Which brings us back to having the ability to SIMPLY create markets/sectors/industries.
Allan
----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Dugas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, September 28, 2006 7:37 pm
Subject: Re: [amibroker] Quotes Plus Mutual Funds in AB
To: [email protected]
> Joe - Even though these industries show a bar for every day, I
> believe the files for these tickers are only sent out on
> weekends, so after downloading on Saturday you should see 5 new
> bars for this week. I am so glad I switched to just timing a
> few markets - even though I have a lot of work to do to get
> really good at it, my life is just so much easier now... 8 - )
>
> Steve
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Joe Landry
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 6:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [amibroker] Quotes Plus Mutual Funds in AB
>
>
> Hi Steve.. Thanks for some great information. I have
> another favor to ask.
>
> On 9/22/06 my indexes !ID001,!ID002 to !ID198 stopped being up
> dated. I wrote to QP but obviously this is going them a while to
> respond. Is your AB database displaying these indexes and up
> to date?
>
> Regards
> JOE
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Steve Dugas
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 10:28 AM
> Subject: Re: [amibroker] Quotes Plus Mutual Funds in AB
>
>
> Hi Joe,
>
> Unfortunately, QP's database has lots of problems, and
> problems of all types. There are still over 3000 dead tickers (
> mostly MF's now, I remember Dan Clark working with Gary in the
> past to get most of the dead stocks removed ). Tickers are
> classified incorrectly with regard to type of issue ( for one
> example, run an exploration on the MF group with "Filter =
> Volume > 0" and you will see some ETF's and stocks classified as
> MF's ). Tickers are also classified incorrectly with regard to
> trading status, which is what caused Ken's problem. There is no
> good solution other than a massive effort on QP's part to clean
> things up, which I don't hold out much hope for. TJ has tried
> several times in the past to patch the "dead ticker" issue on
> his end, but it cannot really work properly as long as so many
> tickers are classified incorrectly in QP's DB. As things stand
> now, there are basically 2 options:
>
> 1. You can check either/both boxes at the bottom of the
> plugin Configuration box - this will eliminate most of the dead
> tickers from AB, but it will also eliminate some valid tickers
> because they are misclassified as non-trading, etc. How many?
> Which ones? I have no idea, but it always bothered me to know
> that, when I am exploring for good stocks that meet some
> criteria or another, I could very well be missing some of the
> better ones because they were misclassified and not retrieved by AB.
>
> 2. So I always choose this 2nd option instead - uncheck both
> boxes and just download all tickers including the dead ones.
> Then at least you know you have *all* the tickers, and at that
> point you can either just live with a bloated DB or you can
> delete the dead ones via Database Cleanup.
>
> I can think of a couple of possibilities why you have ERH
> with the box checked...
>
> 1. Maybe your DB dates back to previous versions of the
> plugin, before TJ added the option to skip non-trading tickers?
>
> 2. Maybe, for at least one prior retreive, you unchecked
> these boxes?
>
> 3. Maybe QP changed the status somewhere along the way?
>
> Steve
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Joe Landry
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 8:32 AM
> Subject: Re: [amibroker] Quotes Plus Mutual Funds in AB
>
>
> Steve,Ken -
> Now that we have the answer on ERH from Gary L of QP in
> the QP forum, that the status code was not zero, what are the
> other status codes?
>
> AH! ONCE I KEYED IN THE QUESTION, I RTFM and there are the
> status codes. Lots of them. In my database configuration I've
> got retrieve only active symbols (status code =0) BUT I was
> getting ERH anyway? Another puzzle. What are options do you
> have ticked off in your database configuration?
>
> Regards
> JOE
>
> a.. "IssueStatus" - (string) - with default settings all
> symbols should have issue status = 0 other possible values: 0 =
> actively trading; 1, P = trading on a when issued basis, 5, 6,
> 7, A, B, C, D, E, M = not trading 4, N = new symbol, G, K, X, R,
> Z = changes to symbol, cusip, name, etc. - requires QP plugin
> 1.5.1
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Steve Dugas
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 1:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [amibroker] Quotes Plus Mutual Funds in AB
>
>
> Hi Ken - I can see it in AB. QP still has a number of
> tickers that are "misclassified". To get around this, when I do
> a retreive I uncheck both of the bottom boxes in the Configure
> dialog so the plugin will retrieve all tickers, then I run
> Cleanup Database on the Tools menu to delete all the dead ones.
>
> Steve
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ken Close
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 1:38 PM
> Subject: [amibroker] Quotes Plus Mutual Funds in AB
>
>
> I am a new user of Quotes Plus to drive data to AB (vs
> TC2000) and I have been doing ok with the transition.
>
> I just now retrieved all of the mutual funds I have
> been downloading, and can use them just like any stock symbol.
>
> There is an interesting closed end fund named ERH
> (Evergreen) which is in the QP database (I can plot it using the
> QP charting program), but Amibroker can not see it.
>
> Any QP data users here who could see whether you can
> see/plot ERH in Amibroker from the QP database? If you can, can
> you speculate why the symbol does not show up on mine.
>
> I have reloaded AB (but not rebooted the computer),
> but I wonder why that would make a difference.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ken
>
>
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----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Dugas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, September 28, 2006 7:37 pm
Subject: Re: [amibroker] Quotes Plus Mutual Funds in AB
To: [email protected]
> Joe - Even though these industries show a bar for every day, I
> believe the files for these tickers are only sent out on
> weekends, so after downloading on Saturday you should see 5 new
> bars for this week. I am so glad I switched to just timing a
> few markets - even though I have a lot of work to do to get
> really good at it, my life is just so much easier now... 8 - )
>
> Steve
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Joe Landry
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 6:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [amibroker] Quotes Plus Mutual Funds in AB
>
>
> Hi Steve.. Thanks for some great information. I have
> another favor to ask.
>
> On 9/22/06 my indexes !ID001,!ID002 to !ID198 stopped being up
> dated. I wrote to QP but obviously this is going them a while to
> respond. Is your AB database displaying these indexes and up
> to date?
>
> Regards
> JOE
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Steve Dugas
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 10:28 AM
> Subject: Re: [amibroker] Quotes Plus Mutual Funds in AB
>
>
> Hi Joe,
>
> Unfortunately, QP's database has lots of problems, and
> problems of all types. There are still over 3000 dead tickers (
> mostly MF's now, I remember Dan Clark working with Gary in the
> past to get most of the dead stocks removed ). Tickers are
> classified incorrectly with regard to type of issue ( for one
> example, run an exploration on the MF group with "Filter =
> Volume > 0" and you will see some ETF's and stocks classified as
> MF's ). Tickers are also classified incorrectly with regard to
> trading status, which is what caused Ken's problem. There is no
> good solution other than a massive effort on QP's part to clean
> things up, which I don't hold out much hope for. TJ has tried
> several times in the past to patch the "dead ticker" issue on
> his end, but it cannot really work properly as long as so many
> tickers are classified incorrectly in QP's DB. As things stand
> now, there are basically 2 options:
>
> 1. You can check either/both boxes at the bottom of the
> plugin Configuration box - this will eliminate most of the dead
> tickers from AB, but it will also eliminate some valid tickers
> because they are misclassified as non-trading, etc. How many?
> Which ones? I have no idea, but it always bothered me to know
> that, when I am exploring for good stocks that meet some
> criteria or another, I could very well be missing some of the
> better ones because they were misclassified and not retrieved by AB.
>
> 2. So I always choose this 2nd option instead - uncheck both
> boxes and just download all tickers including the dead ones.
> Then at least you know you have *all* the tickers, and at that
> point you can either just live with a bloated DB or you can
> delete the dead ones via Database Cleanup.
>
> I can think of a couple of possibilities why you have ERH
> with the box checked...
>
> 1. Maybe your DB dates back to previous versions of the
> plugin, before TJ added the option to skip non-trading tickers?
>
> 2. Maybe, for at least one prior retreive, you unchecked
> these boxes?
>
> 3. Maybe QP changed the status somewhere along the way?
>
> Steve
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Joe Landry
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 8:32 AM
> Subject: Re: [amibroker] Quotes Plus Mutual Funds in AB
>
>
> Steve,Ken -
> Now that we have the answer on ERH from Gary L of QP in
> the QP forum, that the status code was not zero, what are the
> other status codes?
>
> AH! ONCE I KEYED IN THE QUESTION, I RTFM and there are the
> status codes. Lots of them. In my database configuration I've
> got retrieve only active symbols (status code =0) BUT I was
> getting ERH anyway? Another puzzle. What are options do you
> have ticked off in your database configuration?
>
> Regards
> JOE
>
> a.. "IssueStatus" - (string) - with default settings all
> symbols should have issue status = 0 other possible values: 0 =
> actively trading; 1, P = trading on a when issued basis, 5, 6,
> 7, A, B, C, D, E, M = not trading 4, N = new symbol, G, K, X, R,
> Z = changes to symbol, cusip, name, etc. - requires QP plugin
> 1.5.1
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Steve Dugas
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 1:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [amibroker] Quotes Plus Mutual Funds in AB
>
>
> Hi Ken - I can see it in AB. QP still has a number of
> tickers that are "misclassified". To get around this, when I do
> a retreive I uncheck both of the bottom boxes in the Configure
> dialog so the plugin will retrieve all tickers, then I run
> Cleanup Database on the Tools menu to delete all the dead ones.
>
> Steve
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ken Close
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 1:38 PM
> Subject: [amibroker] Quotes Plus Mutual Funds in AB
>
>
> I am a new user of Quotes Plus to drive data to AB (vs
> TC2000) and I have been doing ok with the transition.
>
> I just now retrieved all of the mutual funds I have
> been downloading, and can use them just like any stock symbol.
>
> There is an interesting closed end fund named ERH
> (Evergreen) which is in the QP database (I can plot it using the
> QP charting program), but Amibroker can not see it.
>
> Any QP data users here who could see whether you can
> see/plot ERH in Amibroker from the QP database? If you can, can
> you speculate why the symbol does not show up on mine.
>
> I have reloaded AB (but not rebooted the computer),
> but I wonder why that would make a difference.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ken
>
>
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