Hi Bob,
It takes maybe 2 minutes to update my data in
Telechart.
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> How much time does it take daily to update
price data on TC2007?
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Subject: [amibroker] Re: Data Feed - What do you use? - Need a Data
Vendor
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> droskill,
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I wish to address your statement on Telechart about "Major problem -
the API to access the data via AB doesn't adjust for splits or
dividends. This basically, from my point of view, makes it useless
for backtesting. "
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> Telechart already has all of
it's data adjusted so there is no need for AB to adjust for splits
or dividends.
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> For example, take symbol DUG which is
an ultra-short oil & gas fund. During Q4 of 2008 this fund had a
remarkable net income result due to investments internal to the
fund. On Dec 22 it was trading about $35, but after a $6 dividend
payout the next day it opened around $29, a massive change. You can
verify this by looking at historical charts at your favorite
internet stock quote site, many of which show unadjusted data. But
Telechart data has been backwards adjusted for this change, so the
data is smooth all the way back in time, and you won't see a big
price change when a big payout occurs. It may take a week or so for
your fund data to be adjusted following a payout, but they will get
it done. Take a look at DUG in TeleChart at the end of December 08,
and you'll see no $6 gap down.
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> On the contrary, I
find Telechart data excellent and have used it for daily backtesting
for several years along with DTN IQfeed as a complement for intraday
data.
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> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxx
ps.com,
"droskill" <droskill@ .> wrote:
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> > I've
been spending a bit more time with Quotes Plus - pretty good data
feed, but there are issues:
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> > - No lists of
the stocks making up S&P500 or other key indices (they do have
Nasdaq and NYSE). This means if you use the S&P, for instance,
for looking % of stocks above a moving average, you're going to have
to manage the lists yourself.
> > - Has fundamentals - this
is useful, and the data feed can be used with more fundamentally-
oriented scanning software such as HGSI.
> > - Has a ton of
indices - gold/silver/ oil, etc as well as put/call indices, etc.
Premium may have the put/call as well - I'd have to take a
look.
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> > On Premium Data:
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Fantastic folder breakdown of industries and indices. So, running a
scan over the stocks in the S&P 500 or the S&P 1500 is
simple, and will not require maintenance from you.
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Lacks some basic useful indices out of the box - like those
mentioned above (oil/gold/etc) .
> > - No fundamental
data.
> > - Great ETF breakdowns into different
categories.
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> > Telechart:
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Includes access to their online stock tool freestockcharts.
com
> > - Includes fundamentals
> > - Lots of
indices and special, TC-only indices like T2106 etc.
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Major problem - the API to access the data via AB doesn't adjust for
splits or dividends. This basically, from my point of view, makes it
useless for backtesting.
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> > That's what I've
got right now - to me it's a toss up between Quotes Plus and
Premium.
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> > --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxx
ps.com, "droskill" <droskill@> wrote:
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> > > I think the only other vendor worth looking
at is Quotes Plus - just my opinion. Anybody have a comparison of
the two that has experience with both? From my limited experience,
QuotesPlus has a bit more extensive indices, but Premium has it on
organization.
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amibroker@xxxxxxxxx ps.com, "louies88" <Louies88@>
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> > > > --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxx ps.com,
"patsgreatdeals" <patsgreatdeals@ > wrote:
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> > > > > Is there a plugin for
AMIBroker? for premiumdata. net?
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> > > They don't have a plugin in the truest sense, but
they have a little program that you must install. It has all the
necessary structure and very well integrated to Amibroker. Everyday
you just update the data via this little program and...voila.
..they're updated in your AB database.
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> > > > Premiumdata. net is very extensive and very
good, especially in the sector indices. If you're a top-down
analyst, you'll like their sector index break down. It's very
comprehensive. The update, by the way, is very very quick compared
w/ Amiquote or any other service that relies on Yahoo data.
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