|
PureBytes Links
Trading Reference Links
|
Joe,
I agree that we should get QP to enhance their API so all fields are
available.
Since we now have a betteridea of the QP user group (thanks to you), we may
be able to carry a bit more weight.
Ara
----- Original Message -----
From: "fatboycato" <fatboycato@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 8:22 AM
Subject: [amibroker] Re: GetExtraData
> Joe-
> Thank you, thank you, thank you! I looked through the SPP manual,
> but obviously not hard enough. In the reading I've done on this
> issue, I wonder if it's as much what the .dll offers as what QP3
> allows to be taken. If I understand it correctly, we might have to
> lobby QP3 to make the fields we need available.
>
> On the EPS and Sales arrays, I'm not much of a programmer, but I
> wonder if there's a way to run a For..Do loop that runs through the
> array and finds where it changes, pick that date, calculate how many
> days since then, and plugs that number into the Ref() function?
>
> Cato
>
> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Joe Landry" <jelandry@xxx> wrote:
> >
> > Hello there - Guess we have some common interest. CANSLIM first.
> >
> > I'm assuming you have Stock Picker Pro installed with your QP3?
> It comes with the QP3 CD for no additional charge.
> > SPP has dozens of filters, one of which is called CANSLIM.
> > I've attached a screen shot and you'll see that at least 2 of the
> data fields needed are not exposed by the AB plugin that Tomasz has
> > provided us, like CQIE and CYIE. A couple of options 1) if
> important enough maybe we could talk Tomasz into adding
> > those 2 extra fields in the plug in, or 2) ask someone who has the
> skills with the AB SDK could take the plug in
> > and extend it for those 2 fields. I've never fired up the SDK
> myself and not sure I have all the elements in my development desktop
> > to do this. I run the CANSLIM filter on QP3 and get somewheres
> around 175-200 good stocks every day that form a small universe of
> > stocks with good fundamentals and price change momentum.
> >
> > 3) EPS is an array and if you plot it you'll see it changes every
> quarter. So by either running an explore or a plot you can
> > see if Ref(EPSarray,-66) works or not. I'd take it outside the
> reference function just to be conservative like
> > EPSArray = GetExtradata("EPS");
> >
> > 1) and 2) Lots of good documentation in SPP, like the following
> that should remove any doubt in your mind as to what the fields are.
> >
> > We had a 'birds of a feather' meeting at the Amibroker Conference
> in Houston and there were about 12 QP3 users there. I have a
> distribution
> > list that I'm adding your name to and if you don't want to be
> copied on some of our mailings please let me know and I'll take you
> off it.
> > Dan Clark is very active and has been providing information for
> the forum, to our group and feed back to the owner of Quotes Plus,
> hopefully to some avail.
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> > Joe
> >
> > % 5Yr EPS Gr
> > Description: 5 Year Earnings Per Share Growth
> > The percentage change in current fiscal year earnings compared to
> five years ago fiscal year earnings.
> > Source: Quotes Plus
> > Filter category: Fund Earnings - % EPS
> >
> > CYIE
> > Description: Continuous Yearly Improvement in Earnings Per Share
> > The objective is to find securities with year after year of
> continuous EPS growth for the past 3 years. The year is based on a
> trailing twelve month (TTM) basis. The yearly difference between
> the most recent EPS quarter and the same quarter a year ago is
> computed. This backwards computation is done to arrive at 4 yearly
> EPS values. If the difference for most recent yearly EPS value is
> greater than the previous year (not equal) we add one to the count.
> This type of backwards comparison goes on until one of two events
> occur:
> >
> > 1.. All 3 yearly time periods have been processed or
> >
> > 2.. The security fails with a yearly comparison that doesn't
> increase, the process will stop and the count is recorded
> >
> > The process results in a number from 0 - 3. A security with
> consecutive upward yearly progress will get a value of 3 (3 years of
> steady upward
> >
> > % 1Yr EPS Gr (TTM)
> > Description: 1 Year Earning Per Share Growth (trailing 4 quarters)
> > The percentage change using the sum of the last 4 quarters of
> EPS compared to the sum of the prior 4 quarters of EPS. This is a
> current 4 quarter over the previous 4 quarters EPS comparison as
> opposed to the data fields:
> >
> > a.. % EPS Chg which is comparing the current quarters EPS to the
> same quarter a year ago.
> >
> > b.. % 1Yr EPS Gr which is comparing the current fiscal year EPS
> to the prior fiscal year EPS.
> >
> > Source: Computed
> > Filter category: Fund Earnings - % EPS
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >
> > From: fatboycato
> > To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 12:51 AM
> > Subject: [amibroker] GetExtraData
> >
> >
> > I have a few questions about the fundamental data coming out of
> QP3
> > that I hoped someone here could answer:
> >
> > I'm pretty sure that sales and sharesfloat are reported in
> millions
> > (e.g. "1.2" means 1,200,000), and sharesshort are reported in
> > thousands (e.g. "1,200" means 1,200,000), but I don't know about
> > some of the others.
> >
> > 1) TTMSales? I can't think of any way to make this a real number.
> > 2) TTMEPS? It looks like it could just be normal, but I'd like
> to
> > make sure.
> > 3) Earnings growth numbers (Y1, Y5, and projections)? One would
> > expect percentage (e.g. "12" = 12%), is this the case?
> >
> > One final question: Since "EPS" is an array, does that mean I
> can
> > get historical EPS by using Ref(GetExtraData("EPS"),-#)? If so,
> I've
> > tried that and it didn't seem to work. Is there another way to
> do it?
> >
> > I'm trying to set up some sort of CANSLIM type of exploration.
> So,
> > if anyone has any ideas on that, I would really appreciate the
> help.
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Please note that this group is for discussion between users only.
> >
> > To get support from AmiBroker please send an e-mail directly to
> > SUPPORT {at} amibroker.com
> >
> > For other support material please check also:
> > http://www.amibroker.com/support.html
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > SPONSORED LINKS Investment management software Real estate
> investment software Investment property software
> > Software support Real estate investment analysis
> software Investment software
> >
> >
> > -------------------------------------------------------------------
> -----------
> > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS
> >
> > a.. Visit your group "amibroker" on the web.
> >
> > b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
> > amibroker-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms
> of Service.
> >
> >
> > -------------------------------------------------------------------
> -----------
> >
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Please note that this group is for discussion between users only.
>
> To get support from AmiBroker please send an e-mail directly to
> SUPPORT {at} amibroker.com
>
> For other support material please check also:
> http://www.amibroker.com/support.html
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~-->
Try Online Currency Trading with GFT. Free 50K Demo. Trade
24 Hours. Commission-Free.
http://us.click.yahoo.com/RvFikB/9M2KAA/U1CZAA/GHeqlB/TM
--------------------------------------------------------------------~->
Please note that this group is for discussion between users only.
To get support from AmiBroker please send an e-mail directly to
SUPPORT {at} amibroker.com
For other support material please check also:
http://www.amibroker.com/support.html
Yahoo! Groups Links
<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/amibroker/
<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
amibroker-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
|