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[amibroker] Re: How to import QP Hemscott structure into AB



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--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "brian_z111" <brian_z111@xxx> wrote:
>
> I know a little bit about Hemscotts strucure.
> 
> I don't use QP so I can't help you directly..... of you want to 
copy 
> the structure directly you need to know if it is saved locally i.e. 
> in AB Workspace etc.
> 
> You then have a few choices:
> 
> - save copy of database & delete what you don't want
> - copy/paste key files to duplicate database structure without data
> - export symbol lists manually then reimport to a new database
> 
> 
> BUT! 
> 
> You can start from scratch and make your own H structure database 
(it 
> is incredible fun, trust me).
> 
> It would help if you could be specific about what you want to do.
> 
> To help you decide:
> 
> - Hemscott is a UK company
> - it doesn't make a lot of sense to use H if you are not going to 
use 
> QP
> - Hemscott have their own structure (similar to ICB)
> - it is more fine grained than S&P (most of the sector trading in 
the 
> US goes on in the S&P ETF's)
> - H has gained some favour in the US (don't know why they have 
> forgiven the Pommies, for the Boston Tea Party stuff, so easily).
> - H is used at YahooUSA 
> 
> http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/ind_index.html
> 
> hunt around there and you can get 5day intraday charts for 
industries 
> and component lists (html only).
> 
> - AFAIK there is no way to trade a Hemscott sector/industry 
(actually 
> there is very little difference in performance between an H sector 
> and an ICB sector anyway ... same old companies).
> 
> - you can get links to the H structure and H site from the UKB 
> (scroll down to DatabaseManagement>>Hemscott
> 
> (I posted files at the UKB to help people use for set up the 
> Hstructure ... can't seem to download the XL file but ask Tomasz 
> about it if you want it).
> 
> - You can subscribe to H site and get filtered lists for the UK but 
> not the US
> 
> http://www.hemscott.com/companies/company-search.do
> 
> 
> I prefer use Dow ICB classification (I follow international markets 
a 
> little) because while it comes second in the USA it is a more 
> universally used classification:
> 
> - It is very similar to Hemscott.
> - It is used mainly in Europe/UK.
> - The DownIdexes site recently improved features and you can get 
> quite good file lists in CSV format from there.
> - You can trade ICB sectors via futures and ETF's.
> - Used by YahooUK.
> - Used by STOXX.
> 
> http://uk.biz.yahoo.com/sectors/
> 
> http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/m9.php
> 
> http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/m7.php
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "trb0428" <tombrowne34@> wrote:
> >
> > QuotesPlus has recently added Hemscott structured data to their 
data
> > download.
> > 
> > Their industry monitor index structure is automatically imported 
and
> > setup
> > within the AB database providing sector/industry groupings 
> organized in
> > a folder
> > structure.
> > 
> > Now, with the Hemscott structure available from QuotesPlus, is 
> their a
> > way
> > to set up the AB database to directly import this Hemscott 
> structure?
> > 
> > Is anyone using this?
> > 
> > Here is the Hemscott structure:
> > http://www.webcando.com/demos/hemscott_structure.jpg
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Tom
> >
>



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