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MasterDATAlink is used by MasterDATACSV and MasterDATA Composite Plug-in subscribers to retrieve and update their historical composite / breadth datafiles. The program is included with each subscription at no charge and downloads any or all of the available datafiles on 30 major stock indexes and 111 highest trade volume ETFs.  Downloads can be with a single click or fully automated in the background.

Version 2.20 adds the ability to create several additional types of historical datafiles requested by many subscribers.

New Configurable MetaStock Format Price files:
MasterDATA Composite Plug-in Subscribers are familiar with using open, high, low, close, volume files in MetaStock.  Now users can configure MasterDATAlink to generate up to five different MetaStock format price files containing any of the composite / breadth statistics in our historical datafiles.  And all are done automatically with each download.  This means that you can display bar and candlestick charts on any combination of the values in the historical datafiles.

Don’t use MetaStock?  The smaller 10 column .csv files created in the process of generating the MetaStock format files may be of use to you.  You can easily turn off the actual generation of the MetaStock format files and just wind up with the .csv files only.

Single Statistic .csv Files:
TradeStation users may find the new single statistic .csv format files of particular interest.  With a few clicks, you can select any or all of the composite / breadth statistics for which these single statistic, historical datafiles will be created.  Once set up, all the datafile statistics you select will be compiled into their own individual datafile each time you download, automatically. Each .csv file contains two columns, a date column and a column of the statistic you select.

Single Click Downloads:
When you install and/or update your MasterDATAlink program, you will also see some new links provided. Click on “Start” -> “All Programs” -> “MasterDATA” -> “Run MasterDATA Lists” and you will see a list of 7 links.  Clicking on any one of these links runs the corresponding list you previously set up in the MasterDATAlink program.  Right click on a link to send a copy to your desktop.  Copy a link and paste it into Windows Scheduler to set up automatic downloads.

Historical.csv Files For MasterDATA Composite Plug-in Subscribers:
By the way, in the process of making our historical composite / breadth data available within MetaStock, MasterDATA Composite Plug-in Subscribers download and update the same .csv files as our MasterDATACSV subscribers.  Sometimes, working with the data outside of MetaStock is easier and more productive done in a program like Excel.  Or maybe you use other stock analysis programs, like TradeStation, in addition to MetaStock.  If you installed to the default directories, these historical files are located in the “C:\MasterDATA\CSVFiles\” directory.  If you later need to get your .csv file results of your work into MetaStock, use our MetaStockCSV Plug-in (http://www.metastockcsv.com).

Upgrade Steps:

• Download either the initial installation or the upgrade from the following URLs:
  • MasterDATACSV subscribers: http://www.masterdatacsv.com/Content/MasterDATAlink.htm
  • MasterDATA Composite Plug-in subscribers: http://www.masterdatacompositeplugin.com/Content/DownloadAndInstall.htm
• Click on the install or upgrade link (depending on which you need) and “Run”.
• Once installation is complete, run MasterDATAlink.exe.
• Go to the “General Settings” tab
• Put a check mark in the “Special Functions” section on this page
• Now go to the “Special Functions” tab
• If you want MetaStock format price files created, look in the top section, “Create .csv Format Price Files and/or Generate MetaStock Format Price Files“, and place a check mark in at least the top two small boxes (by clicking on them).  This will generate the standard MetaStock format open, high, low, close, volume price files you are used to.  If you wish to experiment with configuring values in price files, review the remaining content in this section.
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  If you do not want MetaStock format price files, skip this section.
• If you want single statistic .csv format files, go to the next section, “Create One .csv Format Datafile For Each Statistic“.  Click on the statistic(s) you want and the download list that will trigger your new file(s) to be generated.  If you wish, select file name settings and datafile structure.  You can make changes, additions and deletions later if you wish.
• In the lower right corner, click on “Save Settings”.
• Try doing a download and check your results

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