File Format
Data records for MetaStock include up to 11 fields including: Date, Trade time, Name, Ticker, Open price, High price, Low price, Close price, Volume, and Open Interest.
The MetaStock file format is a binary file format and originated from the Computrac file format. There are four files associated with the format: MASTER, EMASTER, XMASTER, F*DAT, and F*.MWD.
MetaStock provides a utility for converting data to and from various formats including ASCII, Excel, Lotus 1-2-3 and TC2000. In Metastock 12 this utility was removed.
MetaStock 12 cannot read MetaStock file format files. It can only use the proprietary Thomson Reuters feeds (DataLink for end-of-day daily data and Xenith for real-time intrady data).
Starting from MetaStock 12 there are only two versions: Metastock EOD and MetaStock Pro.
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