Louis, OK, try this, 1) Make a folder. Name it MyData. It doesn't matter where. I have a separate partition for my data. In the MyData folder create a file and give it a name. Lets say make the name QC. I have several portfolios and keep each one in a separate named file. 2) Open QCollector. Make a new Metastock Portfolio. In the set properties, give it a name, say QC and in the next line you select your destination folder. Point it to MyData/QC. Now you have a Metastock portfolio. 3) Import your symbol list that you want to download data for. As you go thru the different windows, you can select the start date, format (I use Decimal), and time frame (Intraday). I set mine for one minute. I don't mess with the next window but at the top you should see the "Destination Portfolio" and the number of symbols. If all went right you should have a + in front of your new portfolio. You can also check the symbol list by double clicking the port name. 4) Now log onto IQ and click "Collect All". 5) After the download is complete. Open Amibroker. If you don't already have one made make a new Metastock Database. I use minute as my base time interval. Create a new watchlist. Import the symbol list you used in #3. 6) Go to file –Database settings-configure-add folder. Add the data folder you created in QCollector. Click retrieve symbols, I also click "Intraday auto-refresh". 7) For RT data, in QC, drag the symbol list into "Timed Updates". Adjust the update interval, hit run. I enable the sound so I know its running. You should now have data in Amibroker. 8) At the end of the trading day, in QCollector, I right click on the Timed Update list and "clear all the symbols". Then I click on the file "MyData", hit portfolio, "delete multiple symbols". Click on the first symbol, press ctrl-shift, highlight them all and hit delete. All the symbols should be gone and no data in Amibroker.
This may seem like a lot of work but really it isn't. And in all of this, I never had to "Import the Data". All you need to do is point Amibroker to your data file and retrieve the symbols. As for editing the data, I don't have an answerÂ…yet. My only suggestion is to delete the symbol and re-download the data. If it comes up again, contact IQ To report a problem with the data, please post on the Data and Content Support forum, email [EMAIL PROTECTED], or call 1-800-793-9959. Please include the following information: Platform (DTN IQ, 3rd-party software, DDE, etc.) Symbol in question. Questioned price (high, low, last, etc). Quote type: a quote, daily/weekly/monthly chart, intraday chart, or time & sales. Affected date and time. Description of the problem. Including this information expedites the correction process. Feel free to include screen shots of the problem data. I am making my own list of corrections. j --- In [email protected], "Louis P." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi John, > > I like to use Qcollector to make everything clean and easy to download and I > stock them in Metastock format again because it seems it is the easiest > thing to do. > > If I understand correctly, I should re-download the symbols and then > re-import them. But what if there is the same problem? > > In fact, I'd only need to delete the incorrect quotes, that's it. But how > would you do it? > > Thanks, > > Louis > > 2008/8/20 John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > BTW, > > If you are using the IQ pluggin you can edit/delete the bad data in > > the quote editor. > > > > j > > > > > > --- In [email protected] <amibroker% 40yahoogroups.com>, "John" > > <jar5499297@> wrote: > > > > > > Louis, > > > > > > You said "I use QCollector for DTN IQFeed and I save the data in > > > metastock format. Then, I import the data to Amibroker." > > > You import the data? Why not use the Metastock pluggin? Then hit > > > configure, add the folder and collect the symbols. Works for me. > > > > > > I see the same problem that you are seeing. Zero lows, impossible > > > highs after hours. > > > If you are having problems with bad data, you can remove the > > symbols > > > in QColl and redownload. When I notice problems in the data, I use > > > the IQ pluggin and download the data. Many times it is IQ's fault. > > I > > > keep meaning to send them an email showing them the problem symbols. > > > > > > John > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected] <amibroker% 40yahoogroups.com>, "Louis > > P." <rockprog80@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I use QCollector for DTN IQFeed and I save the data in metastock > > > format. > > > > Then, I import the data to Amibroker. > > > > > > > > There is something very weird with many of my symbols. I'm > > looking > > > at the > > > > quotes each minute on 5/5/2008 and everything is normal. Then, > > > after 4:00 > > > > P.M. I get strange dates like 10/08/2004 etc. I tried to > > > manyally edit > > > > the quotes and delete them, but even if I click "delete" they are > > > not > > > > deleted. And this problem is on a lot of stocks... > > > > > > > > Any ideas? > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > Louis > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
