tradestation users please help me ..

[niftymover]

to all my friend

 

i need help from trade-station users

 

i already installed ts8.7 with owndata 2.7 i am trying to get metastoick data in tradestatioin but its not updating automatic

 

i has to do refresh chart every time i want to get update

 

kindly help me pleaseeee[-O<[-O<[-O<......... what to do to get metastock realtime data in tradestation .

 

[-O<thanks

[niftymover]

no one knows

please.....

[tradernumber10]

to all my friend

 

i need help from trade-station users

 

i already installed ts8.7 with owndata 2.7 i am trying to get metastoick data in tradestatioin but its not updating automatic

 

i has to do refresh chart every time i want to get update

 

kindly help me pleaseeee[-O<[-O<[-O<......... what to do to get metastock realtime data in tradestation .

 

[-O<thanks

 

Hi, Metastock data is static, won't update automatically ...

[niftymover]

Hi, Metastock data is static, won't update automatically ...

 

any other ways to get update in tradestation kindly reply me

[danhoyda]

hey nifty, are you working offline without live data feed, I don't know how to solve your problem I have been trying to get that to work as well.

 

How are you importing metastock data into tradestation? Do you have a ripped copy of metastock?

[p29]

to all my friend

 

i need help from trade-station users

 

i already installed ts8.7 with owndata 2.7 i am trying to get metastoick data in tradestatioin but its not updating automatic

 

i has to do refresh chart every time i want to get update

 

kindly help me pleaseeee[-O<[-O<[-O<......... what to do to get metastock realtime data in tradestation .

 

[-O<thanks

Hello Niftymover,

I have also installed TS 8.7 + owndata 2.7. Can you tell how to get metastock data in TS ? I am trading NSE Cash & Future.

[niftymover]

Hello Niftymover,

I have also installed TS 8.7 + owndata 2.7. Can you tell how to get metastock data in TS ? I am trading NSE Cash & Future.

 

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[p29]

yahi to nahi ata mere dost ........................ isi ke liye to ye thread start kiya hai

 

ok..thanks bhai :)

I have another question..I am using universal dde as data source. Suppose there is a symbol named '123456'. I have done all the settings in settings option for universal dde and RT rates are refreshing for that symbol in quotemanager. Now how to load this symbol in in TS ? I am using windows 7.

[Bangali]

I use metastock EOD data in ts, if any one of you are looking to work with Metastock EOD data in ts, please let me know, I may come to your assistance.

[niftymover]

I use metastock EOD data in ts, if any one of you are looking to work with Metastock EOD data in ts, please let me know, I may come to your assistance.

 

ok bangali can you post all processes for how to get metastock data ( eod) in TS 8.7 ..... kindly attach files also if needed

 

thanks.

[Grain Trader]

to all my friend

 

i need help from trade-station users

 

i already installed ts8.7 with owndata 2.7 i am trying to get metastoick data in tradestatioin but its not updating automatic

 

i has to do refresh chart every time i want to get update

 

kindly help me pleaseeee[-O<[-O<[-O<......... what to do to get metastock realtime data in tradestation .

 

[-O<thanks

 

Hi Niftymover , Its my pleasure to help the most senior and honorable Silver member of Indo. The detailed instructions is below.

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TradeStation versions

Some versions of TradeStation have the ability to read our data in "MetaStock" format. The "MetaStock" data format has had many revisions over the years. They are:

(i) Pre-1996 - Computrac/"MetaStock" format - supporting up to 255 securities per folder.

(ii) "MetaStock" 2000-securities-per-folder format - Introduced with MetaStock v6.5 around 1997.

(iii) Y2K-compatbile "MetaStock" 2000-securities-per-folder format - Introduced with MetaStock v6.52 in 1999.

(iv) "MetaStock" 6000-securities-per-folder format - Introduced with MetaStock v8 in 2002.

 

TradeStation 2000i only supports the first MetaStock format - i.e. only 255 securities per folder. Therefore TradeStation 2000i is only compatible with our SGX stock data, Futures Data and Forex data.

 

However, it is very disappointing that Omega Research have not updated their support of the MetaStock format since the early 1990s, considering that the product retailed for several thousand dollars. This means that TradeStation 2000i is NOT compatible with our ASX or US stock data, which has greater than 255 securities per folder.

 

In 2001, Omega Research Inc changed their name to TradeStation Technologies and went down a brokerage subscription model which had no support for third party data formats. However, in late 2005, TradeStation Technologies Inc. released version 8.1 Service Pack 1 which now supports the fourth format - i.e. 6000-securities-per-folder format. Therefore TradeStation v8.1 Service Pack 1 is compatible with all of our data. Note that TradeStation version 8.1 and above are only available through a brokerage subscription model.

 

Opening a chart with TradeStation v8.1 and above

 

Click the Symbol Lookup button on the toolbar as shown below:

#1 http://imgur.com/urSPO

 

Click the 3rd Party tab then click the add button as shown below:

#2 http://imgur.com/gMVom

 

In the Type select "MetaStock", in the prefix use a prefix that you will be able to use for the Chart Analsys/Radar Windows... eg for Futures, FUT, then click the Browse button as shown below:

#3 http://imgur.com/aZdPY

 

Select the data folder (eg. C:\Trading Data\Futures\Continuous Contracts\Back Adjusted) as shown below

#4 http://imgur.com/bQ6Kb

 

Select the symbol you wish to chart (e.g. US2__CCB) as shown below:

#5 http://imgur.com/TrEdw

 

You can then optionally change some of the settings for the security. For certain securities, such as Futures, it is a good idea to select the Future category and also the appropriate price scale for that security, as shown below. Then click Next and then Finish.

#6 http://imgur.com/AhUYa

 

The first time you chart a 3rd party symbol, you may find that it tries to open up the chart as intraday when only daily data is available. This is shown with the message "Data requeset failed: Requested interval is not supported by this 3rd party symbol. Intraday requests annot be supported by files containing Daily data" as shown below:

#7 http://imgur.com/Wzbj2

 

To fix this click Format then Symbol as shown below:

#8 http://imgur.com/d1aUp

 

Change the interval to Daily, and in the range select a long period of history (eg. 40 years back). If you want this set as default for future chats, tick the Set as Default button, as shown below:

#9 http://imgur.com/ijJUP

 

Your chart will then show correct daily data in the right scale, as shown below

#10 http://imgur.com/Wc0YR

 

Opening a chart with TradeStation 2000i

Click File -> New -> Tradestation Chart

Select 3rd Party Directory

Click New Dir

In the directory put the path you want to search - eg. c:\Trading Data\Futures\Continuous Futures\Back Adjusted

Data Type: Metastock

 

TradeStation 2000i folder limitation and our Futures data

As outlined above, TradeStation 2000i can only read the first 255 securities in a “MetaStock” data folder. This creates a problem with our Futures data where a number of market folders contain more than 255 deliveries – e.g. Gold C, Silver C, Brent Oil, Crude Oil, Heating Oil etc. To work around this issue, DataTools can reduce the number of deliveries in market folders to a specified number by removing the oldest ones first. To do this, click Program Utilities -> Reduce Number of Securities in Folders.

 

Note: New delivery months are added all the time, so you may need to run this utility periodically to ensure that folders are kept beneath the 255 limit.

 

If you prefer not to truncate your market histories, please upgrade to a later version of TradeStation, or view the Continuous Contracts instead.

 

In TradeStation v8.1 and above, my futures chart shows pricing in 1/100 Price units - how do I change this to fractions such as 1/32s?

 

TradeStation stores information about the units to be used within a file callled attributes.ini, which is placed into each MetaStock folder. Once a chart has been opened, you are unable to change the units within TradeStation. However, you can edit the attributes.ini file, then remove the entry for the security that is showing the wrong units, then follow the steps in the FAQ item "Opening a chart with TradeStation v8.1 and above".

 

Decimal Places in TradeStation 2000i

By default, TradeStation 2000i displays data up to to 3 decimal places. If you are looking at certain futures contracts or forex prices, these are often priced down to four or more decimal places. You need to make two changes to show the correct number of places on a chart and also have your indicators use the full accuracy of the data.

 

Step 1: Charts

 

To get around this limitation, click View then Chart Options, click the Symbol tab, then untick the "Display MetaStock data 1/1000 for new charts". Close down any open charts and open them again and you will now see them down to 5 decimal places, as shown below:

#11 http://imgur.com/dBEQ6

 

Step 2: Minimum Move

To ensure that your indicators and formulae work correctly, you will also need to modify the "minimum move" value. When you open a new chart, click the "Universe" button and change the "Min Move" to 0.0001 as shown below:

#12 http://imgur.com/1KTl1

#13 http://imgur.com/SvUbN

[niftymover]

Hi Niftymover , Its my pleasure to help the most senior and honorable Silver member of Indo. The detailed instructions is below.

-------------------------------------------------------------------

TradeStation versions

Some versions of TradeStation have the ability to read our data in "MetaStock" format. The "MetaStock" data format has had many revisions over the years. They are:

(i) Pre-1996 - Computrac/"MetaStock" format - supporting up to 255 securities per folder.

(ii) "MetaStock" 2000-securities-per-folder format - Introduced with MetaStock v6.5 around 1997.

(iii) Y2K-compatbile "MetaStock" 2000-securities-per-folder format - Introduced with MetaStock v6.52 in 1999.

(iv) "MetaStock" 6000-securities-per-folder format - Introduced with MetaStock v8 in 2002.

 

TradeStation 2000i only supports the first MetaStock format - i.e. only 255 securities per folder. Therefore TradeStation 2000i is only compatible with our SGX stock data, Futures Data and Forex data.

 

However, it is very disappointing that Omega Research have not updated their support of the MetaStock format since the early 1990s, considering that the product retailed for several thousand dollars. This means that TradeStation 2000i is NOT compatible with our ASX or US stock data, which has greater than 255 securities per folder.

 

In 2001, Omega Research Inc changed their name to TradeStation Technologies and went down a brokerage subscription model which had no support for third party data formats. However, in late 2005, TradeStation Technologies Inc. released version 8.1 Service Pack 1 which now supports the fourth format - i.e. 6000-securities-per-folder format. Therefore TradeStation v8.1 Service Pack 1 is compatible with all of our data. Note that TradeStation version 8.1 and above are only available through a brokerage subscription model.

 

Opening a chart with TradeStation v8.1 and above

 

Click the Symbol Lookup button on the toolbar as shown below:

#1 http://imgur.com/urSPO

 

Click the 3rd Party tab then click the add button as shown below:

#2 http://imgur.com/gMVom

 

In the Type select "MetaStock", in the prefix use a prefix that you will be able to use for the Chart Analsys/Radar Windows... eg for Futures, FUT, then click the Browse button as shown below:

#3 http://imgur.com/aZdPY

 

Select the data folder (eg. C:\Trading Data\Futures\Continuous Contracts\Back Adjusted) as shown below

#4 http://imgur.com/bQ6Kb

 

Select the symbol you wish to chart (e.g. US2__CCB) as shown below:

#5 http://imgur.com/TrEdw

 

You can then optionally change some of the settings for the security. For certain securities, such as Futures, it is a good idea to select the Future category and also the appropriate price scale for that security, as shown below. Then click Next and then Finish.

#6 http://imgur.com/AhUYa

 

The first time you chart a 3rd party symbol, you may find that it tries to open up the chart as intraday when only daily data is available. This is shown with the message "Data requeset failed: Requested interval is not supported by this 3rd party symbol. Intraday requests annot be supported by files containing Daily data" as shown below:

#7 http://imgur.com/Wzbj2

 

To fix this click Format then Symbol as shown below:

#8 http://imgur.com/d1aUp

 

Change the interval to Daily, and in the range select a long period of history (eg. 40 years back). If you want this set as default for future chats, tick the Set as Default button, as shown below:

#9 http://imgur.com/ijJUP

 

Your chart will then show correct daily data in the right scale, as shown below

#10 http://imgur.com/Wc0YR

 

Opening a chart with TradeStation 2000i

Click File -> New -> Tradestation Chart

Select 3rd Party Directory

Click New Dir

In the directory put the path you want to search - eg. c:\Trading Data\Futures\Continuous Futures\Back Adjusted

Data Type: Metastock

 

TradeStation 2000i folder limitation and our Futures data

As outlined above, TradeStation 2000i can only read the first 255 securities in a “MetaStock” data folder. This creates a problem with our Futures data where a number of market folders contain more than 255 deliveries – e.g. Gold C, Silver C, Brent Oil, Crude Oil, Heating Oil etc. To work around this issue, DataTools can reduce the number of deliveries in market folders to a specified number by removing the oldest ones first. To do this, click Program Utilities -> Reduce Number of Securities in Folders.

 

Note: New delivery months are added all the time, so you may need to run this utility periodically to ensure that folders are kept beneath the 255 limit.

 

If you prefer not to truncate your market histories, please upgrade to a later version of TradeStation, or view the Continuous Contracts instead.

 

In TradeStation v8.1 and above, my futures chart shows pricing in 1/100 Price units - how do I change this to fractions such as 1/32s?

 

TradeStation stores information about the units to be used within a file callled attributes.ini, which is placed into each MetaStock folder. Once a chart has been opened, you are unable to change the units within TradeStation. However, you can edit the attributes.ini file, then remove the entry for the security that is showing the wrong units, then follow the steps in the FAQ item "Opening a chart with TradeStation v8.1 and above".

 

Decimal Places in TradeStation 2000i

By default, TradeStation 2000i displays data up to to 3 decimal places. If you are looking at certain futures contracts or forex prices, these are often priced down to four or more decimal places. You need to make two changes to show the correct number of places on a chart and also have your indicators use the full accuracy of the data.

 

Step 1: Charts

 

To get around this limitation, click View then Chart Options, click the Symbol tab, then untick the "Display MetaStock data 1/1000 for new charts". Close down any open charts and open them again and you will now see them down to 5 decimal places, as shown below:

#11 http://imgur.com/dBEQ6

 

Step 2: Minimum Move

To ensure that your indicators and formulae work correctly, you will also need to modify the "minimum move" value. When you open a new chart, click the "Universe" button and change the "Min Move" to 0.0001 as shown below:

#12 http://imgur.com/1KTl1

#13 http://imgur.com/SvUbN

 

thanks but my problem still not solved

[Bangali]

I am using TS8.1 for quite a long time using MetaStock EOD data. To use MetaStock EOD Data, please follow the following and let me know if you have any difficulties, I will try to solve that.

 

1. Create a "Note Pad" and save as “attributes.ini” in the data directory where in the in the 1st line put

Symbol,Date Format,Category,Exchange,Session 1 Start Time,Session 1 End Time,Session 1 Days,Price Scale,Minimum Movement,Daily Limit ,Big Point Value

 

In the second line put

 

DEFAULT,mm/dd/yyyy,Stock,DSE,1000,1400,UMTWRFS,1/100,1,65000,10000

 

(To create the “attributes.ini” file you can copy those two above lines also) . The 1st

line is default, can do changes in the second line, where necessary.

 

2. Follow other rules for formatting 3rd party data as outlined in help instructions.

 

(Being not allowed to reply PM, I am posting here)

[Grain Trader]

Bangali

Thanks for that useful post

Do you still have the owndata 2.7 keygen generator, the one I have has a virus in it, please upload if you have it

[Bangali]

Dear Grain Trader,

 

I do not use owndata.

 

Regards

 

Ferdous

[hakano]

Hi all,

 

sorry for my question but I'm becoming mad in importing Metastock EOD data in TS.

I read all related posts, and followed your indications: thanks to your indications I obtained a first success: I compiled the file attributes.ini and now I am able to choose a simble and obtained a plot...The great problem now is that this plot is useless (I setted daily period), in the sense that I've only one long bar (its values are the high of the whole period I considered, some years, and the minimum of the same period); in the x scale I've no indication of time (day, month, hour o something else, it has not intestation)

 

Can you help me, I don't know how to face it!!!!

 

Thanks in advance

[datafeedexpert]

TS8.7 , OWNDATA 2.7 & Trade station 2000i , All can read Realtime prices for indian market if any body want it , share your problems with OS insttaled on your machin & internet speed

 

@datafeedexpert

[hakano]

Thanks for your reply.

I've TS8.7 on win7, and I'm trying to use third part EOD data in Metastock format. I obtain EOD data downloading them from free web services, I can use them in Metastock without any problem, but when I try to use them in TS I have the previous problem. I begin to think that the problem is in the data, in some post I read about the presence of a MASTER file in the same folder of the file attributes.ini, but I can't find this file in the Metastock data folder. I'll try another source for free EOD data, like quuotedownloader, to see if the problem is that. Thanks

[datafeedexpert]

The thred is for Trade Station Real time & I am using Realtime Indian MArket Datafeed with TS 8.7 ,

[prakhar]

hey data feed need ur help seriously. i need to use ts8.7 with esignal live data feed of indian stocks. if ts 8.7 can be used with real time metastock then also plz give instructions