I
> >> don't know what
> >> > Excel's limit is. It is easier to use the Downloader for sorting
> >> anyway.
> >> >
> >>
> >> Hello
> >>
> >> I spent 2 hours last night trying to convert the Dow Jones data from
> >> Yahoo (Excel to Metastock) last night through the Downloader, but I had
> >> no success.
> >>
> >> If it isn't too much trouble could you please send me the file you
> >> converted.
> >>
> >> If it isn't too much trouble my email is
> >> shepherd.boats@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>
> >>
> >> thank you very much
> >> Dave V
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