Keith, this doesn't work for. Were you able to test it?
From: amibroker@yahoogroups.com [mailto:amibro...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Keith McCombs Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 8:29 PM To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: Open Interest Field TJ -- Yes, I did read that; many times over. It does not say that Open Interest is or is not "quotation data". And nowhere else in the document are we users told precisely what is or is not "quotation data". Nor does it say that Close must always be present. Is Open quotation data? If so, why is it not required? My reading of "accept only quotation data", means to me that if $NOQUOTES is 0, then non-quotation data will not be accepted. It does not say that any particular data, Close in this case, must be present. If you are still with me, could you please explain: If TA includes $HYBRID, and his data base already includes Close, should the following work for him? $FORMAT TICKER, Date_USA, OPENINT $SKIPLINES 0 $NOQUOTES 0 $AUTOADD 0 $OVERWRITE 1 $SEPARATOR , $DEBUG 1 $HYBRID 1 A,8/27/2010,346000000 AA,8/27/2010,1020000000 Thank you for your continuing efforts in my behalf, -- Keith On 8/31/2010 13:27, Tomasz Janeczko wrote: Hello, Poor searching. As I wrote, search for $NOQUOTES and read what is written there http://www.amibroker.com/guide/d_ascii.html It is clearly written: $NOQUOTES Switch quotation data mode 0 - (default) accept only quotation data (AmiBroker checks for non-zero prices and valid dates) 1 - switch off quotation data checking - this allows importing non-quotation data - for example only ticker and full names Best regards, Tomasz Janeczko amibroker.com On 2010-08-31 19:16, Keith McCombs wrote: TJ -- I just did a word search in .pdf manual, 5.20. I could not find where it said that either that Open Interest is considered as PART of quotation. Or that at least CLOSE price is required. My searches included: $NOQUOTES openinterest "at least close price" "part of quotation" I also searched pages 284-299 for: quotation close and reread areas containing those words, without benefit. -- Keith On 8/31/2010 12:14, Tomasz Janeczko wrote: Hello, It is already. Check the description of $NOQUOTES in the manual. Best regards, Tomasz Janeczko amibroker.com On 2010-08-31 16:55, Keith McCombs wrote: TJ -- IMHO, this type of information should be in the User's Manual. -- Keith On 8/31/2010 06:43, Tomasz Janeczko wrote: Hello, Open Interest is considered as PART of quotation, therefore can NOT be imported with $NOQUOTES 1 Since it is a PART of quotation, it has to come *together* with at least CLOSE price. So your data file should contain DateTime, Close, OpenInterest fields at minimum. Best regards, Tomasz Janeczko amibroker.com On 2010-08-31 08:05, TA wrote: TJ, by chance if you see message would you please comment. TIA From: amibroker@yahoogroups.com [mailto:amibro...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of TA Sent: Monday, August 30, 2010 7:53 PM To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [amibroker] Re: Open Interest Field Hi Ed Thanks, for the reply. Initially, I was thinking the same that the number might be too big. However, I input it manually it takes it. If I set $NOQUOTES to 1 the $debug does produce any error but it also doesn't import the data. If I set $NOQUOTES to 0 then it produce the following error: Error in line A,8/27/2010,346000000 Invalid (close) price. Prices must be positive. If you want to import no quotation data please specify $NOQUOTES 1 ('no quotation data' box in Wizard) From: amibroker@yahoogroups.com [mailto:amibro...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Ed H Sent: Monday, August 30, 2010 7:17 PM To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com Subject: [amibroker] Re: Open Interest Field My WAG (Wild Ass Guess) would be that the OI field is a fixed point 32 bit number (same as volume) which has a max value of 4 billion. The AA stock is already at 1 billion. Try cutting off 3 zeros from each OI entry and see if that helps. Try adding $BREAKONERROR 1 to the commands in addition to $DEBUG and see if the error log file has ! any hints. --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com <mailto:amibroker%40yahoogroups.com> , "TA" <tagro...@...> wrote: > > I am trying to import an ascii file with following data to the Open Interest > field: > > > > A,8/27/2010,346000000 > > AA,8/27/2010,1020000000 > > > > The following is my format file instructions. It keeps on failing. Do you > see why? TIA > > > > $FORMAT TICKER, Date_USA, OPENINT > > $SKIPLINES 0 > > $NOQUOTES 1 > > $AUTOADD 0 > > $OVERWRITE 1 > > $SEPARATOR , > > $DEBUG 1 >
