Information for MetaTrader Users

You can use the ascii text files exported from MetaTrader with APS v4.9.3 but you must first delete the header line, save the file in .txt format and then convert it to APS compatible format. The complete steps are outlined below:

Step1: Data export from MetaTrader:

(1)  Click Tools and then select Historical Center or hit the F2 key
(2)  Double-click on the instrument to export historical data for and then select the periodicity (for example EURUSD - M5)
(3)  Click Export, select ASCII Text in the Save as type field  and specify the target directory and file name
(4)  Click Save to export the historical data

Step 2: Delete header and change the file extension from .prn to .txt

(1)  Run Notepad
(2)  Open the MetaTrader text file you saved. Make sure you select "All Files" as the " File or type"
(3)  Delete the header line and then make sure there are no empty lines at the beginning or at the end of file.
(4)  Click Edit and then Select All.  Right click mouse and select copy.
(5)  Click File and then New. Select No to ignore changes.
(6)  Right click mouse and select Paste
(7)  Click File and select Save as to save the file. Type in a file name and click Save.

.Step 2: Convert the historical data format to APS  format

(1)   From the main APS menu select Tools and then Intraday File Creation.
(2)   Select as the source file the file crated in Step 2 and specify the correct file settings (yyyymmdd and comma)
(3)   Hit Convert and select a new directory to save the file (or the same directory with a different file name) and click Save to complete the conversion.

Now you can use the newly created  text file in APS to search or scan for daily or intraday patterns. Note: Daily data files exported from MetaTrader include a default Time field so they must be converted using the same procedure as with intraday data files.