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Re: [amibroker] Australian Stock Exchange data for Amibroker



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----- Original Message -----
From: "David Holzgrefe" <dtholz@xxxx>
To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 5:47 AM
Subject: Re: [amibroker] Australian Stock Exchange data for Amibroker


> Hi James there are a few aussie users
> try www.netquote.com.au $9.90 pm
>
> or free data from www.hooyaya.com
>
> search the archive of egroup will reveal more info on au users and setting
> up industries and sector
>
>
> Regards David
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James Garner" <jamesgarner@xxxx>
> To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 12:31 PM
> Subject: [amibroker] Australian Stock Exchange data for Amibroker
>
>
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > I'm wondering if there are any Australian users of Amibroker out there?
> > If so, can anybody recommend a good way to get end-of-day data, ideally
> > without shelling out hundreds of dollars for a subscription!
> >
> > The Amibroker helpfile suggests using the Australian finance.yahoo.com
> > with AmiQuote, but I seem to get some very strange data with that
> > method. For example, it seems to be pricing Telstra (TLS) at about $12.
> > I wish that were true but it's really down in the $5.20's. Meanwhile,
> > Woolworths (WOW) just doesn't seem to get any data at all. Although the
> > yahoo / amiquote method seems to produce accurate prices in AmiBroker
> > for a few stocks, many of them seem to be missing or simply wrong. And
> > it's obviously impractical to manually check 1800-odd securities so if
> > even one or two are erroneous, the whole database becomes worthless.
> >
> > There is another method listed in one of the AmiBroker newsletters using
> > a chunk of java, a custom applet called URLget and a site named
> > australian-stockmarket.com. Unfortunately, however, this site appears to
> > have vanished, so it is impossible to get any data from it.
> >
> > I use ComSec as my broker and they provide a facility for downloading
> > historical data, but it doesn't include open prices (only HLC so no
> > candlesticks). Also you have to do it stock by stock so it's a big job
> > to download the entire ASX every day!
> >
> > Does anyone have any other suggestions? Or has somebody managed to get
> > it working with yahoo? I'd really appreciate any advice because the
> > software looks good but it's useless without a reliable and
> > comprehensive data supply!
> >
> > Many thanks,
> >
> > James.
> >
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> >
> > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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