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[amibroker] Re: Using Jim's tickers... with some cutomization



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> correct industry  (BTW, is it normal if categorysector is NOT 
>supported by
> my Amibroker??);

You can customise Sectors/Industries via the broker,sectors and 
broker.industries files.

> What do you think about this?

You don't quite understand the method yet but you are getting close.
This is handy to know but it takes too long for what you are doing (I 
only mentioned it because I didn't know Jim was supplying the Excel 
file anyway).

It would be easier to move on to ASCII or something along the lines 
suggested by Dick.

brian_z


--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Louis Préfontaine" 
<rockprog80@xxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Brian,
> 
> Here is what I am trying to do:
> 
> 1) I opened Jim's .XLS file and I selected each tickers in a 
specific
> industry;
> 2) Then I copy-paste this to a .txt file;
> 3) I import the file in watchlist 0;
> 4) I use CategoryAddSymbol( "", categoryIndustry, 2 ); to put it to 
the
> correct industry  (BTW, is it normal if categorysector is NOT 
supported by
> my Amibroker??);
> 5) Then I move what is in watchlist 0 to watchlist 1;
> 
> Then I do this again and again...  But for more than 200 
industries, that's
> a long way to go, not talking about been unable to put the correct 
sectors
> or markets!
> 
> What do you think about this?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Louis
> 
> 2008/3/18, brian_z111 <brian_z111@xxx>:
> >
> >   Try this:
> >
> > a) convert CSV lists >> text file
> > b) import to Watchlists
> > c) use categoryAddSymbol to move from WL to Markets/Groups/Sectors
> >
> > (as per "SetUp A Custom Database/Nasdaq" at the UKB
> >
> > I think it is also possible using AFL (even within AB) but others
> > could help you more with that than yours truly.
> >
> > brian_z
> >
> > --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <amibroker%
40yahoogroups.com>, "Louis
> > Préfontaine"
> > <rockprog80@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I really enjoyed using Jim's tickers
> > > http://icc-az.com/icc%2Daz/default.html?http%3A//icc-az.com/icc%
<http://icc-az.com/icc%2Daz/default.html?http%3A//icc-az.com/icc%25>
> > 252Daz/
> > >
> > > However, I see that this is Yahoo's formatting with e.g. AAAA.OB
> > for pink
> > > sheets while my provider would prefer simply AAAA. I tried to
> > remove the
> > > .OB with Excel, and did it correctly, but then I don't know how 
to
> > import
> > > the files WITH the categories/industries as Jim setted them up. 
In
> > the
> > > import wizard, there are no options for those categories, so 
would
> > there be
> > > another way to do this?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Louis
> > >
> > >
> > > p.s. I will try to redownload Amiquote to use Yahoo with those, 
but
> > would
> > > enjoy using my intraday data if possible.
> > >
> >
> >  
> >
>



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