Hi droskill, Re: QP & your comment << - No lists of the stocks making up S&P500 or other key indices (they do have Nasdaq and NYSE).
Have you opened the QP charting software, then selected the index you wish (e.g., !RUT, !SPX, etc.) and clicked F2 (or the tablet with pencil icon on the tool bar)? You will get the list of the stocks which make up the index, at least as QP has them from their data supplier. (I have noticed discrepancies b/w QP & TC2007 & other sources). The list is easily exported as a tls or ASCII file, can be imported to AB to put in a watchlist, etc. (This latter is not unique to QP.) Unfortunately this is not so for the ETF population (e.g. SPY, GDX, SLV, etc. ) -- does premium data provide this? I've subscribed to both QP and TC2007 for > 15 years, and generally been pleased with the way they complement each other --- historically the support from QP in correcting data errors promptly was superior, TC offers more of a "community" now (years ago there was a QP community as well and I learned much about scanning from it). Premium data looks good as well, however I've not tried them yet. The things promised may get me to add them or switch one of my EOD data providers to them this year. Peace and Justice --- Patrick ----- Original Message ----- From: droskill To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 3:29 PM Subject: [amibroker] Re: Data Feed - What do you use? - Need a Data Vendor I've been spending a bit more time with Quotes Plus - pretty good data feed, but there are issues: - No lists of the stocks making up S&P500 or other key indices (they do have Nasdaq and NYSE). This means if you use the S&P, for instance, for looking % of stocks above a moving average, you're going to have to manage the lists yourself. - Has fundamentals - this is useful, and the data feed can be used with more fundamentally-oriented scanning software such as HGSI. - Has a ton of indices - gold/silver/oil, etc as well as put/call indices, etc. Premium may have the put/call as well - I'd have to take a look. On Premium Data: - Fantastic folder breakdown of industries and indices. So, running a scan over the stocks in the S&P 500 or the S&P 1500 is simple, and will not require maintenance from you. - Lacks some basic useful indices out of the box - like those mentioned above (oil/gold/etc). - No fundamental data. - Great ETF breakdowns into different categories. Telechart: - Includes access to their online stock tool freestockcharts.com - Includes fundamentals - Lots of indices and special, TC-only indices like T2106 etc. - Major problem - the API to access the data via AB doesn't adjust for splits or dividends. This basically, from my point of view, makes it useless for backtesting. That's what I've got right now - to me it's a toss up between Quotes Plus and Premium. --- In [email protected], "droskill" <drosk...@...> wrote: > > I think the only other vendor worth looking at is Quotes Plus - just my opinion. Anybody have a comparison of the two that has experience with both? From my limited experience, QuotesPlus has a bit more extensive indices, but Premium has it on organization. > > --- In [email protected], "louies88" <Louies88@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "patsgreatdeals" <patsgreatdeals@> wrote: > > > > > > Is there a plugin for AMIBroker? for premiumdata.net? > > > > > They don't have a plugin in the truest sense, but they have a little program that you must install. It has all the necessary structure and very well integrated to Amibroker. Everyday you just update the data via this little program and...voila...they're updated in your AB database. > > > > Premiumdata.net is very extensive and very good, especially in the sector indices. If you're a top-down analyst, you'll like their sector index break down. It's very comprehensive. The update, by the way, is very very quick compared w/ Amiquote or any other service that relies on Yahoo data. > > > ------------------------------------ **** IMPORTANT PLEASE READ **** This group is for the discussion between users only. This is *NOT* technical support channel. TO GET TECHNICAL SUPPORT send an e-mail directly to SUPPORT {at} amibroker.com TO SUBMIT SUGGESTIONS please use FEEDBACK CENTER at http://www.amibroker.com/feedback/ (submissions sent via other channels won't be considered) For NEW RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENTS and other news always check DEVLOG: http://www.amibroker.com/devlog/ Yahoo! Groups Links
