CSV Plugin
Description:
Use local plain-text comma-separated values (CSV) ascii files.
Perhaps
you already have a collection of files in this format ... end-of-day
data
managed as a separate concern by some other application.
This plugin can currently import the following field formats,
and
can easily be modified to support other field formats.
- DOHLCV - Date,Open,High,Low,Close,Volume
- DOHLCVI - Date,Open,High,Low,Close,Volume,Open Interest
- DTOHLC - Date,Time,Open,High,Low,Close
- SDOHLCV - Symbol,Date,Open,High,Low,Close,Volume
Here is an example snippet from a DOHLCV file called SBM.AX.txt
...
20030205,0.120,0.120,0.115,0.120,1129504
20030206,0.115,0.115,0.100,0.105,2559171
...
Input Parameters:
- Chart Type - The chart to create can be stock or futures chart.
- Date Format - The format of the date field used.
- Delimiter - The delimiter used between fields.
- End Date - Specify a ending date for record filtering. Only used
if "Select Date Range' option is checked.
- Format - The record field format used.
- Futures Month - The futures month used if importing futures data.
- Futures Symbol - The futures symbol used if importing futures
data.
- Input - The ASCII file to be imported from your local filesystem.
- Select Date Range - Select a date range of records to import. If
checked, the Start Date and End Date options are required.
- Start Date - Specify a start date for record filtering. Only used
if "Select Date Range' option is checked.
- Symbol - If you do not specify a symbol, then the basename part
of the filename will be used, e.g. SBM.AX
Select the file to be imported and press the "update" button. Then
go
to "Working with Graphs" to see your new graph.
Hint: To import/update a whole directory of files, select multiple
files
using shift-click and ctrl-click.