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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 is 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
a plug-in for MetaStock so our .csv
datafiles can easily be used in that program (click
here for info).
Each MasterDATACSV
datafile contains all the
composite breadth 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.
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