How to get quotes from various markets

 

REAL-TIME DATA (Professional Edition only)

Country/Exchange Data source Type Price Download Update Comments

All US Stock and Futures markets.

FOREX

Major European markets.

Real time streaming quotes.

Tick, 5-, 15- second
1-, 5-, 15-, 60-minute intraday

10-day tick, 60-day minute bar backfill.

Historical EOD (10 years)

eSignal Basic (equities) plan from $49*/month
+exch. fees. (50 symbols)

(*when paid yearly)

More pricing information

Automatic Automatic Dedicated RT plug-in - details here

All US Stock and Futures markets.

Major European markets.

Real time streaming quotes.

1-, 5-, 15-, 60-minute intraday

15-day minute bar backfill.

Historical EOD (15 years)

myTrack RealTime Silver ($19.95/month) or any other of service plans plus SDK fee $25/month

Automatic Automatic Dedicated RT plug-in - details here

Various exchanges / various sources

(detailed list)

Real time streaming quotes.

1-, 5-, 15-, 60-minute intraday

Limited (max. 5 days, usually one day) backfills

Various (including free)

More pricing information

Automatic Automatic Dedicated RT plug-in - details here

US stocks, futures, options, FOREX

500 symbols, tick, 5-sec, 15-sec, 1-minute and up,

120 days backfill

(note: unfiltered feed)

$50/month (includes FUTURES)

Automatic Automatic Dedicated RT plug-in - details here

US stocks, futures, options

(theoretically) unlimited symbols, 1 year of intraday backfill

$95/month (QCharts basic)

Automatic Automatic

Dedicated RT plug-in available on request

Click here to send e-mail for more details

US, Canada and European exchanges

100 symbols streaming RT, 1-sec, 1-minute bars and up.

30 day backfill available for IB customers

$10 per month in commissions, or free if your monthly commissions are >$30

Automatic Automatic

Dedicated RT plug-in

- details here

Warsaw Stock Exchange
30/90 days intraday + mixed mode EOD   Automatic Automatic Dedicated RT plugin - details here

Various

(any data source that has DDE interface)

just streaming quotes, no backfill

Free

Automatic Automatic

Dedicated RT plug-in

- details here

END-OF-DAY, INTRADAY DELAYED DATA

AmiBroker can handle virtually EVERY exchange in the world if only plain ASCII data for that exchange are available. The table below list some of the data sources.

AmiBroker comes preloaded with sample DJIA components database. You can update this sample database (and any other US & Canada market databases) with a new quotes using supplied AmiQuote program.

Later in this tutorial you will find detailed instructions on how to use AmiQuote.

Quote sources for AmiBroker (this list is not complete - keep in mind the fact that almost any source can be used). Use links to find out more (note that some links require internet connection)

Country/Exchange Data source Type Price Download Update Comments
USA + Canada (NYSE/Nasdaq/AMEX/TSE) Yahoo Finance Historical + Current EOD Free

Automatic (AmiQuote)

Automatic Detailed description here
MSN Money Central Historical EOD Free

Automatic (AmiQuote)

Automatic Detailed description here
Quotes Plus
(recommended)
Historical + Current EOD + Fundamentals + Sectors/Industries Paid Automatic Automatic Direct link - details here

TC 2000/TCNet (stocks)

TC2000 Mutual Funds

Historical + Current EOD + Sectors/Industries Paid Automatic Automatic Direct link - details here
FastTrack (mutual funds) Historical + Current EOD + Families
Paid Automatic Automatic Direct link - details here
FOREX Historical EOD + Intraday Free Automatic (AmiQuote) Automatic Detailed description here
CSI http://www.csidata.com Historical EOD

Paid: Details here

 

Automatic Automatic Updates using CSI Unfair Advantage
Brite Futures Historical EOD (COMMODITIES ONLY) FREE Automatic Automatic

Requires Britefutures script
or AmiQuote 1.70

Quote.com (US Stocks, Indices, Futures) Historical EOD, Historical Intraday 1-min, 5-min, 15-min, 60-min

Free* (more info below)

or PAID (Livecharts basic)

Automatic (AmiQuote) Automatic Detailed description here
Australia
(Australian Stock Exchange)
CoolTrader.Net Historical + Current EOD Free

Manual

 

ASCII Import

 

Requires free registration
Norgate Investor Services Historical EOD (also US stock and future markets) Paid Automatic Automatic (via MS plugin) Details here
BodhiFreeway Historical Paid Automatic (Bodhi downloader) Automatic (via METASTOCK plugin) How to setup link to MS database
Yahoo Finance Australia Current EOD Free

Automatic (AmiQuote)

Automatic Detailed description here
50+ International Exchanges Yahoo Finance Historical + Current EOD Free

Automatic (AmiQuote)

Automatic Detailed description here
Poland
(Warsaw Stock Exchange)
Bossa.pl Historical + Current EOD Free Automatic
(script-based)
Automatic (script-based) Details in a newsletter
South Africa
(Johannesburg Stock Exchange)
Sharenet Historical + Current EOD Paid

Automatic (Sharenet downloader)

Automatic (script- based) Sharenet AmiBroker corner
Investor Data Historical Paid Manual Manual  
Holand (Amsterdam - Euronext) PF-online Historical + Current EOD Free Manual ASCII Import  
Other countries
()
DownloadQuotes.com Historical + Current EOD Paid Manual ASCII Import

Detailed description here

* Please note that Lycos/Quote.com allows you to get FREE INTRADAY data without subscription, but you have to make sure that "USE LIVECHARTS ACCOUNT" is UNMARKED and "SERVER #1" is selected in the Tools->Settings page of AmiQuote.