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This is actually very easy to do, but you will need to do it
in Quotecenter, rather than Metastock Pro or EOD.
I'm assuming of course that you have the Quotecenter application loaded as a
result of the Metastock installation.
This may look like a rather long list for a simple function,
but hopefully it's straightforward and easy to follow.
Firstly, start the Quotecenter application.
Select "File" at the top of the Quotecenter
application and then select "New Blank Workspace".
Double click on the workspace and then select
"Marke[censored]ch" from the "Add Display" pop up menu.
At this point you will need to customize the list. Font, Symbol list, # or rows, Template for
the various fields and Ranking, if a specific order or ranking is desired.
Right click on the Marke[censored]ch display and select
Properties.....Marke[censored]ch.
Select the Font tab and set the desired font for the
Marketplace display.
The Symbol List can be done a couple of ways, manual entry
for short lists, or copy and paste for longer ones. Once the column
is pasted in, you will see the symbol data load.
If you’re using stock symbols from other countries you will
need to load the symbol list in the “Country";"Symbol" format
normally used in Metastock to bring up a chart. Load the symbol list in
one Excel column and strip out any exchange code that doesn't match the
Metastock format.
I'm assuming that you might need to do this. ="ca;" appearance within the column itself, without
the quotation marks.
To put the two columns together, in a third column, set the
top row to: I'm assuming that column B has the country
code and column A has the stock list. ca;rim
When your symbol list is complete, save it. This will cause the list to be saved in a
Quotecenter BVL format in the Equis/Quotecenter/Packages/PK00 directory.
Another way to create and load a list is to copy the
completed symbol list from Excel into a text editor and save it as a text file
in the same directory.
Symbol List....Load......Browse......followed by a change in
file type to "text files" to see all of the text files with that
directory.
When that is complete you may or may not see the entire
list, depending on how long the list is.
<li class="MsoNormal" style=">For a
single column: field which shows the number of symbols
in the column.
Right click on the Marke[censored]ch display, and select Properties.....Marke[censored]ch….General
Tab. <li class="MsoNormal" style=">For
multiple columns: Select
Properties…Marke[censored]ch….General Tab.
You may have to fine tune this in order to account for the number
of stock symbols in your list and the number of data fields that you’re
using.
The next task is the data fields. The fields that
are displayed, and their order from left to right, is controlled by the
template settings. This will bring up
the template editor.
I'm guessing that the first thing you may want to do is clean out the
existing fields.
This removes the field. Expand the "All"
selection on the left hand menu and scroll down through the list to select and
load the fields you want.
Once that is complete, save the template.
If you wish to sort the list by using one of the fields,
right click on the Marketplace display, select Properties.....Marke[censored]ch ….Rank
Tab. Note that if at some
point you change to another template that does not contain this particular
field, you will not see the list sorted in the order that you may desire.
At this point your Symbol list and Field Template is
completed.
You can build any number of Symbol lists and Templates and mix and match
as you desire.
If not, the fields will not fill in as you would expect.
Lastly, save the
entire Workspace itself. Done, .....complete.
Notes:
There should be a pdf document which contains a list of the
fields within your Equis/Quotecenter directory. This appears to be an updated version of the
document. Although a good number of the fields are self
explanatory, you might want to refer to the document to determine if the field
you're interested in is actually going to work with stocks, bonds etc. There are other pdf documents in the Equis/Quotecenter/Packages/PK00 directory as well which contain field definitions. These may be worth looking at as well.
When the markets are open the data fields for the symbol
list are updated dynamically, and if the ranking is enabled, will continually
rank the symbol list in accordance with your selected field.
The stock data for US and Canadian stocks is cleared
overnight in preparation for the morning opening.
Okay, that should do it.
