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Joined: 4/21/2005
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I downloaded the TCV3 data around 7:10 P.M., then used the Metastock downloader to convert the TCV3 data, so I could look at some daily charts.
What Metastock showed me was that the latest bar was as of 17-Mar-2006.
(I also used the above procedure this past weekend.)
Could it be that TC2005 Db is not updated before 7 P.M. ?
When can I use the daily data at the earliest?
Thank you.
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Registered User
Joined: 4/21/2005
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I repeated the procedure at 9 P.M., successfuly this time.
Does it mean that TC Servers update the data sometime after 7 P.M.? Or, does it mean I made some kind of a mistake downloading the stuff the first time around?
I feel I did it now exactly the same way as before.
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Worden Trainer
Joined: 10/1/2004
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You should be able to download throughout the day. I don't know if TCV3 data is different. Regular market close downloads are available sometime between 7:30PM and 8:00PM EST. Prior to that, you can download closing prices as of 4PM, but the market close download is the final one of the day with all clean up procedures complete, and the Worden Report included.
- Doug
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Thank you, Doug.
I think the problem lies with MetaStock Downloader. I noticed that only some tickers in my rather large watch list converted (upon the above-described "second" and "successful" attempt), specifically those in the beginning of the list. It appears as if the 250 symbol limit is imposed by Metastock even on the conversion from the TCV3 data. So, in reality it was not 'successful" and failed just as much as the first attempt.
Looks like I would be able to bypass this problem using ASCII data, which I'm doing right now. I'm creating multiple ASCII files, a file per ticker. The MS Downloadter seems to be convreting them to MS just fine, at least it did so for my A*.TXT files. We'll see how it goes.
Has anyone any experience with using one big ASCII file?
Thanks.
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Worden Trainer
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My pleasure. Glad you figured out what's happening...and you're correct about the symbol limit imposed by MetaStock.
- Doug
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