If you are a new BodhiGold user or you are on the 32-day trial, follow these directions for configuring the software.
Configuring BodhiGold
- Install BodhiGold using the installation instructions .
- Once installed, launch BodhiGold. If this didn't happen automatically when you finished installation click the BodhiGold icon on your desktop.
- A Confirm box will have appeared asking you to connect to the Internet to finish the installation. This process requires downloading files from the Internet. Make sure you are connected to the Internet then click the Yes button.
If a box appears asking you to use previous Bodhi settings, then refer to the tutorial: Configure Bodhi 5 using my Bodhi settings .
- A box will appear asking you to choose your area. Select your country or nearest country and exit the box using the X button.
- Now select your nearest city then exit using the X button.
- Select your charting/portfolio software from the list. If you use multiple programs which use different data formats then select them also. If your software does not appear in the list, contact JustData or choose another program that uses the same format.
Once your selections are made, connect to the Internet then click the X button.
- BodhiGold will start downloading the files you need to finish your configuration. You will need to be connected to the Internet for this procedure.
Click the OK button when completed. This will close BodhiGold.
- Start BodhiGold using the icon on the desktop.
- If you have signed up for the 32-day trial, click the No button on the Confirm box. The software will give you access to the Exchange data nearest your location for the next 32 days. If you requested access to other Exchange data you will need to register BodhiGold for your trial period.
The Confirm registration box will appear each time you open BodhiGold (until it is registered).
If you are a subscriber and you are installing this software during Australian business hours, click Yes to register BodhiGold and telephone: +61 (07) 3821 5177 to get your registration details. Otherwise, click No to register BodhiGold later and email the code displayed in this box (on line 3 of this message) to accounts@justdata.com.au , they will email you back your registration code.
- If you clicked Yes, the Bodhi 5 Registration box will appear. Connect to the Internet then enter the registration code (given to you by JustData) into the box then click OK.
Data Selected
BodhiGold is now configured to download the Stock Exchange closest to the country (if available) you selected during the installation. For example, if you selected Australia then BodhiGold will have turned on Equity and Index data from the Australian Securities Exchange.
Note: 130 World Indexes are also turned on by default.
If your subscription or trial includes more data than is selected or you wish to deselect some information, then refer to this tutorial:
=> Selecting/Deselecting products in BodhiGold
Software Formats
BodhiGold is compatible with a variety of charting software. The selections you made in step 5 (above) will determine which software formats BodhiGold will export data into. Some charting software uses the same format. For example: TradeStation, Amibroker and OmniTrader all use the MetaStock format.
If you get new charting software in the future or want to change a selection, refer to this tutorial:
=> Adding/Removing export formats in BodhiGold
Data Directories/Folders
BodhiGold installs with default directories selected. The default directories for the different formats are:
- Almanac => c:\Data\Almanac\%Source%
- AsciiCsv => c:\Data\AsciiCsv\%Source%
- BodhiOne (Options) => c:\Data\BodhiOne\%Source%\Options
- BodhiOne (Stocks) => c:\Data\BodhiOne\%Source%\Stocks
- EzyStation => c:\Data\EZY\%Source%
- EzyChart => c:\Data\EzyChart\%Source%
- Market Analyst => c:\Data\Market Analyst\%Source%
- MetaStock => c:\Data\MetaStock\%Source%
- MetaStock (Alpha) => c:\Data\MetaStock\%Source%\%Alpha%*
- MetaStock (GICS) => c:\Data\MetaStock\%Source%\%GICS2%*
So that you don't have to create a separate entry for each Exchange you download, BodhiGold uses wildcards. These wildcards are replaced when the data is exported to the format. The following wildcards are a few of the ones permitted in BodhiGold:
- %Source%
- This will be replaced by the three-letter Exchange code. For example: Data from the Australian Securities Exchange will be put in an ASX directory (c:\Data\Almanac\ASX) where data from the London Stock Exchange will be put into an LSE directory (c:\Data\Almanac\LSE).
- %Alpha%*
- This will be replaced by alphanumeric directories. This means that directories from 0 to 9 and A to Z are created. Symbols that trade on the Australian Securities Exchange beginning with the letter B (i.e. BHP) are placed into a c:\My Databases\MetaStock\ASX\B directory.
- %GICS%*
- This will be replaced by the GICS (Global Industry Sector) name. For example all Australian Securities Exchange symbols that make up the Banks sector will be placed into a c:\Data\MetaStock\ASX\Banks directory.
You can choose to use our default directories or you can make your own. BodhiGold gives you full control over the drive the directories and the groups of information you want to update. For more information on configuring directories/folders, refer to the following tutorials:
=> Moving my directories to a different drive
=> Creating my own directories/folders
=> Selecting configuring options for my directories (i.e. applying adjustments)
=> Filtering data into my directories
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