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--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Bill Schmidt" <wjschmidt@xxx> 
wrote:
>
> I don't know how current it is but "USStocksTemplate.exe" at  
> http://www.amibroker.com/bin/ contains industry and sector codes.
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, 23 May 2006 10:01:17 -0400, jim_trades_stocks 
<jnk1997@xxx>  
> wrote:
> 
> > Thank you all for your comments.
> >
> > I have been swing trading for about 25 years using EOD data, the 
past
> > 8 years or so, online. I have used paid EOD data in the past with
> > TC2000 and other programs before using Amibroker and my 
profitability
> > has not changed with free EOD from Yahoo into AB.
> >
> > I see no reason to fork out $ 3-400 per year when Yahoo EOD works 
for
> > me.
> >
> > If anyone can suggest how to easily classify my Yahoo tickers (or 
the
> > whole US stock market)into sectors/industries etc...I would be
> > grateful.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Nick Ali" <nick.ali@> wrote:
> >>
> >> I am not a fan of esignal either - DTN is worse. In 'brisk' 
markets
> > (not
> >> fast) there data lags IB considerably. I guess esignal are
> > concidered
> >> 'cheap' (haha) compared to 'professional' feeds.
> >>
> >> Cheers.
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > On Behalf
> >> Of Yuki Taga
> >> Sent: 23 May 2006 07:26
> >> To: MailYahoo
> >> Subject: [amibroker] OT: Data (Was: Need to fix Database -
> > recommendations
> >> wanted)
> >>
> >> Hi MailYahoo,
> >>
> >> Tuesday, May 23, 2006, 1:23:07 PM, you wrote:
> >>
> >> M> You get what you pay for when it comes to data
> >>
> >> Not always.
> >>
> >> I will be dumping eSignal in six weeks, after giving them a full
> > year to get
> >> Tokyo data correct. Their last trick, this month, was inserting
> > phantom
> >> trade dates into the data -- days when the market was locked and
> > closed.
> >> This comes amid a consistent inability to get the opening prices
> > correct, in
> >> a market that has one and only one opening price. My eSignal
> > database is
> >> riddled with errors.
> >>
> >> Their support claimed to have fixed the problem, but a force
> > backfill shows
> >> otherwise. Their support no longer even replies to e-mail.
> >>
> >> I don't know what an "allowable fudge factor" would be for data
> > accuracy,
> >> but I do know two things: 1) eSignal is *way* over what any
> > reasonable
> >> person would consider "allowable", and 2) *much* cheaper data
> > sources seem
> >> to have no problems approaching 100 percent correct. One does 
*not*
> >> necessarily get what one pays for.
> >>
> >> Yuki
> >>
> >>
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