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I am using the heck out of the qcwtool. This is a great tool for duplicating lines across all symbols. I have it setup now so it only takes about 5-min for me to get the lines across all time frames on all my symbols.
It took a bit of time to get it setup, but it only took once, and now I can turn out all sort of research workspaces in no time.
How do I do this?
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01) export your quote sheets to symbols
02) Open up the symbols files with notepad, and merge them into one file.
03) Now comes the fun part, building the "Map File"
The "Map File" is the file used to copy all lines from X-Symbol to Y-Symbol. Since you can only copy X-Symbol to only 1 other symbol you will have to make several files and build them up. Keep building your "Map File" until all symbols are used.
I have 9-map files. Here is an example of some of them. In this example, BUCY is the symbol that contains all the lines I want to duplicate. As you can see, the first file clones BUCY to AAPL. Now both BUCY and AAPL have the proper lines. Next I use BUCY and AAPL to clone two more symbols. I then add the two newly cloned symbols to the list with BUCY and AAPL and I can now clone four more symbols. Just keep going until all your symbols are in their own lists. Remember, you have to split these up in different files since qcwtool can only use a symbol only once per run.
Map_0-1.txt
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NASDAQ:BUCY =NASDAQ:AAPL
Map_1-2.txt
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NASDAQ:BUCY =NASDAQ:AMZN
NASDAQ:AAPL =NASDAQ:APOL
Map_2-3.txt
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NASDAQ:BUCY =NASDAQ:ASEI
NASDAQ:AAPL =NASDAQ:ASIA
NASDAQ:AMZN =NASDAQ:BIDU
NASDAQ:APOL =NASDAQ:BRCM
Map_3-4.txt
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NASDAQ:BUCY =NASDAQ:CBRL
NASDAQ:AAPL =NASDAQ:CELG
NASDAQ:AMZN =NASDAQ:CME
NASDAQ:APOL =NASDAQ:COKE
NASDAQ:ASEI =NASDAQ:CSCO
NASDAQ:ASIA =NASDAQ
ECK
NASDAQ:BIDU =NASDAQ:ENER
NASDAQ:BRCM =NASDAQ:ERTS
04) Now that all your "Map Files" have been created, make sure the first symbol, BUCY in this example contains all your lines
05) Save that workspace into the new directory
06) Place all your map files in the new directory
07) Launch qcwtool
08) Select "Replace"
09) Click "Choole File" & select your newly saved workspace
10) Click "Load Map File" & select "Map_0-1.txt"
11) Click "Replace and Save"
12) It may ask you about how to save the lines, I usually say over write (2nd radio button down) then hit the bottom button to apply this to all other symbols
13) When it asks you to save, I will rename the workspace to something like workspace-1
14) Click "Choole File" & select your new "workspace-1" file
15) Click "Load Map File" & select "Map_1-2.txt"
16) Click "Replace and Save"
17) Choose your line over write options if asked
18) Save as "workspace-2"
19) Continue this process until you have applied all your symbols.
20) open up the new workspace and now you should have lines cloned across all symbols.
** If you want to clone the lines against all timeframes,
- Mark up a daily chart (The daily is the most accurate across all time frames)
- right click daily chart --> Layout --> Save as default
- right click other charts --> Layout --> Load Default
Hope this helps someone like it has helped me. Thanks to the creator of qcwtool, you have save me so many hours and have allowed me to have some nice research workspaces.
It took a bit of time to get it setup, but it only took once, and now I can turn out all sort of research workspaces in no time.
How do I do this?
------------------------
01) export your quote sheets to symbols
02) Open up the symbols files with notepad, and merge them into one file.
03) Now comes the fun part, building the "Map File"
The "Map File" is the file used to copy all lines from X-Symbol to Y-Symbol. Since you can only copy X-Symbol to only 1 other symbol you will have to make several files and build them up. Keep building your "Map File" until all symbols are used.
I have 9-map files. Here is an example of some of them. In this example, BUCY is the symbol that contains all the lines I want to duplicate. As you can see, the first file clones BUCY to AAPL. Now both BUCY and AAPL have the proper lines. Next I use BUCY and AAPL to clone two more symbols. I then add the two newly cloned symbols to the list with BUCY and AAPL and I can now clone four more symbols. Just keep going until all your symbols are in their own lists. Remember, you have to split these up in different files since qcwtool can only use a symbol only once per run.
Map_0-1.txt
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NASDAQ:BUCY =NASDAQ:AAPL
Map_1-2.txt
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NASDAQ:BUCY =NASDAQ:AMZN
NASDAQ:AAPL =NASDAQ:APOL
Map_2-3.txt
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NASDAQ:BUCY =NASDAQ:ASEI
NASDAQ:AAPL =NASDAQ:ASIA
NASDAQ:AMZN =NASDAQ:BIDU
NASDAQ:APOL =NASDAQ:BRCM
Map_3-4.txt
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NASDAQ:BUCY =NASDAQ:CBRL
NASDAQ:AAPL =NASDAQ:CELG
NASDAQ:AMZN =NASDAQ:CME
NASDAQ:APOL =NASDAQ:COKE
NASDAQ:ASEI =NASDAQ:CSCO
NASDAQ:ASIA =NASDAQ
ECKNASDAQ:BIDU =NASDAQ:ENER
NASDAQ:BRCM =NASDAQ:ERTS
04) Now that all your "Map Files" have been created, make sure the first symbol, BUCY in this example contains all your lines
05) Save that workspace into the new directory
06) Place all your map files in the new directory
07) Launch qcwtool
08) Select "Replace"
09) Click "Choole File" & select your newly saved workspace
10) Click "Load Map File" & select "Map_0-1.txt"
11) Click "Replace and Save"
12) It may ask you about how to save the lines, I usually say over write (2nd radio button down) then hit the bottom button to apply this to all other symbols
13) When it asks you to save, I will rename the workspace to something like workspace-1
14) Click "Choole File" & select your new "workspace-1" file
15) Click "Load Map File" & select "Map_1-2.txt"
16) Click "Replace and Save"
17) Choose your line over write options if asked
18) Save as "workspace-2"
19) Continue this process until you have applied all your symbols.
20) open up the new workspace and now you should have lines cloned across all symbols.
** If you want to clone the lines against all timeframes,
- Mark up a daily chart (The daily is the most accurate across all time frames)
- right click daily chart --> Layout --> Save as default
- right click other charts --> Layout --> Load Default
Hope this helps someone like it has helped me. Thanks to the creator of qcwtool, you have save me so many hours and have allowed me to have some nice research workspaces.
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