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Re: TS5 plots 60' charts incorrectly



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Hello Calandra,

never had that problem--yet.  you might inspect the historical data
just make sure it is all there.

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 Jim Johnson                           mailto:jejohn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Sunday, April 07, 2002, 1:09:32 AM, you wrote:

CS> Has anybody seen the problem in TS5 (build 822) where
CS> TS will chart 60' bars like this

CS> 9:30
CS> 10:30
CS> 11:30
CS> 12:30
CS> 1:30
CS> 2:00

CS> Notice how it made the 1:30 bar 1/2 hour instead of
CS> the 2:30 bar (not shown).  It also only plots 6 bars
CS> each day whereas TS4 and TS6 plot 7 each day.  All
CS> symbols use exchange times which are 9:30am to 4:00pm.
CS>  Natural bars are off.

CS> This is historical data only.  I'll watch Mon and see
CS> how the bars form real time.  But this could explain
CS> why signals are different when you reload the chart
CS> from when the chart formed real time.

CS> Mine plots like this and it runs on it's own machine
CS> which means nothing could possibly have inteferred. 
CS> No wonder results don't match TS6 or TS4.  TS6 charts
CS> 60' bars the way TS4 does.

CS> But it only gets better.  Try changing the exchanges
CS> (NASDAQ) start and end times to say 6:30 to 5:00pm and
CS> watch TS5 plot a 6:30 bar occasionally throughout the
CS> chart.  It doesn't happen on all days just some.  It
CS> will be a small bar at the beginning of the day with a
CS> 6:30 label which means 5:30-6:30 data which you didn't
CS> ask for.

CS> This is a serious, fundamental problem.  I'm surprised
CS> TRAD hasn't been sued for misrepresentation and fraud.

CS> You can't trade with this or even do research with it
CS> (at least on 60' bars).

CS> Cindy.