import external data

[richbois]

i have a file that contains date and 1 field of data

i would like to create a study with that

the data field range from -200 to +200

the date data is for every day of the year including future dates

i also have date and time + data in an other file if we can brake it down further

any help to point me in the right direction would be appreciated

Richard

[eSignal_JasonK]

Hello Richard,

You could use the File Object to extract the data from your file(s). One possible solution would be to create a routine that occurs at BARSTATE_ALLBARS (i.e. getBarState() ) to read through the file and populate some arrays in your EFS. Then as the formula moves forward and processes each historical bar, loop through the array of dates to find the array element number that corresponds to the current bar's date in the chart and plot your data from the data array accordingly using the same array element number.