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Dear Prashanth,

Thanks for the useful advise.

vinay



On Thu, 04 Oct 2007 18:54:52 +0530, Prashanth <prash454.ta@xxxxxxxxx>  
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Seems you were right. Well, for me Historical Import of even a month of  
> data doesnt take too much time.
>
> I would rather suggest that instead of using Yahoo Data, you can use  
> data provided by bse-nse2005 yahoo group since it encompasses all data -  
> NSE, BSE, Futures and Options.
>
> Cheers
>
> Prashanth
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Vinay Gakkhar." <vgakkhar@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "amibroker" <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 6:39 PM
> Subject: [amibroker] DOWNLOADING DAILY EOD DATA
>
>
>> Dear Prashanth,
>>
>> Today at 6 pm when I downloaded from Yahoo Current for today's EOD  
>> data, I
>> got end-of-bar data, so the figures I got for open, high, low & close  
>> were
>> the same. I did not get end-of-day data.
>>
>> Kindly try to suggest some other working method.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> vinay
>>
>> ------- Forwarded message -------
>> From: "Vinay Gakkhar." <vgakkhar@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Cc:
>> Subject: [amibroker] DOWNLOADING DAILY EOD DATA
>> Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2007 09:02:57 +0530
>>
>> Dear Prashanth,
>>
>> When I download current day's data during the day, I get OHLC for the
>> current bar, not for the full day.
>>
>> Are you saying that if I download at end of each day, I will get full
>> day's data?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Vinay
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 04 Oct 2007 08:00:52 +0530, Prashanth <prash454.ta@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Hello Vinay,
>> >
>> > As Bill rightly said, why not use Download Current Days data after  
>> Market
>> > close since it downloads that days EOD data itself. Only if you want  
>> to
>> > download yesterday's data, you need to use historical data download
>> > option.
>> >
>> > Also, I think slow download of data from AmiQuote was discussed
>> > somewhere in
>> > this group sometime earlier and proable causes and remedies was
>> > suggested by
>> > TJ. I myself download a historical data of more scrips than that in  
>> far
>> > lesser time.
>> >
>> > Cheers
>> >
>> > Prashanth
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Vinay Gakkhar." <vgakkhar@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 7:49 AM
>> > Subject: [amibroker] DOWNLOADING DAILY EOD DATA
>> >
>> >
>> >> Dear Bill,
>> >>
>> >> Sorry for my wrong selection of words.
>> >>
>> >> I want to say that I need EOD data daily for formulating my daily
>> > strategy.
>> >>
>> >> And I want to say that it takes me 2 hours (not 5 minutes) every day  
>> for
>> >> the 1,000 NSE India stocks.
>> >>
>> >> In fact today it took me 3 hours.
>> >>
>> >> Is there a faster method of downloading daily EOD data direct into
>> >> Amibroker from Yahoo Finance?
>> >>
>> >> Thank you,
>> >>
>> >> gakkhar
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, 04 Oct 2007 07:15:11 +0530, wavemechanic <fimdot@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > I don't think you understand - or I don't understand what you are
>> >> > after.  If you want EOD daily, just download every day from the
>> >> current
>> >> > server.  You say that takes you 5 minutes.  What's the problem?
>> >> >
>> >> > Bill
>> >> >
>> >> > ----- Original Message -----
>> >> > From: "Vinay Gakkhar." <vgakkhar@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> > To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> > Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 8:46 PM
>> >> > Subject: [amibroker] DOWNLOADING DAILY EOD DATA
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >> Dear Bill,
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Thanks for your advise.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> But this does not cover my need. I prepare my daily strategy on  
>> the
>> >> >> basis
>> >> >> of data uptil last working day, so I can run my daily exploration
>> >> only
>> >> >> after last working day's data has been downloaded.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Is there any similarly faster method for downloading daily EOD  
>> data?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Thanks,
>> >> >>
>> >> >> gakkhar
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On Thu, 04 Oct 2007 05:23:19 +0530, wavemechanic  
>> <fimdot@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >> >> wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >>> The difference you see is due to the fact that current and
>> >> historical
>> >> >>> data use different servers and the different way that they  
>> interact
>> >> >>> with
>> >> >>> data requests.  You should consider downloading current daily and
>> >> >>> historical once a week on weekends.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Bill
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> >>> From: "Vinay Gakkhar." <vgakkhar@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> >>> To: "Amibroker" <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> >>> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 6:33 PM
>> >> >>> Subject: [amibroker] DOWNLOADING DAILY EOD DATA - AMENDED POST
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>> I use Tools > Auto Update Quotes (Amiquote) > Yahoo Historical  
>> to
>> >> >>>> download
>> >> >>>> EOD data on daily basis. I have about 1,000 stocks in my list,  
>> it
>> >> >>>> downloads data for one stock at a time, and takes roughly 2  
>> hours
>> >> to
>> >> >>>> download the data. Whether data to be downloaded is for one day  
>> or
>> >> 10
>> >> >>>> days
>> >> >>>> or 100 days, there is not much of a difference in time taken.
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> On the other hand, Yahoo Current downloads data for 200 stocks  
>> in
>> >> one
>> >> >>>> pass, and data for 1,000 (sorry I wrote 100 in my last post)  
>> stocks
>> >> >>>> in 5
>> >> >>>> passes, in a total of less than 2
>> >> >>>> minutes.
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> Is there any similarly faster method for downloading daily EOD
>> >> data?
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> Thanks,
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> gakkhar
>> >> >>>>
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