Hi jclane, yes you can import fundamental data into amibroker. if you use it with QuotesPlus, I think they have a plugin.
Otherwise, you can use either the following; 1) amiquote - with yahoo finance data --> it's really quick and easy just press go/play and it loads in. or if you want another provider 2) what you will have to do is get the data in an ascii format, either CSV or can be other formats like metastock format, and then once you have the excel csv file, you can import them into amibroker. The only downsides with amibroker is that it has certain definable fields; i.e. EPS, EPS Est. Current year, EPS. Next year etc ... as defined by yahoo finance. So you can't create your own fields, like EPS in 2007, EPS in 2008 and debt/equity ratio etc and load them in. Only the fields defined by AB are allowed. I hope they allow user defined fields in future with the upgrade. The biggest problem is getting reliable data. e.g. data on non-US stock markets is hard to get and expensive. But this is not any fault of the software, but DATA. For example, if you don't have a proper data provider, it you will spend a lot of time trying to maintain a database rather than analyzing the stocks. by this i mean you will have to add each stock individually if new stocks come up either through IPOs or new equities via some new introduction (e.g. a new ETF). This is a pain. If you have a data provider that updates this regularly, all you need to do is load them into excel in CSV format and then import them into Amibroker. Again, the biggest problem is DATA ... not the software. --- In [email protected], "jclane44" <johncharlesl...@...> wrote: > > I am considering a variety of charting/backtesting programs including > AMIBroker. I believe that being able to integrate both fundamental and > technical inputs into the full functionality of the program including > scanning/backtesting is a plus. It looks like AMI Broker can handle > fundamental data but the download and accession looks a little quirky. > Programs like AMI and Metastock weren't built around fundamental data and > even now Metastock end of day can't handle it. The real time version, > Metastock Pro, requires you to usa a separate program to search for stocks > with the right fundamentals and then you import them into Metastock Pro. So > far they haven't taken the time to integrate fund/tech together. > > For AMI B can fundamental data be downloaded in one fell swoop using a > provider like Quotes Plus (who does have fund. data)or is it a more > cumbersome multi-step process? For instance, do you need to go to a > different provider specializing in fundamental data, like finance.yahoo in > addition to your regular data provided, does that limit the number of stocks > you download the fundamental data for? Then is accessing fundamental data is > AMI B not quite as seamless as using technical data alone? > > Any thoughts are appreciated. Thanks. >
