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[amibroker] Re: confused about SetForeign usage on tickers not in database



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Thanks for the help. I found out, like you said, you already need to
have the ticker in the database. I have to use some other means to
load the data into the database.

Thanks,
Mark


--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Terry <MagicTH@xxxx> wrote:
> SetForeign has nothing to do with loading data. This is only a
technique 
> to allow you to look at price data on a symbol other than the one you 
> have selected. FOr example, you have CSCO selected, but you want to 
> compute an RSI of the COMPQ. SetForeign will let you do this.
> 
> To load new data Amiquote is a possible solution. I believe there are 
> methods to load data from web pages, but I don't know what they are.
> 
> Terry
> 
> mbluhm2001 wrote:
> 
> >
> >I don't believe this helps since its outside of AB. I want to be able
> >to load data from Quote.com through the AFL code. 
> >
> >Thanks
> >Mark
> >
> >
> >--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Fred" <ftonetti@xxxx> wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>Look at AmiQuote that comes with AB.
> >>
> >>--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "mbluhm2001" <mbluhm2001@xxxx> 
> >>wrote:
> >>    
> >>
> >>>I'm very new to AB and I'm trying to use SetForeign to read in stock
> >>>data from Quote.com data source. It seems that if the stock symbol 
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>is
> >>    
> >>
> >>>not already in the local database then the SetForeign doesn't work. 
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>If
> >>    
> >>
> >>>this is the case then is there a way to get a new stock symbols data
> >>>into the database through AFL? Is there another way to accomplish 
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>this?
> >>    
> >>
> >>>I'm trying to read in a list of stocks and options data and sort
> >>>through the list based on some indicators. I don't want to manually
> >>>add them to the local database. Any help would be appriecated. I can
> >>>include the code if its needed.
> >>>
> >>>Thanks
> >>>Mark
> >>>      
> >>>
> >
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> >
> >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
> >
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