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Sheeesh...
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of cstrader
> Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 11:32 PM
> To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: JimSwindle> US STOCKS DATABASE UPDATE
>
> Well, I'm not sure why anyone needs to pay for stuff that's
> available free.
> For instance, CSI is a great vendor, but then Yahoo gets the
> data from CSI
> and publishes it for free. What's really needed is the list
> of tickers,
> however, and perhaps that can only be done efficiently by
> paying for it.
>
> For me, it's not so bad that there's a ticker that no longer
> exists -- I
> just check to see what the last download date was -- if it's
> in the past
> then I assume it's dead.
>
> However, keeping up with new issues is more difficult. I
> don't understand
> how to scrape the Yahoo site for a list of, say all of the
> current ETFs, or
> all of the stocks currently trading on the AMEX. Can anyone
> help me with
> that?
>
> I was using Swindle's list, but now that seems to be gone...
> so I need to
> hunt for a new list.
>
> Thanks
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "dingo" <dingo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 10:23 PM
> Subject: RE: [amibroker] Re: JimSwindle> US STOCKS DATABASE UPDATE
>
>
> >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@xxx> 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/>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > No virus found in this incoming message.
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> >> > Version: 8.0.100 / Virus Database: 269.24.6/1480 - Release Date:
> >> 6/3/2008
> >> > 7:00 AM
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> >>
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> >>
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> >>
> >> For other support material please check also:
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> >>
> >>
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> >
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> >
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> > http://www.amibroker.com/devlog/
> >
> > For other support material please check also:
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> >
> >
> >
>
>
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