Monday, March 26, 2012

ASCII to MetaStock Conversion Utility

 
Free end of day ASCII to MetaStock conversion utility is available now! It allows you to easily convert data generated from Stock Historical Data Download to MetaStock/Computrac format without any charges. Following is a simple instruction:

Step 1: Download the software

You can download the software from eoddata website here. You have to be a registered member to be able to download it. It is free to become a registered member

Step2: Generate stock end-of-day data

You can easily generate stock end-of-day data by using Stock Historical Data Download with appropriate setting:
1. For File Name Setup, the file extension has to be set as “txt” and the postfix has be set as “_date”. For example, if your end-of-day data is generated in 2012 March 24, type “_20120324” here
2. For Format Setup, the Date Format has to be set as “YYYYMMDD” and the Separator has to be set to none
Following is a sample screenshot of the necessary settings.

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Following is the sample screenshot for MetaStock column 8 setting nn the “Customize the Data Field”

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Step 3: Convert EOD data into MetaStock Format

After generating EOD data, we are ready to convert it into MetaStock format. First, launch the conversion utility. Following is a sample screenshot that you will see after launching the conversion utility:

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The setting is very straightforward. Simply choose your source directory and destination directory, and then hit the “Convert” button.

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