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Re: [amibroker] IMPORTING process for ASX (australian STCK Mark) from YAHOO done



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Thanks hadn't realised yahoo could provide intraday data for ASX stocks
Can you backfill at the endof day for the intraday data?


On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 04:47:07 -0000, das300@xxxxxxxxxx <das300@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 
> OK this is really my first contribution back to those who may lay
> behind me. It is a small payment to those who take time to help me in
> here and at AB support .
> 
> I have just been able to fully rig up australian share market info on
> delayed 20 min or LIVE (if u use QT and have a commsec account or
> similar) .
> BElow is what I have done including modifying the ab IMPORT.FORMAT
> file to cope with the XXX.AX in yahoos aussie database and the *.txt
> files you need for aMIQUOTE to import historicals and SYNC up in AB
> without the nasty AX sumbols .
> 
> :-) thanks to people here and SUPPORT in helping me with all AB stuff.
> MOZ
> 
> CREATE A CLEAN NEW DATABASE
> -in Amibroker goto files/new and create a new
> 
> database say d:\YAHOO_ASX
> 
> - create a file and call it eg- mauriesyahooasx.txt
> - it should CONTAIN  the shares u want to import
> - should look like below format
> 
> AEO AEO.ax
> AAC AAC.ax
> ABC ABC.ax
> ABS ABS.ax
> ADB ADB.ax
> ADZ ADZ.ax
> AGL AGL.ax
> AFD AFD.ax
> AHD AHD.ax
> 
> ....etc
> 
> - create a second file mauresasx.txt and format it
> 
> like this
> - you need this to import into amiquote
> 
> AEO
> AAC
> ABC
> ABS
> ADB
> ADZ
> AGL
> AFD
> AHD
> 
> - goto main amibroker directory\formats and modify
> 
> the file -  ,in my case,
> 
> D:\programfiles\amibroker\formats\ import.types in
> 
> Amibroker\formats directory with a text editor.
> 
> - note below yahasx is just a filename.
> - now add below line in import.types file
> 
> MauriesyahooASX format (*.txt)|*.txt|yahasx.format
> 
> - create file   yahasx.format and put in line
> 
> $FORMAT ticker alias
> $AUTOADD 1
> $CONT 1
> $GROUP 254
> $DEBUG 1
> $NOQUOTES 1
> 
> - save it into directory of the main Amibroker
> 
> database\formats, in my case
> 
> D:\programfiles\amibroker\formats\
> 
> - d:\programfiles\amibroker\formats\
> 
> - open amibroker GOTo files > openasci
> - select file type mauriesyahooasx.txt
> - look for mauriesyahooasx.txt file
> - press ok and you should see yre symbols now
> 
> appear empty of data in Amibroker
> 
> -OPEN amiquote and  goto tools\setup and make sure
> 
> destination folder is set to yre database
> 
> - goto EDIT>add tickers
> - cut and paste the data in mauresasx.txt file and
> 
> press enter
> - now press source as YAHOO HISTORICAL EOD
> - press play and watch amibroker fill data between
> 
> dates that you select
> - when done change source to YAHOO CURRENT and
> 
> watch amibroker keep delayed 20 min time current
> 
> day times
> :-)
> maurice das300@xxxxxxxxxx
> 
> 
> Check AmiBroker web page at:
> http://www.amibroker.com/
> 
> Check group FAQ at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/amibroker/files/groupfaq.html
> Yahoo! Groups Links
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 


-- 
Cheers
Graham
http://e-wire.net.au/~eb_kavan/


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