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  • #1
  • First Post: Apr 13, 2007 3:03am Apr 13, 2007 3:03am
I have end of day metastock data both in metastock and ASCII formats. I want to convert them into mt4 format and work on the charts by using mt4 indicators. I googled and found out it is possible but couldn't find how to do it.

Can anyone help me on this?

Thanks.
  • #2
  • Apr 13, 2007 3:30am Apr 13, 2007 3:30am
Quoting Blackeagle
I have end of day metastock data both in metastock and ASCII formats. I want to convert them into mt4 format and work on the charts by using mt4 indicators. I googled and found out it is possible but couldn't find how to do it.
Can anyone help me on this?
Thanks.
I'm sure you realize you can import MT4 history data through the history center download button or from Alpari.

BY ASCII data if you mean CSV format you can import that into MT4 by going to the history center, Press F2. Select the currency pair and the daily chart for that pair. Then hit the import button at the bottom and browse to the *.csv file. If the data is not CSV but fixed width or uses some other delimiter you can play with the import settings to get proper columns. You can look at the ASCII data in Excel providing you do not have more lines than the programs limits. It should not be a problem with daily data. I'm not sure but you may need to delete the data that is already in the daily MT4 history before importing the new data. Also realize the data has to be laid out in the same order per line as Mt4 has. Sometimes being off line helps if you do not want to use any MT4 history data. Just practice on a demo you can't hurt anything. You can always delete everything you imported and start over.
  • #3
  • Apr 13, 2007 5:42am Apr 13, 2007 5:42am
Thanks for quick reply. Yes. I mean CSV format. I hit the import button after browsing the file I want to import, but nothing happened. Actually it is a futures contract, not a forex pair. I have read somewhere that mt4 should have the same file name in its server if you import something. Is this true? If not, can I import any CSV format file? If so, can you please write how to do it step-by-step if you know how to do it?

Thanks again for your help?


Quoting nvwine
I'm sure you realize you can import MT4 history data through the history center download button or from Alpari.

BY ASCII data if you mean CSV format you can import that into MT4 by going to the history center, Press F2. Select the currency pair and the daily chart for that pair. Then hit the import button at the bottom and browse to the *.csv file. If the data is not CSV but fixed width or uses some other delimiter you can play with the import settings to get proper columns. You can look at the ASCII data in Excel providing you do not have more lines than the programs limits. It should not be a problem with daily data. I'm not sure but you may need to delete the data that is already in the daily MT4 history before importing the new data. Also realize the data has to be laid out in the same order per line as Mt4 has. Sometimes being off line helps if you do not want to use any MT4 history data. Just practice on a demo you can't hurt anything. You can always delete everything you imported and start over.
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  • Last Post: Apr 13, 2007 6:03am Apr 13, 2007 6:03am
Quoting Blackeagle
Thanks for quick reply. Yes. I mean CSV format. I hit the import button after browsing the file I want to import, but nothing happened. Actually it is a futures contract, not a forex pair. I have read somewhere that mt4 should have the same file name in its server if you import something. Is this true? If not, can I import any CSV format file? If so, can you please write how to do it step-by-step if you know how to do it?
Thanks again for your help?
Some futures read differently but if the CSV file is in the right format you can import it. In the history center be sure you select the currency pair from the left hand side and also the time frame. Then Look at the two pictures I am attaching. First is what you see when you click import. Then after you browse and select a *.csv file you see the second attached picture which shows what is in the *.csv file. If it is what you want click OK at and it will import the data.

I'm not sure what you mean by having the same file name. If your importing CSV the main thing is to have the same number of columns with the proper items in the correct columns. You can import data for the wrong currency pair or time frame into any time frame. It will let you screw your data all up.
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