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RE: [amibroker] Re: JimSwindle> US STOCKS DATABASE UPDATE



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Sure - but you're the only one that's responded far..

What other sites were you interested in? 

d 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of marketmonk777
> Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 10:59 PM
> To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [amibroker] Re: JimSwindle> US STOCKS DATABASE UPDATE
> 
> Dingo,
> 
> As an alternative to "creating" a database could the program be
> designed to also provide two text file outputs: 1 showing new symbols
> and the other "missing" symbols (which would require it to know of
> it's last download or scan)?
> 
> MM
> 
> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "dingo" <dingo@xxx> wrote:
> >
> > I haven't investigated any thing other than Yahoo.  If there is a
> weg site
> > that lists the tickers, etc without having a subscription, etc. then
> I could
> > prolly scrape it.
> > 
> > As designed the program scrapes the data and presents it to you in a
> grid
> > organized by sector/industry or index or etf then you can select
> those that
> > you want to delete and THEN it will create the database.
> > 
> > d 
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> > > [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of marketmonk777
> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 8:35 PM
> > > To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: [amibroker] Re: JimSwindle> US STOCKS DATABASE UPDATE
> > > 
> > > I would be interested in this program.  But all I am 
> looking for is a
> > > program that creates a list of symbols.  What would be 
> nice is for it
> > > to "compare" a current download to a previous download and have a
> > > report generated showing what was added and what is missing.
> > > 
> > > That way I can decide which stocks to add to my own database.
> > > 
> > > The benefit to me is that I don't have to strip out 
> symbols from the
> > > pink sheets or OTC BB. 
> > > 
> > > Amiquote does a great job of downloading the data and 
> don't see a need
> > > to replace that functionality.
> > > 
> > > As for the price .. that would depend on the 
> functionality that you
> > > decide to put into it.  Will it work with just Yahoo? 
> > > 
> > > Regards,
> > > MM
> > > 
> > > --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "dingo" <dingo@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > There is not a separate list of added / deleted stocks 
> - Yahoo just
> > > updates
> > > > their site on the fly. You would need to build a new list 
> > > and compare it
> > > > with those in the database. There is a trail of Yahoo pages that
> > > contains
> > > > what they consider to be the stocks avail in the US - grouped by
> > > sector /
> > > > industry.  These pages have to be scraped to get the tickers and
> > > names. Then
> > > > a problem arises when you go to down load quotes for 
> the entire list
> > > that
> > > > you've built by scraping - Yahoo doesn't have quotes for 
> > > all of them and
> > > > some have even had their tickers changed but the pages 
> haven't been
> > > updated
> > > > yet.  Plus, you also get pink sheet stocks and other 
> "stuff".  The
> > > indexes,
> > > > etfs, mutual funds, etc are all on their own pages and 
> > > would have to be
> > > > scraped also.
> > > >  
> > > > I've done some of this in a program I wrote several years 
> > > ago - it even
> > > > updates the quotes and can be scheduled via the 
> scheduler.  It will
> > > retireve
> > > > historical, current and fundamental data.  What it doesn't do at
> > > present is
> > > > detect those stocks that have no quotes or that have 
> ceased trading
> > > - those
> > > > that give an error msg when you try to use Amiquote.  It 
> > > also does NOT
> > > > update the database - it just builds them and updates 
> the quotes. I
> > > stopped
> > > > working on it because I thought TJ was going to address this and
> > > decided not
> > > > put any more of my time into it.
> > > >  
> > > > I can be talked into finishing it but I won't do it for free - I
> > > done quite
> > > > a few free programs for AB and won't do that any more.
> > > >  
> > > > Soooo - what's a price that people are willing to pay 
> and and how
> > > many would
> > > > be interested.  If theres not that much interest then I 
> > > won't bother.
> > > >  
> > > > d
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > >   _____  
> > > > 
> > > > From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > > On Behalf
> > > > Of cstrader
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 6:20 PM
> > > > To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > Subject: Re: [amibroker] JimSwindle> US STOCKS DATABASE UPDATE
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Hi Ronald,
> > > >  
> > > > You say:
> > > >  
> > > > ... DOWNLOAD ALL OF THE SYMBOLS THAT "YAHOO" has ADDED  in 
> > > their "YAHOO"
> > > > database of STOCK SYMBOLS AND PRICES, VOL ,etc.   
> > > >  
> > > > DO YOU KNOW WHERE THAT "ADDED" LIST IS LOCATED?
> > > >  
> > > > If YAHOO discontinues carrying  a symbol, then their NEW 
> > > CURRENT list of
> > > > symbols will...NOT...
> > > >  
> > > > DO YOU KNOW WHERE THAT "NEW CURRENT" LIST IS LOCATED?  
> AND WHAT IS
> > > THE "NEW
> > > > CURRENT" LIST.
> > > >  
> > > > I'M CURIOUS IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO DOWNLOAD THE ENTIRE LIST OF 
> > > YAHOO STOCKS
> > > > SOMEHOW.
> > > >  
> > > > Thanks
> > > >  
> > > > 
> > > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > > From: Ronald Davis <mailto:xokie7@>  
> > > > To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 5:27 PM
> > > > Subject: Re: [amibroker] JimSwindle> US STOCKS DATABASE UPDATE
> > > > 
> > > > Cs, he HAS been doing it for free.  
> > > >  
> > > > AB does NOT KNOW which symbols are current.   
> > > >  
> > > > That is why there exists a need DOWNLOAD ALL OF THE SYMBOLS THAT
> > > "YAHOO" has
> > > > ADDED  in their "YAHOO" database of STOCK SYMBOLS AND 
> PRICES, VOL
> > > ,etc.   
> > > >  
> > > > If YAHOO discontinues carrying  a symbol, then their NEW 
> > > CURRENT list of
> > > > symbols will , NOT have it anymore, and it will have been purged
> > > from your
> > > > AB database of SYMBOLS in the AB US STOCKS FOLDER.   Ron D
> > > > 
> > > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > > From: cstrader <mailto:cstrader232@>  
> > > > To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 4:03 PM
> > > > Subject: Re: [amibroker] JimSwindle> US STOCKS DATABASE UPDATE
> > > > 
> > > > Aha, I thought Jim was doing this for free.  But in any 
> case, how
> > > does AB
> > > > determine which stocks are current and should be on the 
> > > list?  Yahoo has
> > > > almost 40,000 tickers; who determines which ones go into the US
> > > STOCK SYMBOL
> > > > list?
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks
> > > >   
> > > > 
> > > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > > From: Ronald  <mailto:xokie7@> Davis 
> > > > To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 4:17 PM
> > > > Subject: Re: [amibroker] JimSwindle> US STOCKS DATABASE UPDATE
> > > > 
> > > > This origional post was an inquiry asking when Jim Swindle 
> > > would place a
> > > > LATER than >JAN/4/2008 UPDATED LIST OF US STOCK SYMBOLS on 
> > > his UPDATE
> > > > website. 
> > > >  
> > > > Jim was paid to create this updating UPDATING software, so 
> > > he is not at
> > > > liberty to simply give it away to Amibroker users.
> > > >  
> > > > Yes, I would love to help JIM, but I can't think of 
> > > anything I can do to
> > > > assist writing code FOR a NEW version of this updating 
> software.  
> > > > I do recall that Dingo and Jim discussed the 
> possibility of a Joint
> > > effort
> > > > once, BUT I DON'T THINK IT WENT ANYWHERE.
> > > >  
> > > >  
> > > > HERE IS MORE INFORMATION>>Jim Swindle's  US STOCKS 
> DATABASE UPDATE
> > > SITE  is
> > > > simply an updated  list of the 
> > > > most recent SYMBOLS  in the US STOCKS FOLDER within Amibroker.
> > > > When you run a download from this site, it installs the 
> MORE RECENT
> > > list of
> > > > the symbols over the OLDER  list of symbols.   
> > > > This process of UPDATING  the symbols must be followed by a 
> > > HISTORICAL
> > > > download of all of the TICKER data for as far back as 
> you want to
> > > have in
> > > > your database. 
> > > >  
> > > >
> > > ==============================================================
> > > ==============
> > > > ===========
> > > >  
> > > > 
> > > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > > From: cstrader <mailto:cstrader232@>  
> > > > To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 1:46 PM
> > > > Subject: Re: [amibroker] JimSwindle> US STOCKS DATABASE UPDATE
> > > > 
> > > > Perhaps we should try to help Jim out a bit.  What 
> features would we
> > > want to
> > > > see in such a stocks database?
> > > >  
> > > > Thanks
> > > >  
> > > >  
> > > > 
> > > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > > From: Ronald  <mailto:xokie7@> Davis 
> > > > To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 9:21 AM
> > > > Subject: [amibroker] JimSwindle> US STOCKS DATABASE UPDATE
> > > > 
> > > > Has anyone heard from Jim regarding when a later update will be
> > > available?
> > > >  
> > > > This link to Jim Swindle's US STOCKS DATABASE  site 
> shows that it
> > > was last
> > > > udated on Jan 4, 2008.
> > > >  
> > > > I also recall that Jim was planning to create a method 
> so that each
> > > of us
> > > > could run a LATEST TICKER symbol update an any time. 
> > > >  
> > > > We all are grateful  to Jim for having done this.   Ron D
> > > >  
> > > >  
> > > >  
> > > >  
> > > >  
> > > >  
> > > >  
> > > >  
> > > >  
> > > > 
> > > <http://www.icc-az.com/icc-az/default.html?http%3A//www.icc-az
> > > .com/icc-az/>
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > >  
> > > > 
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> > > 
> > > 
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