OmniTrader is a charting program created by Nirvana Systems Inc. and available for purchase in Australia from CorporateDoctor. It accesses data from BodhiGold's MetaStock format.
You can trial BodhiGold for 32-days with no obligation by visiting this page. Please follow the installation instructions on the download page.
These instructions will take you through two processes:
- Configuring BodhiGold to use the MetaStock data format.
- Configuring OmniTrader to read the BodhiGold MetaStock directories.
Configure BodhiGold for the MetaStock format
- Start BodhiGold, by doing the following:
Start > All Programs > Infosoft > Bodhi Gold > Freeway
- Select your closest Region from the drop-down box, then click x.
- Select your Nearest city from the drop-down box, then click x.
- Select your Charting Software - MetaStock from the drop-down box, then click x. This automatically chooses the MetaStock format.
- A dialog box will appear explaining how BodhiGold has been setup. This box includes information on your location, data selection, charting software and database directories. Take note of this information.
- Click OK to test the software.
- The registration screen will appear. At the bottom of this screen it will tell you how many days you have left to trial the software. If you have purchased the software, email or telephone (07 3821 5177) JustData with the Installation Code. You will then be given your personalised Registration User and Code. Exit the screen by clicking the x.
- Click the Configure button.
- The following instructions will show you how to fetch up to 6-months historical data:
- Click on the + next to Australia.
- Click on the + next to Australian Stock Exchange.
- Click on Equity.
- Put the Imported and Exported dates back 6-months.
- Exit the Product Manager screen.
- Exit the Module Manager screen.
- Connect to the Internet then click the Catchup button. BodhiGold will now download and export the last 6-months of data to your hard drive (c:\My Databases\MetaStock\ASX\A to Z).
Congratulations, you have successfully configured BodhiGold and imported 6-months of data into a MetaStock format. From now on, you will only need to press the Catchup button in BodhiGold each night to retrieve the latest data. The free trial will run for 32-days after installation.
Configure OmniTrader to open BodhiGold files
- Open OmniTrader and ensure you have set the country exchange to AU, you do this by clicking on Edit then Exchange.

- Then restart OmniTrader.
- Click Edit/Data Settings & select None for the data feed. Leave the username & password blank.
- Create a Profile by clicking File/New, enter a Profile Name for it (My Shares), leave the default options and click OK.
- Click on the Pencil icon at the top of the Focus List. Then Select User Data from the drop-down list (other data types are for US and OmniScan).
- If your data is not showing, on the right side under Drive & Directories, you need to find it. MetaStock is usually located in C:\My Databases\MetaStock\ASX\A to Z directory structure.
- Then each folder under the Files folder will be folders from MetaStock that you created.
- But once you find the folder that contains the data & open it, the symbols will appear in the centre of the screen.
- Once your data is in the centre of the screen, click on a symbol to highlight it (you can also select multiple symbols).
- Then click the Add button on the top left & it should add it to your Focus List on the left-hand side.
- Once complete, click OK on the bottom right to save your changes.
- Once you have clicked OK and you are back on the main screen, double-click the symbol to open a chart.
- To activate all the vote line run the To Do button, click Perform Selected Tasks.
- The final result.
Have a look at some example screen shots of what you can do next.
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