About Metastock Files

1. About Metastock Files

2. How to Append To Metastock Folder

3. How to Export Groups As Metastock

4. How to Update Exported Metastock Files

5. How to Update Metastock Folders

About Metastock Files: The Metastock exporter allows the user to specify exactly what type of Metastock files to create, 255/2000/6000 and will include DOP files if you turn the optional feature from the default of OFF to ON.  We do not support Metastock files for Metastock Versions 12.0 and above. 

The Equis Metastock File Library is used to create and update the files for various Metastock releases.  Choose the appropriate directory size based on the version of Metastock that is being used or the type of file the other application expects.

• For older applications that rely on the old Metastock format and versions of Metastock before 6.0 a user must use the 255 securities per directory.

• For Metastock versions 6.0 through 7.0 Metastock was modified to accept 2000 securities per directory

• For Metastock versions 8.0 through 11.0 Metastock was modified to accept 6000 securities per directory.

• For Metastock versions 12.0 that came out in 2008 Metastock changed their file format.  We do not support versions 12.0 and above.

NOTES: 

1. HGSI can update Metastock directories, even those we didn't make or that have been edited.  You can create a set of Metastock directories outside of HGSI (using Amibroker, Metastock, or some other application that creates Metastock files that HGSI supports).  If the Metastock file is created outside of HGSI and contains symbols that are not in the HGSI database you receive an error report of missing sysbols.
   
2. To assure data integrity for splits and other corrections to the historical data, the updating process replaces all the previous Metastock history.  Putting Metastock directories into the list of directories to be updated containing historical data going back further than what is in the HGSI database will be lost.
   
3. The HGSI updating process respects the start date contained in the Metastock files.  E.g. if the file has a start date of 1/1/2009, the amount of data that will be replaced will start at that date, 1/1/2009 even if the HGSI database has history going back to 1990.  The solution to this situation is to export a new set of Metastock files using an earlier start date for the export.