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Re: [amibroker] Re: Yahoo downloads



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I fully agree Peter.
I will immediatelly start writing "Starters' Guide" because
some people are lost at the very beginning.

Best regards,
Tomasz Janeczko
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----- Original Message ----- 
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Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 6:03 PM
Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: Yahoo downloads


> Tomasz,
> 
> The number of issues that seem to be coming up suggests that a more detailed
> manual and "How to do Amibroker Guide for Dummies" is needed. I know I
> definately need it. The reason is I have a day job. I spend a lot of time
> trying to figure out indicators/patterns etc in my spare time. I don't have
> time to persue nuances in Amibroker that probably could save me effort and
> time.
> 
> I think it should be written a number of authors so that a the dummy to
> expert could be handled/covered. The main need in charting is data
> manipulation by the user. Unfortunately most of us prefer spoon feeding and
> "one button" does all. Its not laziness but the focus is on making money
> not learning new and more powerful features put into Amibroker. Dr Nathan
> mentioned earlier there are a lot of computer savvy users here. I'm not
> useless at it myself. But there are only so many hours in the day. When
> you get into a routine of stock/futures inspection and you are sweating on
> some money in the market. The last thing you need to be doing is playing
> with your software. As I have some money always doing something I just
> can't stuff around. The changes need to be really ,REALLY clear and point
> by point step by step and fully expalined.
> 
> Could you please consider revamping the manual.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> P
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <dreamcircle60@xxxx>
> To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 3:24 PM
> Subject: [amibroker] Re: Yahoo downloads
> 
> 
> >
> > > This is quite normal - indexes come without volume figures on Yahoo.
> > > AmiBroker, however, has an option to automatically calculate
> >
> > I have also noticed that Yahoo leaves off the volume information. I
> > tried downloadquotes once, but they also leave off the volume
> > information from the indices. Does anyone know of a free data source
> > which includes volume information for the indices ?
> >
> > > volume and advance,decline,unchanged data (and A/D line and Arms
> > Index).
> > > See http://www.amibroker.com/newsletter/04-2000.html
> >
> > Those calculations seem to require that you manage the entire market
> > of stocks. Is that correct? I prefer to manage only a small subset
> > of stocks, to make the database smaller and easier to load.
> >
> > Is anyone else who is using Amibroker for the Nasdaq and NYSE, also
> > maintaining the entire database of stocks ? Or just a small subset?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > jim
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
> >
> >
> 
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