Historical Composite / Breadth
Datafiles In
".csv" Format
(Microsoft
Excel as well as many charting and financial analysis programs use .csv datafiles either
by default or can readily import data from this type of file)
Composite / breadth data is a very powerful
trading tool. Compiling composite / breadth data, however, is very
time consuming and challenging to accurately maintain. MasterDATA is
currently the only source of index and ETF composite / breadth data
available.
Use our composite
/ breadth data directly in MetaStock with no import or
conversion (MetaStock versions 7.2 and higher).
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Daily composite / breadth data is updated
hourly throughout the trade session.
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Download our updated
composite / breadth datafiles automatically in the background
with the MasterDATAlink
downloader program, included free with your
subscription.
Datafiles
include statistics starting January, 1990, or the start
date of the index or ETF through current trading. For information
on statistics included in the historical datafiles,
click here. Downloading the datafiles
is accomplished by using our free downloader
program, MasterDATAlink,
which will download any or all of the composite
datafiles either manually or automatically at times you
specify. For additional information on MasterDATAlink,
click here.
Our historical
composite / breadth datafiles are in
.csv format. A ".csv" datafile is simply a text
file with values separated by commas (.csv stands for "comma separated
values"). By themselves, .csv
datafiles
contain no built in functions.
If you have
Microsoft Excel installed on your computer, clicking on any
filename with .csv at the end (a .csv file extension) will
automatically open the file in Excel. Each line of
text in this type of file becomes a row in Excel. Each
comma in the row tells Excel to place the subsequent value
in the next column. MasterDATA's composite
datafiles also contain a header row at the top of the file
which, when opened in Excel, puts a self-explanatory title
at the top of each column of statistics in your spreadsheet.
The .csv file structure
has become an industry standard and although
there are a multitude of other datafile
structures, many or most mainstream programs
support the use of .csv files.
Check your program documentation or contact the
support department of your market analysis
program for compatibility and information on
using .csv datafiles. MasterDATA developed an
implementation for MetaStock so our
.csv datafiles can easily be used in that
program (click
here for info).
Each MasterDATACSV datafile contains all the
composite data
for a specific index or ETF for a specific trade interval (i.e. daily,
weekly, monthly and quarterly data) currently generated by the MasterDATA program
as well as historical price data (open, high, low, close, volume) for the index and ETF
itself. Datafiles include statistics beginning 1990 or the beginning of the Index or ETF,
whichever is later.
Disclaimer: This material is for your private
information. We are not soliciting any action based upon
it. Opinions expressed are present opinions only. The
material is based upon information considered reliable,
but we do not represent that is accurate or complete,
and it should not be relied upon as such. We, or persons
involved in the preparation or issuance of this material
may, from time to time, have long or short positions in,
and buy or sell the securities or options of companies
mentioned herein.
