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To: Sean W. Smith who wrote (3620)	3/10/1998 4:29:00 PM
From: Ken Adams	Respond to of 11149

Sean... Thanks for the post. It was pretty much what I expected. I think this is more a Metastock problem than it is with QP. MS doesn't allow much messing with their stuff, this is just one more example. When I finally do get QP2 ordered, I'm going to be very interested in that batch file you have mentioned a couple of times. Sounds like something I'm going to need immediately. Appreciate your efforts for the rest of us. Ken

To: Sean W. Smith who wrote (3620)	3/10/1998 4:38:00 PM
From: Clark Wang	Respond to of 11149

Sean, thanks for clarification. There are lots of reasons I need to keep a complete copy of historical data. The current R1's two-year limit is too short. It would be wonderful if R2 can update the name changes in MetaStock's files. I know there is some technical difficulty. Generally companies changing name or reconstruction will attract some short-term upward momentum. If you do all your scans in QP, this is not a problem. Hopefully R2 will support better logical operator (AND, OR) and move some scans to QP. I think QP should release R2 once they freeze the spec. on database format. Other programs such as Scan, Update, ASCII OUTPUT can be improved over time.

To: Sean W. Smith who wrote (3620)	3/10/1998 4:44:00 PM
From: Spots	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 11149

To thread, Re: Download times. After 5 days (including weekend) of rebuilding NT because NT hates me, I have just downloaded last 3 days from QP+ (V 1.1) from net with following times; 3/5 1:37 3/6 0:27 3/9 0:52 Variations are typical for web traffic (though 1:37 is much slower than normal; something hung in the middle). This is with a 56kb connection via frame relay. I have observed 56kb modem connections via pots (typically connecting at 50-52kb) to give comparable times, though my pots ISP is sick at the moment. Regards, Spots

To: Sean W. Smith who wrote (3620)	3/17/1998 5:59:00 PM
From: Rashid Garuba	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 11149

Sean or others, Help! I am having trouble writing a Stochastic crossover scan. Here is waht I am currently using: Allgroup Set STOCHASTIC = 13,8 Min( -2 , -6 , stoch ) <= 12 // It hit zero a few days ago Stochastic(0) >= 12 // Stochastic is moving up println Symbol , "," , " Close:", Close(0) , "," , " Vol:", vol(0) , " , " , " PE:", PE , " , " , " QRS:", QRS(0) , "," , description This locates stochastic bottoms, which are nice, but miss strong trending stocks that don't bottom. A crossover scan is what I need. I have checked the scan databases and can't find any. From QP1 software help These lines pick the crossover: StochasticPctK(0) > StochasticPctD(0) StochastsicPctK(-1) < StochasticPctD(-1) QP1 refuses to run these lines, says "(" unexpected?? Thanks Rashid