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-----Original Message-----
From: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Tuva1 <Tuva1>
Date: Sunday, November 01, 1998 8:11 AM
Subject: Fw: QuoteMonster [Was:Re: Yahoo data]
>Here is an easier shortcut to Yahoo's data:
>http://chart.yahoo.com/t?a=12&b=31&c=79&d=12&e=31&f=91&g=d&s=&y=0&z=%5Espc
>
>This takes you their historical data input menu. I do not know how to get
>there from Yahoo Finance but...
>
>Thanks everyone for the info...it looks like the Internet has just shaken
>another business (Data Providers).
>
>Tom
>
>
>Subject: RE: QuoteMonster [Was:Re: Yahoo data]
>
>
>>Hi Jim and Rob,
>>
>>Is the yahoo data of good quality? To what extend can we trust the data
>>downloaded?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Gregoire.
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jim Michael
>>> Sent: jeudi 29 octobre 1998 14:28
>>> To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Cc: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: QuoteMonster [Was:Re: Yahoo data]
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Rob,
>>>
>>> Thanks for posting the detail. I have modified QuoteMonster Historical
to
>>> use this new data source. QMH is a FREE perl script for retrieval of
>>> historical data for any number of tickers for the date range you
specify.
>>> You may change the order of the fields and include only those fields of
>>> interest. I have not added code to reverse the date order but will be
>>> uploading a script to perform that function only.
>>>
>>> The QuoteMonster web page is at http://xmlworks.com/quotemonster/
>>> Send bug reports to quotemonster@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Jim
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, 28 Oct 1998, Rob Nagler wrote:
>>>
>>> > joachim@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>> > > Yahoo! just extended it's "free" information. Now you can
>>> >
>>> > Quite convenient, thanks. To save some clicking, here's how to
>>> > download a comma-separated list of IBM daily prices for all of 1991:
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>http://chart.yahoo.com/table.csv?s=ibm&a=1&b=1&c=91&d=12&e=31&f=91&g=d&q=q
>>> >
>>> > The form fields are defined as follows:
>>> >
>>> > s=Symbol
>>> > a=Start Month
>>> > b=Start Day
>>> > c=Start Year (two digits only!)
>>> > d=End Month
>>> > e=End Day
>>> > f=End Year
>>> > g=(d: Daily, w: Weekly, m: Monthly, v: Dividends)
>>> > q=(q: spreadsheet, <other>: html)
>>> >
>>> > It's in a weird format, because the file is in reverse order, i.e. end
>>> > record is first and first record is last. Easily remedied with a bit
>>> > of perl or whatever.
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>
>>
>
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