Hello Tim, I don't use ESignal but if it is any help:
- index data can be patchy (low payback for providers especially outside of the US/Euro markets) - sometimes I get around this by using the symbol of an ETF that tracks the index - you need to be careful about this to see now close the fund is to the instrument you are trading - it also depends on your system as to how accurate the data needs to be relative to your traded instrument Example: - IShares MSCI Japan Index tracks the Nikkei - symbol EWS on the US exchanges - it trades intraday in Yahoo charts - I don't know what the calc period is (not necessarily tick data) - you can see the constituents/weighting at their site - also view tracking error in a chart - they say you can download data (I haven't tried) http://www.ishares.com/home.htm but the fund might not match a future if the future has carry costs associated with it (you could calculate carry costs and make your own pseudo ticker for the index) - there are other things to look out for if you use a fund symbol for example - how is the fund 'price' calculated: (from the IShares site) "The index levels for all iShares Fund benchmarks are total return, except that of the Nasdaq Biotech Fund (IBB), which is price return, and those of the MSCI series, which, as of January 1, 2001, are net dividend returns. The benchmarks for the S&P GSTIĀ sector series (IGN, IGW and IGV) display price return levels from index inception through December 30, 2002 and, from December 31, 2002 onward, display total return levels. Total Return: Performance measurement includes both security price movement and dividend payments, which are reinvested daily. Price Return: Performance measured solely by security price movement, excluding dividend payments. Net Dividend Return: A variation on total return that assumes that a portion of dividends paid is withheld at a standard tax-withholding rate. The MSCI Net Dividend series assumes withholding based on Luxembourg investors. Therefore, the dividend component of Net Dividend Return approximates the actual after- tax dividends received by international investors. Actual fund dividend withholdings may differ." There are other Nikkei Index/Fund combos out there. I used to use eSignals symbol guide as a resource tool - it seems to be getting hard to find it now. I also use 'symbol lookup' at http://au.finance.yahoo.com/investing or ther ukYahoo site to help find indices/ETF's. I sometimes go to the index providers/exchanges (e.g. S&P, CME) as well (they often list the funds that correspond to their indexes). On top of that, it depends where you live - I am in Australia so a fund that trades on the US exchange is only good for backtesting or trading if I use a US time broker. On the other hand, I can trade the Nikkei or the StraitsTimes index RT on my Aussie platform but I can't get an historical download from there - I just have to play what is in front of me on the screen. If I want to get a rough idea of what is happening in Asia, intraday, gold old Yahoo has the Asian indexes on intraday delay. FTR You don't say whether you are EOD or RT, where you are based and what eSignal have to say about it? If you are in the US it is possible that some Asian indexes aren't RT or synched to US time. brian_z --- In [email protected], "thariman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I do a search with esignal > > NS 8U-SGX for Nikkei Mini Future in ( Singapore Exchange ) > NI225_M U8-OSM for Nikkei Mini Future in Osaka > NI225 U8-OSM for Nikkei Future in Osaka Securities Future > NK U8 for Nikkei Future in CME > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Tim" <raven4ns@> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > I use Amibroker with Esignal data but can't find a symbol for the > > Nikkei225 or the FTSE that will allow me to get charts. The symbol > > guide is no help because it has 2 different symbols for the Nikkei and > > neither one work with Amibroker. > > If anyone out there uses AB, please let me know what you are using for > > the symbols. Thank you. > > > > Tim > > >
