Hi anyone know how to collect intra data using the downloader?

I tried but fail.

hey jason.... it might be difficult to download intraday in the normal manner.... if your lookin to create historical intraday files, for viewing offline, that can be done.....
such as,

first open in meta the desired security in the intraday time frame your after.... say for instance a 'csco' 30 minute chart.... click on the price bars and select copy.....


now create a 'csco' 30 minute intraday security using the downloader.... might help to put it into a new folder....

open the data sheet, which should be empty, right click in the top left box, under date, and select paste.....

that should paste in all the data from the 30 minute 'csco' chart.....

sounds like alot, but only takes a minute ......h

I manage to create it but when I try to open it by using MetaStock it prompt me error.

Please help.

How can I also update the daily intra day data which I have created?

After the file is created, updates would be done manually using the Downloader editor.

Attach a copy of your raw data and also the reformatted data that is giving you the error. That'll help figure it out...

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hey jason.... it helps to have any historical intraday securites in the same folder.... make sure you have created a security in your local data folder .... as an example the path should be ' C:\\MetaStock Data\\intraday\\csco ' where intraday is the subfolder in metastock local data main folder and csco is csco.....

to update those securities check the option saying enable realtime updates when you initially created the securities/folder.... .... make sure the folder is listed in your configuration..... click tools-> options -> realtime -> configure server -> file updates.... if your folder is not listed, click add and type in the path..... most often meta will notice that the folder contains intraday charts and is not set for realtime updates.... it will ask if you would like to add it....

of course, it will only auto update if your online..... like g said, any missing data stays missing unless you manually add it.... and like patrick said long ago, go lite of realtime securities, it really eats up bandwith......h

Is there any way to create all the stocks in NYSE into intra data in one time instade of one stock at a time.

hey jason.... the short answer is yes.... ahhh, but here lies the conundrum..... what will you be able to do with that folder....

my esignal limit is 500 simultaneous realtime quotes.... so unless you have virtualy unlimited access to realtime your symbol limit will shut you down....

and lets say you had unlimited realtime quotes.... it would take about four t3's lines to feed that many realtimes.....

and lets say you had the four t3's.... it would take a dozen top shelf networked computers to deseminate that much data....

a practical limit for most of us would be under 100 realtime securities..... and even that will strain the best setups..... it's just too much data comin at ya....


back to the yes part.... create your realtime folders in multiple style.... here are some instructions .... you'll see the option to set the period on the new security .... it will set the entire folders contents to your intraday setting in one whack......h