< I have trialled Quotes Plus and Yahoo. My QP trial was a little
while ago and the memory is fading ( I didn't subscribe). >

'trialled'... ? You probably should have subscribed.

< I don't like to make negative comments >

You failed!

<QP provide price data and current fundamental data (fdata) while 
primarily being a stock screener via their program StockPicker Pro.>

Sorry, but QP has a fairly robust User codable screening capability
(aside from what you refer to as SPP)... and not to mention the AB
interface which provides 'light years' worth of backtesting capability.

<SPP basically scans derived or calculated ratios/indicators including
some proprietry ratios) from price data and fundamentals via the QP
plugin (data accessed directly from a QP server?).>

Again, "QP has a fairly robust User codable screening capability",
which does not rely upon 'proprietry' ratios or calculations.

<The fundamentals have no history except a proprietry P/E, ranking and
one or two others (say 2years on those).>

Fundamentals with any service are 'iffy' at best. If you are trading
upon automated online fundamental data with any success, then let us
know your source and rate of success. And BTW... QP fundy data ain't
that bad.

<The price data is split adjusted (?)- I don't think it goes back a 
long way (6 months on the server with a download or disc for x years 
of price data only).>

Wrong... about 12 to 14 years of split adjusted data. But FWIW, I have
found a few errors in the 12 to 14 year period. So  when  you do your
backtests, be sure to sort on individual trade profit or losses and
check out the 'outlier' amounts.

> I doubt if the data is their own. I guess that it is sourced from
elsewhere (one of the majors?) but others should confirm that for
themselves.>

Of course not... they make no secret of their data sources.

> If you want the SPP an extra subscription is required.>

Forget any extra subscriptions. AB Users can pretty well calculate
whatever they need for trading purposes.

>The fdata fields supplied to AB are unique and listed in the AB help
manual (Getdata function I think or something like that).>

Sorry, but the fdata fields supplied to AB are NOT unique... the are
available to standard QP users.

<QP automatically manages/categorises the symbol lists etc and 
populates the AB information boxes (categories etc only).>

Yeah... probably.

<I don't know anything about the accuracy of the data and I can't 
comment on the support or service.>

I can comment... it is pretty good!... not perfect, but pretty good.

< AB has recently released a beta-version which has added current
Yahoo fdata downloads to Amiquote (registered AQ users only - approx
USD$45? > one-off registration fee). The AB information page has been
upgraded and it is populated from the YahooUSA key statistics page.

... as for the rest of your post, you seem to have ignored Tomasz's
caution about the reliability of Yahoos fundamental data.

Good day.






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