Re: Security Detail Graph (?bug?)

Correction-- The horizontal line was not at the 0 point. I believe it was at
the current price value.

-Gordon

On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 9:04 AM, Gordon Alley <[email protected]>wrote:

> I just tried that with one of my recently-purchased securities. When I
> clicked the CLEAR button, the history list went blank, but the history graph
> still started at 1997 and showed just a horizontal line at the 0 point from
> then to the present. When I imported using transactions (there were only
> two), it was the same chart except with the expected spike at the far right
> (from the two recent transactions).
>
> All the securities in this MD file exhibit this extended timeline problem,
> but not securities in a separate MD file that I started several years ago.
>
> Note that I'm not the OP, but have a similar problem.
>
> -Gordon
>
> On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 1:41 PM, Kevin Nugent <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>>
>>  Hi Kent,
>> See if this helps.  Go to 'Securities Detail', click on the 'History'
>> button.
>> In the resulting form, click 'Clear', then 'Import'.  Choose 'Import from
>> Transactions'.
>> Do not 'Save' the file if don't like the results.
>> HTH -Kevin N.
>>
>> > From: [email protected]
>> > Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2011 16:51:47 +0900
>> > To: [email protected]
>> > Subject: [moneydance] Security Detail Graph (?bug?)
>> >
>> >
>> > My MD account is based in JPY; but, I also own several USD stocks.
>> >
>> > The problem is that the price history graph on each security detail page
>> extends all the way back to the first date where I've entered a JPY/USD
>> conversion rate. Even for "new" stocks like Motorola Mobility, which just
>> came into existence in January.
>> >
>> > AFAICT, the only place to say if a stock is USD or JPY or ??? is in the
>> history window.
>> >
>> > When I switch MMI to display JPY, the graph behaves correctly (the
>> earliest point on the graph is January); but, the prices are in yen.
>> Incidentally, past experience has shown that if this is left as JPY, and
>> price history is imported from Yahoo, all sorts of fun things happen...
>> >
>> > When I switch the history back to USD, the graph extends back to 2002
>> again.
>> >
>> > Has anyone else seen this problem?
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Kent
>>
>
>
>
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