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--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "brian_z111" <brian_z111@xxx> wrote:
>
> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "protraderinc" <protraderinc@>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I found a website for free download of ASX stocks data(let me
know I'm
> > wrong) from http://www.float.com.au/scgi-bin/prod/dl.cgi
> >
> > I had tried and there are errors. I believe I must have done
something
> > wrong. Can someone please guide me thru what should I do to get it
> > running? Or is there a site recommended for reasonable price paid
data
> > for ASX and easy to load?
> >
> > Best regards
> > Dave
> >
>
> Hello Dave,
>
> It's your lucky day as the Aussies have a very strong contingent in
the
> forum.
>
> four possible methods:
>
> 1) Manual - if you want to do your own thing - the AB help manual
> (Database Management) in conjunction with the posts at the UKB >>
Data
> >> Database Management section covers all (or most) of the basic
> principles of DM - Setup A Custom Database includes using Excel to
> condition CSV files for use with AB (you need to understand
> concatenation - there is a downloadable Excel file there, with
example
> formulas, that you can use as a template).
>
> http://www.amibroker.org/userkb/category/data/yahoo/database-
management/
>
> Applying all of that to your site -
>
> - download the current year as a CSV file (check the CSV box),
> - delete all of the data columns and use concatenate to add .ax to
the -
> symbols (as the Yahoo suffix),
> - copy N paste the appended symbol list into a new CSV file
> - import the new list into AB using the ASCII Import Wizard.
>
> This method has mainly academic interest (customization is mainly
good
> for specialist databases that you can't get easily from somewhere
else).
>
> Extra work is the cost of custom databases.
>
> Notice that the current year list from your site is a little dirty.
> A few of the symbols have a "." (dot) after them so you will need
to
> clean this up using Excel - this is typical of the challenges faced
> when scratching up lists (another typical glitch is that the
symbols
> can contain extra spaces - I don't know how AB would handle that -
> probably without a problem - but I always remove them anyway).
>
> The good coders could do all, or most, of the above stuff from
within
> AB but the principles are the same.
>
> 2) Standard and Poors have a downloadable sectorized list of AllOrd
> members - you can download that and import it using the ASCII
Import
> Wizard (exactly as per the methods used in the UKB posts).
>
> 3) Michael, who is a strong programmer and very helpful to fellow
users
> has provided an auto database setup for ASX users at the AB third
party
> site http://www.amibroker.org/3rdparty/ASX_Setup/
>
> Michael automatically downloads and uses the S&P list.
>
> 4) Premium Data (Norgate Investor Services) and JustData (Bodhi
> Freeway) are reasonably priced providers of ASX data (plus more) -
> links to them are in the AB help manual >> Tutorials >> Updating
Quotes
> data list or at the UKB >> Data >> Resources pages.
>
> There are links to other Aussie providers in the AB help manual - I
> just haven't researched them.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Brian_Z
>
> http://www.amibroker.org/userkb/
>
Actually all examples and instructions for conditioning CSV files, so
that they are suitable for use with AB import, are spread across a
few posts (some are also in Indexes and maybe other places - my UKB
contributions are like a Chinese banquet for newcomers - you really
need to taste each dish to get the full flavour (it's a themed
spread)).
Brian_Z *:-)
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