Explanation of the mesages in the System Message log

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Hint: download later in the day - data services will have corrected most data errors

Incomplete or missing data for ABCD

This message indicates a ticker that is no longer trading (trading halted), delisted, merged, or symbols which have been renamed.

The AIQ onelist mailing list in the shared files area members post weekly symbol update lists to determine corrective action.

ABCD 04/14/99: 25% variance from prior values

These may be genuine 25% up or down move in the specified ticker, or an error (spike) in the data. Tickers trading below $2 may receive these types of variances every day.

Look at the chart of these tickers to determine any action required.

11/11/98 08:24:40 Group HOUSE2 is empty and was deactivated

AIQ group and sectors are calculated based on tickers in your Master List. If you do not have any stocks in a given group, the system temporarily deactivates the group.

11/12/98 06:25:05 WFC has volatility range error. Check data for accuracy.

AIQ performs a volatility check on all your tickers and determines any symbols outside the normalized range. This may indicate a potential spike in data, check the chart, it may be genuine extreme volatility.

NOB: service did not recognize symbol

Ticker has ceased trading or is incorrectly entered in your database. Check in the myTrack software in Symbol Lookup for more information.

Dial/Data: Request limit exceeded.

You have exceeded the 15,000 ticker request limit in one d
ownload. The system will process the initial request and log back into Dial/Data to continue the download. This message may occur after adding a large number of tickers to your database.

APSO 10/15/98: no volume

The ticker reported less than 500 shares traded in the day. Alternate: Run the EDS spike report weekly. See the supplied (pre built) routine in the data mainetance folder. I run an EDS routine weekly to look for spikes, and I save the output from this EDS run to a list. I then reload the symbols on the list for the past week. (reload only that list, not the entire database). Note that you can reload just for these 3 symbols: AMEXCH, DJIA, and OCEXCH. See also FAQ 2 and FAQ 6 Click here for FAQ Index Incomplete or missing data for AMEXCH - Adv Volume Incomplete or missing data for AMEXCH - Dec Volume Incomplete or missing data for AMEXCH - Unc Volume Incomplete or missing data for OCEXCH - Adv Volume Incomplete or missing data for OCEXCH - Dec Volume Incomplete or missing data for OCEXCH - Unc Volume Incomplete or missing data for AMEXCH - Adv Issues Incomplete or missing data for AMEXCH - Dec Issues Incomplete or missing data for AMEXCH - New Highs Incomplete or missing data for AMEXCH - New Lows Incomplete or missing data for AMEXCH - Unc Issues Incomplete or missing data for DJIA - New Highs Incomplete or missing data for DJIA - New Lows Incomplete or missing data for OCEXCH - Adv Issues Incomplete or missing data for OCEXCH - Dec Issues Incomplete or missing data for OCEXCH - New Highs Incomplete or missing data for OCEXCH - New Lows Incomplete or missing data for OCEXCH - Unc Issues