I haven't investigated any thing other than Yahoo. If there is a weg site that lists the tickers, etc without having a subscription, etc. then I could prolly scrape it.
As designed the program scrapes the data and presents it to you in a grid organized by sector/industry or index or etf then you can select those that you want to delete and THEN it will create the database. d > -----Original Message----- > From: amibroker@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of marketmonk777 > Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 8:35 PM > To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [amibroker] Re: JimSwindle> US STOCKS DATABASE UPDATE > > I would be interested in this program. But all I am looking for is a > program that creates a list of symbols. What would be nice is for it > to "compare" a current download to a previous download and have a > report generated showing what was added and what is missing. > > That way I can decide which stocks to add to my own database. > > The benefit to me is that I don't have to strip out symbols from the > pink sheets or OTC BB. > > Amiquote does a great job of downloading the data and don't see a need > to replace that functionality. > > As for the price .. that would depend on the functionality that you > decide to put into it. Will it work with just Yahoo? > > Regards, > MM > > --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "dingo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > There is not a separate list of added / deleted stocks - Yahoo just > updates > > their site on the fly. You would need to build a new list > and compare it > > with those in the database. There is a trail of Yahoo pages that > contains > > what they consider to be the stocks avail in the US - grouped by > sector / > > industry. These pages have to be scraped to get the tickers and > names. Then > > a problem arises when you go to down load quotes for the entire list > that > > you've built by scraping - Yahoo doesn't have quotes for > all of them and > > some have even had their tickers changed but the pages haven't been > updated > > yet. Plus, you also get pink sheet stocks and other "stuff". The > indexes, > > etfs, mutual funds, etc are all on their own pages and > would have to be > > scraped also. > > > > I've done some of this in a program I wrote several years > ago - it even > > updates the quotes and can be scheduled via the scheduler. It will > retireve > > historical, current and fundamental data. What it doesn't do at > present is > > detect those stocks that have no quotes or that have ceased trading > - those > > that give an error msg when you try to use Amiquote. It > also does NOT > > update the database - it just builds them and updates the quotes. I > stopped > > working on it because I thought TJ was going to address this and > decided not > > put any more of my time into it. > > > > I can be talked into finishing it but I won't do it for free - I > done quite > > a few free programs for AB and won't do that any more. > > > > Soooo - what's a price that people are willing to pay and and how > many would > > be interested. If theres not that much interest then I > won't bother. > > > > d > > > > > > _____ > > > > From: amibroker@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf > > Of cstrader > > Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 6:20 PM > > To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com > > Subject: Re: [amibroker] JimSwindle> US STOCKS DATABASE UPDATE > > > > > > Hi Ronald, > > > > You say: > > > > ... DOWNLOAD ALL OF THE SYMBOLS THAT "YAHOO" has ADDED in > their "YAHOO" > > database of STOCK SYMBOLS AND PRICES, VOL ,etc. > > > > DO YOU KNOW WHERE THAT "ADDED" LIST IS LOCATED? > > > > If YAHOO discontinues carrying a symbol, then their NEW > CURRENT list of > > symbols will...NOT... > > > > DO YOU KNOW WHERE THAT "NEW CURRENT" LIST IS LOCATED? AND WHAT IS > THE "NEW > > CURRENT" LIST. > > > > I'M CURIOUS IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO DOWNLOAD THE ENTIRE LIST OF > YAHOO STOCKS > > SOMEHOW. > > > > Thanks > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Ronald Davis <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 5:27 PM > > Subject: Re: [amibroker] JimSwindle> US STOCKS DATABASE UPDATE > > > > 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 <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > 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 <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. > > > > > ============================================================== > ============== > > =========== > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: cstrader <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > 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 <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <http://www.icc-az.com/icc-az/default.html?http%3A//www.icc-az > .com/icc-az/> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG. > > Version: 8.0.100 / Virus Database: 269.24.6/1480 - Release Date: > 6/3/2008 > > 7:00 AM > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Please note that this group is for discussion between users only. > > To get support from AmiBroker please send an e-mail directly to > SUPPORT {at} amibroker.com > > For NEW RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENTS and other news always check DEVLOG: > http://www.amibroker.com/devlog/ > > For other support material please check also: > http://www.amibroker.com/support.html > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 8.0.100 / Virus Database: 269.24.6/1480 - Release > Date: 6/3/2008 7:00 AM >
