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Hello Lynn,
> 1. Where do I get an updated data base template with all stock-
>etf symbols etc. to use in AmiBroker-AmiQuote for down-loading the
>data?
You can't get one anywhere.
A lot of us were using a template provided by Jim Swindle but he
seems to be too busy to maintain it these days (search for " US -
Stocks" post at the UKB).
We now have to rely on manually producing and maintaining our own
lists (using ASCII import etc).
Dingo has some experience with template software for AB - he might be
prepared to sell a version if you email him privately.
MLDownloader is another Yahoo data collector that produces Metastock
files (also suitable for AB).
> 2. Once all data is downloaded do I then save it to a certain
>name in AmiQuote and then also Save it in AmiBroker?
AB has its own proprietry format - except for a handful of providers
on the approved list, very few know anything about it.
Once data is imported into AB, with local storage enabled, it will be
saved in AB format in the AB folder (refer to UKB for examples).
Data can be imported into AB via plugins (maintained by AB) OR via
ASCII import (refer Wizard or ASCII import >> file menu) OR via a
metastock plugin (seamlessly reads MS format files).
AmiQuote downloads to an intermediate file (it is a .tls file but is
actually in plain text format - also compatible with CSV files)
AQ does all of that automatically if auto import to AB is selected.
note: ASCII is the basis of AmiQuote and manual import/export if data.
> 3. Once I get the data downloaded and working. Then how do I
>keep the symbols updated and correct? Because there are new stocks
>and efts that appear as time goes on and others that go away as time
>goes on. So how do I keep it all updated and new with new symbols
>added?
MLDownloader is supposed to do this automatically - AQ does not.
Most people take two different paths:
- subscribe to providers who do that for us
- manually update symbols lists e.g. people who have been around a
while tend to use fewer symbols OR have a need for specialist anyway
so are prepared to manually look after the lists (lists are scratched
up from anywhere and every where - Howard has some list links at his
QuantitativeTrading site).
> 4. Also. Can one use the AmiQuote downloaded data from yahoo in
>other software packages? Like TradeStation, Advanced GET etc. If
>yes. How?
The only universal format that AB can import/export is ASCII.
MS format can also be read by AB and many other software packages (AB
can't produce MS files but you can buy software data convertors for
ASCII to MS).
brian_z
--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "LB" <limit@xxx> wrote:
>
>
> I am new to AmiBroker and AmiQuote and I am just getting ready to
download all Stock-EFT etc. Historical data from Yahoo and then want
to update the EOD data each night. I am also not a computer person
and I don't know anything about programming, but hope to learn a lot
from this group. So I have a few questions to get me started.
>
> 1. Where do I get an updated data base template with all stock-
etf symbols etc. to use in AmiBroker-AmiQuote for down-loading the
data?
>
> 2. Once all data is downloaded do I then save it to a certain
name in AmiQuote and then also Save it in AmiBroker?
>
> 3. Once I get the data downloaded and working. Then how do I
keep the symbols updated and correct? Because there are new stocks
and efts that appear as time goes on and others that go away as time
goes on. So how do I keep it all updated and new with new symbols
added?
>
> 4. Also. Can one use the AmiQuote downloaded data from yahoo in
other software packages? Like TradeStation, Advanced GET etc. If
yes. How?
>
> Once I get everything up and going I will probably have other
questions.
>
> Any info on getting the downloading yahoo data stuf going correctly
would be a big help.
>
> Thanks for your time.
> Lynn
>
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