StockShareV2' allows the user to import ASCII data files to plot charts. This is accomplished in a few steps:
1) Data source – The data (Price and Volume) must come from some where. Many investors have access to data from data vendors or their brokers. Data is also available on the web from sites like Yahoo or MSN. Our example below will show you how to get MSN data.
2) Down loader / Exporter – After you locate the data source, you will need to export the data to your local computer. There are many inexpensive data down loaders on the web to choose from. In our example below, MSN has a built in down loader and we will export the data into a spreadsheet.
3) Convert data to ASCII – Once you have the data in your spread sheet you need to save it in an ASCII format with a file extension such as .csv.
4) Store ASCII format data – The data must be stored in a directory on your local machine.
5) StockShareV2 ASCII Data Manager -This feature will allow you to manage your ASCII files, create a data feed definition and provide you with an ASCII data feed choice.
Creating your first ASCII Data Feed
This example will walk you through the process listed above.
Data source
1) Follow this link to MSN. The stock data is for MSFT:
Click here for the MSN Money link.
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Down load data
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Convert data into ASCII format (Microsoft Excel converts to .CSV)
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Store data into ASCII format
1) Create a symbol's folder (directory) to hold all of your MSN ASCII data files on your local machine. An example is … C:/My_MSN_ASCII_Data.
a. TIP: We recommend that you create a separate directory for each data source.
2) Then 'Save' the ASCII file to your directory.
a. TIP: The file name = symbol
1) Access the 'ASCII Feed Manager'
2) Press the '+' sign and place a check mark
3) Give the definition a name … Click 'OK'.
4) Press the "Pick File" button …
5) Click 'Open' to open the directory ...
6) Then select the files you downloaded … Click 'Open'.
7) Sample data is displayed. Use the sample data as reference. Fill in the file format attributes. Then continue with the field attributes by using the convenient drag down arrows.
8) Then click 'Save' … Then click 'Close'.
9) Now select the data feed you just created and pull up a chart.
