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----- Original Message -----
From: "mrdavis9" <mrdavis9@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 7:44 PM
Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: Idea for fundamental database for backtesting in AB
>I want to trade fundamentally strong stocks that are volatile, with good
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> I am not capable of making any sense of fundamental data. I am planning on
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> records of various advisor sites like The Prudent Speculator, The Motly
> Fool, Value Line, etc?
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "brian.z123" <brian.z123@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 3:48 PM
> Subject: [amibroker] Re: Idea for fundamental database for backtesting in AB
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>
>> Thanks Erik,
>>
>> It looks like an option.
>>
>> I'll try it and add to the list for future reference.
>>
>> Brian.
>>
>> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "eodeen" <eodeen@xxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> After reading the threads below about fundamental database &
>>> backtesting in AB I decided to share the following idea. Why not
>>> retrieve the fundamental data directly from the official 10-Q forms
>>> filed at edgar?
>>> This data is FREE including historical 10-Q forms. Take IBM for
>>> example, one can retrieve the 10-Q forms in xml or text format back
>> to
>>> 1994.
>>> So the steps as I see them would be:
>>>
>>> 1. use list of ticker symbols and/or CIK codes
>>> 2. use script to retrieve existing 10-Q forms
>>> 3. parse data fields in 10-Q forms
>>> 4. populate database (MySQL?) with the data
>>> 5. use a SQL plug-in for AB to retrieve data from MySQL database
>>> 6. calculate relevant fundamental ratios (P/E, P/S, ROE, etc.)
>>> 7. plot, explore, and backtest based on combination of TA &
>>> fundamental data
>>>
>>> The drawbacks that I see with this method is that it requires a lot
>> of
>>> work parsing the 10-Q docs and structuring the database. It also
>> would
>>> not include info such as earnings estimate & analysts ratings.
>>>
>>> The advantages are that it is FREE, historical data is available and
>>> it is the "official" filed company data.
>>>
>>>
>>> Here are some relevant links:
>>>
>>> http://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/companysearch.html
>>> for example, type IBM, then type 10-Q for form
>>>
>>> http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?type=10-
>> Q&dateb=&owner=include&count=40&action=getcompany&CIK=IBM
>>>
>>> select the latest one:
>>> http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51143/000110465906069905/a06-
>> 19062_710q.htm
>>>
>>> edgar home page:
>>> http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Erik Odeen
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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