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Re: [amibroker] New Quotes Plus (QP2.DLL) plugin version 1.5.0



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I've always thought there was quite a bit of  'extra' stuff in QPs database 
and this highlights it.

Although this one time effort will mean more work for the QP staff the 
return will be a better product overall
and a companion DB for Amibroker.

I've separated mutual funds from stocks and only download an active set of 
mutual funds, typically around
6000, so my total database is not nearly as large as was mentioned in an 
earlier post. QP gives you
that option if you make up a list of the funds you want downloaded.

Maybe support questions but while the QP2 plug in is in our 
foreground.......would TJ or some comment on this please.

How does the Database purify tool fit in this context?  Should I run the 
tool on my Amibroker database?  The
analyze piece of the purify tool yields quite few candidates with no quotes 
but I didn't let it run to completion(8 minutes)
I know there's a jScript in the files also that will strip out the tickers 
with no quotes.  What about the use of the script?
Is there a more current version of the script then is in the archive files?
Any unintended consequences of running that script?

Best regards
JOE


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tomasz Janeczko" <amibroker@xxxxxx>
To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 7:55 AM
Subject: Re: [amibroker] New Quotes Plus (QP2.DLL) plugin version 1.5.0


> Hello,
>
> My all day extensive tests have shown that there is NO RELIABLE WAY
> to use QP2 master stock records to find out if given symbol is 'correct'.
>
> According to QP2 staff all symbols having issue_status field equal to '0'
> should be correct ones. Gary wrote:
> "0 = actively trading
> Usually anything with a 0 is good.
> Sometimes we get master records for symbols that we do not get data for.
> I try to get rid of these about once a week.  "
>
> Unfortunatelly this is not the case. I have counted more than 6000
> data records in master table with issue_type equal to 0 (supposed to be 
> "actively trading")
> having NO QUOTES at all.
>
> Since master table in QP2 proved to be so unreliable, I have no other way
> than to add checking of quotation table for each symbol during symbol 
> retrieval process
> to next version of the plugin.
>
> This will make retrieval slower but will guarantee that symbols without 
> quotes won't be retrieved.
>
> Best regards,
> Tomasz Janeczko
> amibroker.com
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bob Jagow" <bjagow@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 8:26 AM
> Subject: RE: [amibroker] New Quotes Plus (QP2.DLL) plugin version 1.5.0
>
>
>> Tomasz,
>> This is a problem that I've commented on several times.
>> Try to open your 4 symbols in QP3 and you'll 'see 2 things:
>> -you'll always get 'Could not find symbol' popup
>> -If you access them via 'Search for Name', the culprits invariably lack
>> Sector and Industry assignment.
>>
>> Because of the inclusion of, for example,
>> ABGZ15
>> .
>> .
>> .
>> ABGZ81, the # of symbols retrieved totaled 17,365.
>>
>> I noticed another error which I'd never seen with the previous DLL;
>> selecting BF  B from all gave 'Not enough data available' But F3 found it 
>> by
>> adding the correct # of spaces.
>> .
>> Regards,
>> Bob
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On 
>> Behalf
>> Of Tomasz Janeczko
>> Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 9:24 PM
>> To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: [amibroker] New Quotes Plus (QP2.DLL) plugin version 1.5.0
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> New plugin uses issue_status field of QP2 master records to determine
>> whenever
>> given symbol is actively traded or not. Problem is that for some symbols
>> the value of this field is apparently incorrect. Some of problematic 
>> symbols
>> are:
>> CATC
>> CAUL
>> CBAC
>> CBAG
>>
>> I have notified QP2 staff about this problem.
>> As soon as I get any reply I will rectify this.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Tomasz Janeczko
>> amibroker.com
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Tomasz Janeczko" <amibroker@xxxxxx>
>> To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 7:44 PM
>> Subject: [amibroker] New Quotes Plus (QP2.DLL) plugin version 1.5.0
>>
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> A new version of Quotes Plus plugin (v1.5.0) has been just released.
>>> It is available for download from:
>>> http://www.amibroker.com/bin/QP2.dll  (20KB)
>>>
>>> After downloading you should copy it to "Plugins" subfolder of AmiBroker
>> directory.
>>> Make sure that only one copy of QP2.dll is present in that directory,
>>> otherwise it won't work (just in case as Windows tends to create "Copy
>> of..." files)
>>>
>>> CHANGES COMPARED TO 1.4.3
>>>
>>> + Added "Retrieve actively traded symbols only" to the "Configure" 
>>> dialog
>>>
>>>   when checked (by default) then retrieve gets only issues with
>> issue_status = '0' (actively traded). All other issues are
>>> skipped.
>>>   when unchecked all symbols in QP2 database are retrieved (even
>> invalid/test ones)
>>>
>>>
>>> + GetExtraData now supports two new historical fundamental data fields
>> "Sales" and "EPS"
>>>
>>>    Sales and EPS historical figures are provided by QP2 on quarterly
>> basis.
>>>    Since QP2 reports dates for this data only in YYYYMM format (without
>> day),
>>>    to ensure no future is referenced, AmiBroker returns data for given
>> fiscal quarter starting from the first
>>>   day of NEXT month occurring after Sales/EPS date provided by QP2.
>>>
>>>   Example:
>>>   Plot(GetExtraData("Sales"), "Sales", colorRed );
>>>   Plot(GetExtraData("EPS"), "EPS", colorGreen );
>>>
>>> + "Retrieve" generates more detailed groupings now:
>>>
>>>  index, common stocks,  preferred stocks, ADR, warrant or right, mutual 
>>> or
>> investment trust fund,
>>>  convertible preferred, ETF, Unit - (UIT), certificate, Unit
>>>
>>>
>>> + Undefined industry now appears under Undefined sector instead of
>> "Internet"
>>>
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Tomasz Janeczko
>>> amibroker.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>> To get support from AmiBroker please send an e-mail directly to
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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