Hi,

Pls help me with a formula to find the start date of the a metastock file.

Regards

Senthil

hey senthil...... do you actually need a formula ..... 

 not really sure just what your doing with the first date, but you can tell the first date when you open any security......  it shows first and last date for every security in the folder..... that might not suffice but is one way.....h

Try these out:

startyear := ValueWhen(1,Cum(1)=1,Year());
startmonth := ValueWhen(1,Cum(1)=1,Month());
startdom := ValueWhen(1,Cum(1)=1,DayOfMonth());

Note that when you use an exploration, make sure you have the max number of periods loaded (eg. 65000) in the Options.

Cheers,
Richard.

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