Thanks all for the replies. Sebastian, what are the symbols you use for Yahoo! Up Vol and Dn Vol?
Run, - I didn't know about the different volume data. Guess I'll have to explore that when I get things working. Tomasz - Thank You (as usual) for the tip. Ed Hoopes --- In [email protected], "sebastiandanconia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ed, I ran into this problem with .csv import, too. I just divide the > volume by 1,000 before I import it. > > My .csv file breaks out up volume from down volume, but if all you want > is total volume you can import it along with ^NYA historical data > directly from Yahoo!, without the intermediate step of a .csv file. > ^NYA, ^GSPC, ^DJI, ^DJT, and ^DJU all have the same volume(s). Here's > Tomasz's post related to Yahoo! volume importing, hope it helps. > > S. > > > > > SOLUTION TO NEGATIVE VOLUME REPORTED IN INDICES > > Yes it is possible to do that automatically. > Open aqh.format (inside Formats directory) file with NOTEPAD > and add the following line > > $VOLFACTOR 0.001 > > And re-import all downloaded data. The volume will be now reported in > thousands > of shares > > (alternatively you can use $VOLFACTOR 0.01 and then it will report > volume in > hundreds) > > Best regards, > Tomasz Janeczko > amibroker.com > > > > --- In [email protected], "Ed Hoopes" <reefbreak_sd@> wrote: > > > > I'm trying to import Yahoo! data for the symbol ^NYA - the NYSE > > composite index. > > > > The *.csv Volume field has NYSE total volume that currently is running > > around 2 billion shares/day. When I examine the *.csv file in Excel, > > the volume is different from day-to-day as expected. BUT when it is > > imported into AmiBroker, most of the volume numbers are all the same > > - around 2.147. . . billion. > > > > My suspicion is that this is a 32 bit signed INTEGER data type. 2^32 > > / 2. Is this correct? > > > > My goal is to use the volume to construct an A/D line for the NYSE. > > A/D involves adding/subtracting - but if I'm up against an internal > > limit of AB maybe that is not possible. > > > > Any suggestions?? > > > > Ed Hoopes > > AKA ReefBreak > > >
