Hi Larsie,
That does seem extraordinarily slow. You did a three da update and it
took an hour - so around 20 minutes per day.
Our FAQ regading update speed is here:
http://www.premiumdata.net/support/pd.php
Disabling virus checking and defragmenting your hard disk does seem to
speed things up quite a bit. If you created any custom folders (not
required for AmiBroker since we have implemented them as watchlists)
this can also slow things down too. Delete any folders in c:\Trading
Data\Stocks\US\Custom Folders.
I think we should remove this discussion about your partcular PC from
the list - if you need further assistance please contact
[email protected]
Best regards,
Richard Dale.
Norgate Investor Services
- Premium quality Stock, Futures and Foreign Exchange Data for
markets in Australia, Asia, Canada, Europe, UK& USA -
www.premiumdata.net
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: Data Feed - What do you use? - Need a Data
Vendor
From: l washington <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:47:39 -0800 (pst)
so my question is what did I do wrong, it takes about an hour to
download "AMEX , NASDAQ,NYSE, OTC Indices NYSE ARCA
my compute is:
Windows Version XP Home Edition
Service Pack Level Service Pack 2
Display Resolution 1280x960
CPU Type / Speed Intel Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz / 2404MHz
--- On *Tue, 1/12/10, Richard Dale /<[email protected]>/* wrote:
From: Richard Dale <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: Data Feed - What do you use? - Need a
Data Vendor
To: [email protected]
Date: Tuesday, January 12, 2010, 8:03 PM
A typical day's download for US markets takes around 7minutes with
the Premium Data service on a typical 2 year old PC with 7200RPM
hard drive. Note that we also cover OTCBB and Pink Sheet
securities (several thousand stocks) so our coverage is
significantly more extensive than those data vendors that do not
provide them - and this adds to the download and processing time.
The main limitation with the MetaStock file format is that there
is one file per security. There is a MASSIVE overhead in this
method due to Windows having to open and close each individual
file. Things start to slow down at around 1000 files and become
exponentially worse as that number is increased. The US market
comprises of around 12000 securities including indices.
In our new download system (currently under development) we are
looking at a download and processing time of around 30 seconds per
day for the entire market! Today's update, for example, took 18
seconds. It also updates automatically in the background too.
Best regards,
Richard Dale.
Norgate Investor Services
- Premium quality Stock, Futures and Foreign Exchange Data for
markets in Australia, Asia, Canada, Europe, UK& USA -
www.premiumdata. net
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: Data Feed - What do you use? - Need a
Data Vendor
From: Bob Waits <bobwai...@yahoo. com>
To: amibro...@yahoogrou ps.com
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:27:21 -0800 (pst)
I use MS data format and use filters to import it in AB. The MS
data format for technical reasons prohibit fast download -- takes
me 40-45 minutes daily. From what I remember, Premiumdata
provides data in MS format only and hence it probably takes as
much time to download using their service. So, this is something
to consider.
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*From:* booker_1324 <booker_1324@ yahoo.com>
*To:* amibro...@yahoogrou ps.com
*Sent:* Mon, January 11, 2010 10:19:59 PM
*Subject:* [amibroker] Re: Data Feed - What do you use? - Need a
Data Vendor
Hi Bob,
It takes maybe 2 minutes to update my data in Telechart.
--- In amibro...@yahoogrou ps.com
<http://us.mc524.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=amibroker%40yahoogroups.com>,
Bob Waits <bobwai...@. ..> wrote:
>
> How much time does it take daily to update price data on TC2007?
>
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> From: booker_1324 <booker_1324@ ...>
> To: amibro...@yahoogrou ps.com
<http://us.mc524.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=amibroker%40yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Mon, January 11, 2010 4:24:38 PM
> Subject: [amibroker] Re: Data Feed - What do you use? - Need a
Data Vendor
>
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>
> droskill,
>
> I wish to address your statement on Telechart about "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. "
>
> Telechart already has all of it's data adjusted so there is no
need for AB to adjust for splits or dividends.
>
> For example, take symbol DUG which is an ultra-short oil & gas
fund. During Q4 of 2008 this fund had a remarkable net income
result due to investments internal to the fund. On Dec 22 it was
trading about $35, but after a $6 dividend payout the next day it
opened around $29, a massive change. You can verify this by
looking at historical charts at your favorite internet stock
quote site, many of which show unadjusted data. But Telechart
data has been backwards adjusted for this change, so the data is
smooth all the way back in time, and you won't see a big price
change when a big payout occurs. It may take a week or so for
your fund data to be adjusted following a payout, but they will
get it done. Take a look at DUG in TeleChart at the end of
December 08, and you'll see no $6 gap down.
>
> On the contrary, I find Telechart data excellent and have used
it for daily backtesting for several years along with DTN IQfeed
as a complement for intraday data.
>
> --- In amibro...@yahoogrou ps.com <http://ps.com/>, "droskill"
<droskill@ .> wrote:
> >
> > 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 amibro...@yahoogrou ps.com, "droskill" <droskill@> 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 amibro...@yahoogrou ps.com, "louies88" <Louies88@>
wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- In amibro...@yahoogrou ps.com, "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.
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
