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dllabarre@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Yes - kinda....
>
> You can download prices from quote.com "live" or "basic charts" in ascii (text
> comma delimited) format.
> But you have to massage the data before you can import it using the downloader.
> The downloader requires the columns to be in a different format and 1 or 2
> columns of data needs to be removed. I think it was the "time or day" column.
>
> I was just playing around with this 2 nights ago. I decided to write a VB
> program that will ask for a stock symbol and download the prices from quote.com
> using a web browser built-in to my VB program, then saving the information in a
> comma delimited text file compatible with the Downloader. (not finished yet)
>
> Don LaBarre
> Web Developer
> Visual Basic Programmer
> MetaStock Programmer
> www.cedarcreektrading.com
> www.auto607.com
> www.conklinplayers.com
> www.nyseg.com
>
> "Michael Gilbert" <tradermike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> on 01/26/2000 01:13:13 AM
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> Please respond to metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> cc: (bcc: Donald L. LaBarre)
> Subject: quote.com
>
> quote.com offers ascii and excel pages on its live chart section.can these
> data pages be imported
> into the downloader.????
> Any ideas???
> Michael
Why go through so much trouble when perl allows you to grab this data directly from
Yahoo both for historical and E.O.D. Perl further puts it in
Metastock data format ready for the Downloader ..
An execellent free source code program for this is Quotemonster.
Simply go to http://www.xmlworks.com and download quotemonster.
Further get perl from that site ( The Standard Distribution )
And that is it.
With only one execution you can get historical data from 1980 all up to
present day of Indices & Stocks. To program your computer for E.O.D activity
download a crontab simulation program from www.download.com
For any body interested in using this system email me. I can send you a ziped
package with my configuration.
Shawn
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"It's not whether you are right or wrong that matters.
But how much money you make when right and how much you don't lose when wrong."
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