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Harley,
One of the main points to combining the DJIA with NYSE volume is to provide
a basis for Candle Volume charts and volume adjusted MAs. I can't get what
you're suggesting below to provide this. Am I doing something wrong.
Thanks.
Steven Buss
Walnut Creek, CA
sbuss@xxxxxxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
From: Harley Meyer <Harley.D.Meyer-2@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Steven Buss <sbuss@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Metastock-list <metastock-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Saturday, November 01, 1997 10:01 PM
Subject: Re: Combining Major Market Indices with Appropriate Volume...
>Steve you are better off opening the DJIA chart and the NYSE volume
>chart. Delete the volume window in the DJIA. create a new window then
>drag NYSE volume into the DJIAs new window that you created. Then save
>as a chart, not a smart chart.
>
>Harley
>Steven Buss wrote:
>
>> Just tried an approach to combining the Dow Industrial Average with
>> the
>> corresponding NYSE Volume. It appears to work. Wanted to find out if
>>
>> anyone else had tried it and found problems with it.
>>
>> 1 The NYSE Volume symbol places the volume quantity in all the price
>> fields
>> as well. These have to be deleted. Use downloader to edit the data
>> file.
>> Select the Open/Low/High/Close columns. Press delete. This clears
>> these
>> cells and puts 0 in instead.
>>
>> 2 Use Downloader to create a File/New Composite. Make the primary
>> security
>> the Dow Jones Average. Make the secondary security the NYSE volume
>> security. File/Save the composite security. It appears that these
>> two
>> securities need to be in the same directory.
>>
>> 3 The difficulty is that downloads will populate the NYSE volume
>> security
>> file price fields with volume data. This is cumbersome but if you
>> want
>> candle- and equi-volume bad enough it only takes a second.
>>
>> Anyone see a problem with doing it this way?
>>
>> Steven Buss
>> Walnut Creek, CA
>> sbuss@xxxxxxxxxxx
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