Cs, he HAS been doing it for free.
AB does NOT KNOW which symbols are current.
That is why there exists a need DOWNLOAD ALL OF THE SYMBOLS THAT "YAHOO" has
ADDED in their "YAHOO" database of STOCK SYMBOLS AND PRICES, VOL ,etc.
If YAHOO discontinues carrying a symbol, then their NEW CURRENT list of
symbols will , NOT have it anymore, and it will have been purged from your AB
database of SYMBOLS in the AB US STOCKS FOLDER. Ron D
----- Original Message -----
From: cstrader
To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 4:03 PM
Subject: Re: [amibroker] JimSwindle> US STOCKS DATABASE UPDATE
Aha, I thought Jim was doing this for free. But in any case, how does AB
determine which stocks are current and should be on the list? Yahoo has almost
40,000 tickers; who determines which ones go into the US STOCK SYMBOL list?
Thanks
----- Original Message -----
From: Ronald Davis
To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 4:17 PM
Subject: Re: [amibroker] JimSwindle> US STOCKS DATABASE UPDATE
This origional post was an inquiry asking when Jim Swindle would place a
LATER than >JAN/4/2008 UPDATED LIST OF US STOCK SYMBOLS on his UPDATE website.
Jim was paid to create this updating UPDATING software, so he is not at
liberty to simply give it away to Amibroker users.
Yes, I would love to help JIM, but I can't think of anything I can do to
assist writing code FOR a NEW version of this updating software.
I do recall that Dingo and Jim discussed the possibility of a Joint effort
once, BUT I DON'T THINK IT WENT ANYWHERE.
HERE IS MORE INFORMATION>>Jim Swindle's US STOCKS DATABASE UPDATE SITE is
simply an updated list of the
most recent SYMBOLS in the US STOCKS FOLDER within Amibroker.
When you run a download from this site, it installs the MORE RECENT list of
the symbols over the OLDER list of symbols.
This process of UPDATING the symbols must be followed by a HISTORICAL
download of all of the TICKER data for as far back as you want to have in your
database.
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----- Original Message -----
From: cstrader
To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 1:46 PM
Subject: Re: [amibroker] JimSwindle> US STOCKS DATABASE UPDATE
Perhaps we should try to help Jim out a bit. What features would we want
to see in such a stocks database?
Thanks
----- Original Message -----
From: Ronald Davis
To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 9:21 AM
Subject: [amibroker] JimSwindle> US STOCKS DATABASE UPDATE
Has anyone heard from Jim regarding when a later update will be
available?
This link to Jim Swindle's US STOCKS DATABASE site shows that it was
last udated on Jan 4, 2008.
I also recall that Jim was planning to create a method so that each of
us could run a LATEST TICKER symbol update an any time.
We all are grateful to Jim for having done this. Ron D
