X_DEV technical help

[elzorro]

The stock is MVIS and I have had it for several years now. What I want is to put it in X-DEV program.
Thanx

[Myst]

elzorro,

what is the stock and where did you enter?

[elzorro]

I'm new user to X_DEV. I'm fully invested on a stock, how can I enter the required parameters to the program, I think the program assumes that I'm just starting to invest on the particular stock? Or, the only alternative is to sell all the stock and start a new???? That may be allright if the stock is on a high, but not to good if is on a low.

[duckie]

opened x dev today and it says cant connect to internet and yahoo does not show up in box. what to do this never happened before and am connected to the inet.

[JerryG]

Hi Myst,

Not sure what is going on here. I am an old-time X-Dev user; but, have not been involved for sereral months now.

I thought that everything was up-to-date and functional and found myself desirous of doing some work with the program yesterday.

However, when I clicked on the X-Dev Icon, it opened a form that indicated X-DEV 3.5 and asked me for my e-mail and Registration Code (I thought that I had this all taken care of previously). Unfortunately, I don't know what my Registration Code is supposed to be at this point in time.

When you find time, could you possible look into this matter for me?

Thanks,

JerryG
e-mail: [e-mail]

[ssmike123]

Myst; I am not so computer savey. Please guide me what to do step by step...thanks


Shawn

[Myst]

Check to see if the file is on your hard drive by using your windows explorer.

If so, try deleting it manually.

[ssmike123]

Myst; I don't think my portfolio is working correctly. I can not delete portfolios. When I press delete portfolio I get...."EXCEPTION #53...File Not Found"" The name still in drop down menue, and under Portfolio details still a fund apperas. But when I press Activity details, I get...EXCEPTION# 3021..."Either BOF or EOF is True, or the current record has been deletet. Requested operation requiers a current record" How I may fix this?


Shawn

[byculla]

Downloaded X-dev 3.5
Apart from it's limitation of choices is it similar to the full blown vertion.

Buy and hold profit/loss ---what does it stand for.

It seems that everytime I run it, the program wants go online to access the net.

Look forward to your reply.

[mikef]

Hi Myst - well I entered the ATAR setup saying to use $800 cash and commissions were $12. The first recommended buy was 142 shares at 2.81 and $12 commission for $411.02. The next day it said 275 shares at $1.4 plus $12 for a total of $397 (both were executed for a two-buy total of $808.02 -- so it was only off a little but if I truly only had $800 in my account I wouldn't have been able to make the second buy. I haven't had a chance to xdev since so not sure if it would do it again.

Mike

[Myst]

Hmmmmmmmm, really not sure what the problem is then other than an accounting error somwhere. X_DEV is configured to take commissions into account.

Was the amount you were short off by a lot or a little?

Has it happened since on any other plays?

[mikef]

Yeah, I used the "autofill button" and it showed the commissions filled in.

Mike

[Myst]

Mike,

Did you add your play to the portfolio by filling the following in correctly?

Note the box for "commission".

[nimbus]

Y-axis

Hey Myst .. lately my XDEV has not been scaling the y-axis properly; it always begins at zero rather than scale to the low end of the price range, so things like the Q's are almost straight lines.

Any clues??

Thanks

Nimbus

[mikef]

Hi Myst - I am confused... I am XDEVing ATAR and entered the total dollar amount and commissions, etc I was going to apply in the lab screen, set everything up correctly and got two great buys in a row. When I entered the second buy into Portfolio, it said I didn't allocate enough cash (I had to up the total available a bit to cover the commissions). Everything worked great then, but when I got the sell (for a profit, thanks!), I entered the sell in Portfolio. All OK, but when I tried to buy the next recommendation through my broker, it said there was not enough cash to cover it (and all my cash from the XDEV sell was there (no cash witing to clear, etc))... It was like XDEV was recommending I spend too much, not accounting for the commission I had entered. Have you seen this before? Is it supposed to be accounting for the commissions on each buy and sell?

Thanks,
Mike

[Myst]

etrader,

I just completed sending out today's batch of reg codes.

Let me know if you haven't received it yet.

[etrader32]

XDEV Purchase - Registration Code. I am installing after purchasing and the splash screen asks for email address and Registration Code. I did not get any Registration Code when purchasing through Pay Pal, or I competely missed it. What do I need to do? Thanks.

[borland]

Got X_DEV transfered to my laptop. Only noticable difference is on the main screen.....

where the data block labels are using a font size that's too big, so they are partially cutoff by the data blocks.

Any way to fix this? Anyone? Thanks!

borland

[borland]

Myst,

Me too. I want to move my X_dev copy to my laptop where I now have 3G wireless internet. Please help!

borland

[Myst]

The purpose of the trial is to gain an understanding of how the program works, and if you find it suitable for your level of trading. It is not necessary to try it on any other stocks than those listed to gain that understanding.

It has nothing to do with paper trading.

[atsh]

Then How can one test your software.
What you calim on the site is not corect. (FREE TRAIL.....)

Paper trading is different then being in the real field with real money.

[Myst]

Yes,

The trial is limited to the 3 default stocks listed.

The full retail version of X_DEV is not limited.

[atsh]

Hi Myst
I downloaded the trial version , I am unable to input my own symbols. Is the trial version limited to the symbos that are already theer, then how can we test it. I would like to test it for atleast a month with my own symbols.

[Myst]

aim hier,

I've responded to you via your regular email address.

[aim hier]

I recently bought x-dev and installed it on my computer, it is now running fine. Problem is that I just bought a newer, better computer, am planning on mothballing the old computer. Since I dont have a disk with the software on it, is there any way to transfer my copy to the computer sans buying it again.

[saad2002]

i download trial verison of x_dev and i have code ( 9 ) prolbem i try to change the web site but without any lack .
what can i do to fix it
regards

[Myst]

Yahoo recently changed their data feed structure. Yong is working on it and will have a fix soon.

[twputnam]

Myst,

I am having exactly the same problem as goodbug! I tried your solution of setting the preferences to "English", etc. and restarted my computer, but, it did not solve the problem. This feature had worked in the past.

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[goodbug]

Myst:

I can't get "what if" on X-Dev to work. I had not used it for a month or two, but now I get nothing filled in. I can type in the current info and then it will show the new bar and targets, but it continually comes in with no data in any box. Does this during market hours and after market hours. What do I need to do?
Goodbugs

[hillbillie]

Myst..Un-installed free version and re-installed twice and both times did not work..and played with this for awhile tonight..Help..

[Myst]

hillbillie,

The green and red bands do not move manually, but the outer blue bands are adjustable by the user.

If you are inputting numbers in the upper and lower % boxes and the bands are not moving then you must have had a bad download, or their is some other problem.

Try un-installing then re-installing the trial and see if the problem still occurs. If so, let me know.

[hillbillie]

Myst..I downloaded the free version of X-Dev to study the 3 stocks..qqq..is this program settings set? I have gone through instructions on trading set-up, etc..Upper and lower bands do not move no matter what I put in and have read instructions numerous times..Trying to just see how this works and was trying to make it look like your Q chart posted on your website and nada..Step 3 just does not work for me..Thanks

[george1]

Myst:

Wallstreet do adjust splits but start 02\28\2002.allways whith every stock i input ,every name, I try to change the date but nada 02/28/2003

yahoo or si dont adjust splits ,no problem w\dates.

xdev ver 3.5.0
????
tnks george

[Myst]

george,

Wall St. City is usually pretty good at adjusting for spits b4 yahoo and SI. You shouldn't have a problem with dates with any of the quote providers. Are you using the latest X_DEV upgrade? Version 3.5?

[george1]

Myst :
stocks like easi.ebay etc splited and yahoo dont adjust them.
silicon investor and wallstreet do adjust them but ignore my setup or date input.
any solutions ?
thanks
george

[stra10]

Myst; Please ignore last post. tttrader will not allow direct posting of charts, because they are attempting to preserve band space, and will only allow posting of URL.
Thanks,
Allan

[stra10]

Myst; Can you explain why my capture shots show up, but when refreshed they give the red x box, but if I go back to the post before the capture post, and then pull up the next message, it is OK again?
thanks,
Allan

[Myst]

Mike,

Just send me your email address and I'll take care of it.

Send to:

[e-mail]

[redroom3]

Myst,
I've bought a new computer and would like to install X_DEV on it (I've been a user since the beginning). Can you direct me to a post describing this process.
Thanks in advance.
Mike

[Myst]

Arawat,

I sent your problem over to Yong today. He should be able to solve your problem. Please give him time to develop a solution.

Thanks for your patience,

[Arawat]

Myst,
I did as you suggested and downloaded the 429 fix. It did not fix the problem. I ran the latest version of Ad-Ware on my computer and found that according to this software I had picked up a bug on my computer that had tried to hijack my browser. I deleted all the bug files that the software flagged and re-installed X_Dev. Using the original QQQ that is in X_Dev, Yahoo and Silicon Valley both now return error code 9. Wallstreet now returns 429 so I am still now left with this problem of how to recover to make X_Dev work. I can go directly into Yahoo and the other sites to pick up the graphs but I can't get the connections through X_Dev.
I am running Windows 98SE with IE 6.0 with SP1.
Any suggestions? Vic.

[PaulSkate]

Error Code 75 fix

Never mind, I'm sorry - all I needed to do was erase everything in my Data, My Setups, Quotes, Default, directories. I'm not sure which fixed it, but it works now!

Now go make some money.

[PaulSkate]

Error code 75

Hi,

Here's the deal: I recently downloaded v 3.1 to upgrade from my v3.0 at home. It works perfectly at home. I burned the whole XDEV directory onto a CD and brought it to work, where I've been able to use v3.0. I copied the XDEV directory onto my work pc, after removing the original XDEV directory. It works, but before it displays any X-Play, it gives me this:

An exception happened in XDEV:SaveData
Error Code : 75
Error Message: Path/File access error

Any suggestions?


Thank you!!!

[Myst]

Arawat.......

Check the link in the header window to this thread for the 429 fix. Seems your computer needs an updated MDAC component.

Download and install the fix, then reboot.....then run X_DEV.

Let me know how it goes.

[lifo]

Vic,

I have never seen Error Message 429. So, maybe that's a good clue for Myst to help you out.

Regards,
Jack

[Arawat]

Jack, Myst.
I just tried Yahoo with MDS.TO and I got "error message 429, the quote for MDS.TO not found or activex componenet can't create object." In Silicon Valley MDS.TO ended with error code 9. Vic.

[lifo]

Myst, Vic, Allan,

I thought I might mention how I am doing with data feed for Canadian stocks in X_DEV.

Right now, I am getting data for Canadian stocks in X_DEV from Yahoo and Wallstreet City. I just checked MDS.TO for Yahoo and T.MDS for Wallstreet. They worked fine.

I am not getting data in X_DEV from Silicon Investor right now.

Both my portfolios in X_DEV were updated as of Friday 09/12/03, with data from Yahoo. I had problems a while ago, but I don't know what caused it or how it went back to being normal again.

Regards,
Jack

[stra10]

Vic and myst; Checked again. Currently yahoo is only site I can download Canadian stocks, with suffix .TO, and xdev will update them. SI site recognizes both formats for Can stocks, but xdev will not update them. I can appreciate your frustration with not getting anything from Yahoo, because you have no access to your canadian portfolio at all.
Allan

[Arawat]

Myst,
Yes I can get the quotes directly from Yahoo and Silicon Investor. I tried XIT.TO and both of them picked it up properly directly from their web sites. But in X_Dev it does not. Also the US quotes are not being picked up in X_Dev.
Vic.

[Myst]

Allen,

Please butt in any time! Thanks for your input.