Dear Prashanth, When I download current day's data during the day, I get OHLC for the current bar, not for the full day.
Are you saying that if I download at end of each day, I will get full day's data? Thanks, Vinay On Thu, 04 Oct 2007 08:00:52 +0530, Prashanth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Vinay, > > As Bill rightly said, why not use Download Current Days data after Market > close since it downloads that days EOD data itself. Only if you want to > download yesterday's data, you need to use historical data download > option. > > Also, I think slow download of data from AmiQuote was discussed > somewhere in > this group sometime earlier and proable causes and remedies was > suggested by > TJ. I myself download a historical data of more scrips than that in far > lesser time. > > Cheers > > Prashanth > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Vinay Gakkhar." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 7:49 AM > Subject: [amibroker] DOWNLOADING DAILY EOD DATA > > >> Dear Bill, >> >> Sorry for my wrong selection of words. >> >> I want to say that I need EOD data daily for formulating my daily > strategy. >> >> And I want to say that it takes me 2 hours (not 5 minutes) every day for >> the 1,000 NSE India stocks. >> >> In fact today it took me 3 hours. >> >> Is there a faster method of downloading daily EOD data direct into >> Amibroker from Yahoo Finance? >> >> Thank you, >> >> gakkhar >> >> >> >> On Thu, 04 Oct 2007 07:15:11 +0530, wavemechanic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >> > I don't think you understand - or I don't understand what you are >> > after. If you want EOD daily, just download every day from the >> current >> > server. You say that takes you 5 minutes. What's the problem? >> > >> > Bill >> > >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: "Vinay Gakkhar." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > To: <[email protected]> >> > Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 8:46 PM >> > Subject: [amibroker] DOWNLOADING DAILY EOD DATA >> > >> > >> >> Dear Bill, >> >> >> >> Thanks for your advise. >> >> >> >> But this does not cover my need. I prepare my daily strategy on the >> >> basis >> >> of data uptil last working day, so I can run my daily exploration >> only >> >> after last working day's data has been downloaded. >> >> >> >> Is there any similarly faster method for downloading daily EOD data? >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> >> gakkhar >> >> >> >> On Thu, 04 Oct 2007 05:23:19 +0530, wavemechanic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> wrote: >> >> >> >>> The difference you see is due to the fact that current and >> historical >> >>> data use different servers and the different way that they interact >> >>> with >> >>> data requests. You should consider downloading current daily and >> >>> historical once a week on weekends. >> >>> >> >>> Bill >> >>> >> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >> >>> From: "Vinay Gakkhar." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >>> To: "Amibroker" <[email protected]> >> >>> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 6:33 PM >> >>> Subject: [amibroker] DOWNLOADING DAILY EOD DATA - AMENDED POST >> >>> >> >>> >> >>>> I use Tools > Auto Update Quotes (Amiquote) > Yahoo Historical to >> >>>> download >> >>>> EOD data on daily basis. I have about 1,000 stocks in my list, it >> >>>> downloads data for one stock at a time, and takes roughly 2 hours >> to >> >>>> download the data. Whether data to be downloaded is for one day or >> 10 >> >>>> days >> >>>> or 100 days, there is not much of a difference in time taken. >> >>>> >> >>>> On the other hand, Yahoo Current downloads data for 200 stocks in >> one >> >>>> pass, and data for 1,000 (sorry I wrote 100 in my last post) stocks >> >>>> in 5 >> >>>> passes, in a total of less than 2 >> >>>> minutes. >> >>>> >> >>>> Is there any similarly faster method for downloading daily EOD >> data? >> >>>> >> >>>> Thanks, >> >>>> >> >>>> gakkhar >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> 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! 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