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Tom,
apparently Yahoo data has errors in it. I checked with my QP2 data and my high
for 11/4 was also 8,854.45. Yahoo charts are also sloppy. However, if you want
to test very long term systems, the closing figures in Yahoo data appear to be
correct. Because Yahoo only just recently made their data available for
download, they may refine it in the months ahead.
Daniel.
Tom wrote:
> Yahoo's Dow Industrial High for yesterday (11/4) was 8933; MSN Investor had
> the same #. Does anyone have the exact High of the dow for 11/4?
>
> Thanks Much
> Tom
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Daniel Martinez <DanM@xxxxxxxx>
> >
> >>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.
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