Dave, Thanks for your reply. I had forgotten that you could only assign a stock to only one membership category. What I would prefer to see is a new category added and then the AB plug-in support to automatically convert any TC2000 watch lists or QP lists available for direct use within AB.
I prefer to stay out of the data maintenance (watch list name maintenance) game as much as feasible. Having a new category type similar to watchlists would go a long ways towards reducing the need for hundreds of watch lists especially when many of these watch lists may be relatively static like the Component Watchlists, ETF component watchlists maintained by TC2000. I see watch lists as providing different functionality than the component lists as they are more dynamic while the component lists are more static in nature. Also, having a separate category would help novices like myself to prevent overwriting results they want to keep. (Did I already use that watchlist number???) If I recall correctly, increasing the number of watch lists above 64 requires an internal AmiBroker database change so this would break backward compatibility. Thanks, RR -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of marketmonk777 Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 11:20 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [amibroker] Re: Setting up component groups from TC2000 Not sure why you want to use groups but did you know that any stock can only be assigned to one group? Per the help file: ----------------------------------------------------------------- There are two types of categories: with mutualy exclusive membership: groups, markets, sectors/industries - it means that symbol must belong to single group, single market and single sector/industry at a time. You can move the symbol from one group/market/sector/industry to another but you can not remove this assignment - you should create "Unassigned" group/market/sector/industry instead and move 'unassigned' symbols there. with free membership: watch lists/favorites/indexes- it means that a symbol may belong to ANY number (including zero) of watch lists (and to favorite/index category too). In this case you can remove this assignment by Watch List->Remove Watch lists are covered in detail in the User's Guide: Tutorial: Working with Watch Lists. ----------------------------------------------------------- That is why I personally have made a request to increase the number of watchlists from 64 to a higher number (256?). You can comment on this (add your support) and make other suggestions at: http://www.amibroker.com/feedback/index.php I would ask that in order to reduce duplicate requests that you do a search prior to posting your suggestion. It is better to comment on a particular suggestion or bug. Regards, Dave MM --- In [email protected], "RR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It is relatively easy to create a list of SP-500 stocks from TC2000 using > the export facility. What is the easiest way to create a GROUP of these > securities without manually selecting the 500 stocks on an individual basis. > One can easily import a list of the securities into a watchlist using > Symbol..Watch..Import and then pointing to the file created by TC2000 > export. I do not see an easy way to use assignment organizer to create the > group as you do not get an option to use a watchlist for populating the > group. > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > RR > Please note that this group is for discussion between users only. To get support from AmiBroker please send an e-mail directly to SUPPORT {at} amibroker.com For other support material please check also: http://www.amibroker.com/support.html Yahoo! Groups Links Please note that this group is for discussion between users only. To get support from AmiBroker please send an e-mail directly to SUPPORT {at} amibroker.com For other support material please check also: http://www.amibroker.com/support.html Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/amibroker/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/amibroker/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
