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Re: [Metastockusers] Dead stocks



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Maybe my last post didn't work. Let's try it again.


"You can do this in order to know which securities can be removed from your 
lists.  It identifies which securities have not traded in the amount of 
time you specify, and lists them so you can remove the ones you no longer 
follow.



1.Create a new exploration with the following formula:



Col A: month  Month()

Col B: day      DayOfMonth()

Col C: year     Year()

Filter   ( (Year() < 2000) OR (Month() < 10) )



2.         Run the exploration, the results will be outdated securities.

Select all of the results and delete them.



3.         Open MetaStock



4.         Open the Tools menu



5.         Select The Explorer



6.         Click New and in Column A, type in the following:

             Month()



             In Column B, type in the following:

             DayOfMonth()



             In Column C, type in the following:

             Year()



7.         In the Filter Column, type in the following (changing the 
Year()<2000 to the current year and Month()<10 to the current month, for 
example if today's date is May 10, 2002, change the year to read Year() < 
2002 and change the month to read Month()<5 ):



             ( (Year() < 2000) OR (Month() < 10) )



8.         Click OK



9.         Click Explore



10.       Add your data folders to the Select Securities dialog



11.       Click OK



12.       Click Reports when complete



13.       Select the first security, hold down the Shift key and click on 
the last symbol



14.       Right Click on the selected securities



15.       Select Delete Securities


Kind Regards,

Tena
Technical Support Representative
Equis International, a Reuters Company "

Best,
Philip 


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