September 20, 2007

Using MarketClub data in the Tradingfives training software (without Excel).

Filed under: Trading Mentor — tradingfives @ 5:03 am

(1) Go to Data Central in MarketClub.

(2) Select a ticker symbol from your portfolio and click on the green icon on the right side of the page, or type in a ticker symbol in the entry box and click on the red icon next to the entry box.

(3) Depending on the symbol you may go to a page with a list of additional choices among Equity, Futures, Indexes, etc.

(4) After you make a final selection on the symbol/market you will be returned to the download page.

(5) Select a time frame. They all work the same in the training software.

(6) Select comma delimited. This is the default choice. Click “Download”.

(7) You will be taken to a browser page with the visible downloaded data.

(8) At the top of the browser menu select “Edit” –> “Select All”

(9) All the data on the page will become highlighted. Copy the contents to the clipboard. You can right click the mouse and select Copy, use Ctrl-C on the keyboard, or use the browser Edit–>Copy command sequence.

(10) Paste the data into a text editor (Notepad.exe or a replacement - see below).

(11) From the text editor do a “Save As” –> name the file “your-filename-choice.csv” and save it to a directory of your choice.

(12) From the training software file control panel be sure to click on the MarketClub option so the software knows what to expect.

Summary: MarketClub data downloads to a browser window and not a spreadsheet or text file. You must copy and paste the data from your browser window to another application that will allow you to save the data in a comma delimited format.

The easiest way to download from MarketClub into a format immediately useable in the training software is with a text editor. We recommend NoteTab Light which is a free replacement for Windows Notepad. You can download it here: http://www.notetab.com/download.php

If you are not familiar with MarketClub and their array of tremendous traders’ resources then Go to the MarketClub website.

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