Knowledge Base

Broad Market Indicators and Data

A set of Broad Market Indicators, Experts and Layouts were added to MetaStock 9.0. The data for the Broad Market indicators was specifically written for each data vendor, because most data vendors do not use the same symbology for indices, futures and market indicators. If you are upgrading from MetaStock 9.0 to MetaStock or higher and you are changing data vendors then you must follow these directions so that the Broad Market Indicators will work with your new vendor. For example, if you are a current eSignal user and are upgrading to the MetaStock Pro for MetaStock Xenith data vendor then you need to follow these directions for the Broad Market Indicators to work in MetaStock. If you are not changing data vendors then you do not need to follow these steps.

1. Delete the current Broad Market Indicators in MetaStock.
    
   • In MetaStock Choose Tools|Indicator Builder from the menu. In the Indicator Builder select all the indicators that begin with "BM NASDAQ", "BM NYSE", "BM Monetary" and then choose Delete.
   • In MetaStock Choose Tools|Expert Advisor from the menu. In the Expert Advisor select the three Experts; "BM - Monetary Overview", "BM - NASDAQ Market Overview" and "BM - NYSE Market Overview" and then choose Delete.
2. Delete the Broad Market Data and Layouts.
    
   • Using Windows Explorer, browse to C:\MetaStock Data\BM Data. Either rename or delete this folder. This folder contains the Broad Market data specific to your data vendor.
   • Using Windows Explorer, browse to C:\Program Files\Equis\MetaStock\Charts (This is the default install location. If you installed to a different location the files will be located under MetaStock\Charts in that location.). Delete the three files; "BM Monetary.mwl", "BM NASDAQ.mwl" and "BM NYSE.mwl"
3. Uninstall your current version of MetaStock.
    
   • In Windows select Start|Settings|Control Panel
   • Open Add/Remove Programs
   • Select MetaStock 9.0 and choose remove
4. Install MetaStock or higher.

Explorer Reports and upgrading to MetaStock or higher

Explorer Reports from any previous version of MetaStock will not upgrade to version or higher. If you wish to save any Explorer Reports please print them out or save the list of securities the Exploration was run on before upgrading. Of course, Explorations can always be run again to regenerate the reports.