Description

The Cleanup tool allows you to delete unwanted securities from your MetaStock data folders, freeing up disk space and reducing download time. Note that cleanup permanently deletes files that meet your criteria.

Dialog

MetaStock folder - specify the MetaStock data folder that you want to "clean".

Include 1 or 2 levels of subfolders - select this option to "clean" all of the MetaStock folders that are one or two levels below the specified MetaStock folder (along with the specified MetaStock folder).

Delete securities that haven't updated in at least x calendar days - deletes all securities whose last date is more than a specified number of calendar days ago.

Delete securities with bad start/end dates - deletes all securities whose start and/or end dates are deemed to be invalid. A rare condition.

Delete securities with last price less than x per share - deletes all securities whose price on the last collected day is less than the specified value.

Average volume less than x in the last y trading days - deletes securities whose average volume falls below the specified threshold over the given number of trading periods. Note that some data providers give volume in 100s, and some in 1s, so it is up to you to determine in what units your volume is stored, and enter the appropriate volume number.

Deleted linked composites - select this to delete any composites that were created using securities that are to be deleted.

Suppress all messages - usually, Cleanup will prompt you before deleting the securities in a folder, and will also provide other informational and warning messages. Select this option only when you are very comfortable with the operation of this utility.

Create Undo File - select this option to create an "undo" file in the MetaStock folder that contains the securities to be deleted. The undo file is simply a text file with the format "NAME,SYMBOL" and is named "DELETED YYYYMMDD.SYM". All of the securities deleted on the same day are kept in the same file, no matter how many times Cleanup was run.

To undo a deletion, copy the undo file to your DownLoader folder, go into the Downloader and select File|New Security|Symbol Lookup, and look for the file name in the Type drop-down list. Be sure to select the proper folder at the New Security dialog.

Close - Closes the dialog box. Any changes you have made are saved.