Quick question...help required

[berni29]

Hi There

I am new to esignal, and cannot work out how to spread off one equity against another, so for instance, the historical spread between Microsoft and Dell.

Many thanks for any assistance......

Berni

[ACM]

Berni
Use the expression MSFT /DELL as the symbol itself.
Note that there must be a space before the operator sign (the example below is showing a ratio)
Alex

[berni29]

Hi Alex

Many thanks for taking the time to explain that.

All the best

Berni

[berni29]

Hi again

Are there any other criteria for it working? I can get your example plus some London stocks but so far no Japanese, so 8264-tse /8183-tse does not work,........

Many thanks

Berni

[ACM]

Berni
If the symbol begins with a number you need to precede it with an apostrophe. In the example you provide the symbol would be '8264-tse /'8183-tse
For more information on spreads you may want to see this article in the eSignal KnowledgeBase
Alex