Yahoo Data
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The Yahoo website provides access to free market data prices from World-wide Exchanges. Anyone can go to the Yahoo website (http://finance.yahoo.com) and download data (from any exchange) then convert it into a format suitable for use with their charting software.
BodhiGold simply automates this process and performs some data management for your convenience (see below). BodhiGold does not store, own or sell Yahoo data. Yahoo data is downloaded at your own risk. JustData takes no responsibility for the accuracy or timeliness of the Yahoo data. |
- How BodhiGold manages the Yahoo data:
- One-click to update the data into one or more charting programs.
- Easy check box to select the exchanges you require, the symbols you require and/or the markets you require.
- Add to or change your selections at anytime - fully user configurable.
- Put the Imported and Exported dates back to collect historical data on your selected symbols.
- One-click set up to receive Intraday data.
- You can put the data into any directory and/or drive of your choosing.
- All data lists are maintained so you automatically receive data on new listings whilst expired instruments are deleted.
- Advantages of Yahoo data include:
- You are able to download a wide range of World Indices. Indices don't require a lot of data management.
- Experiment with data from any exchange before committing to a more sophisticated data service.
- Get Intraday price data as well as end-of-day and historical data.
- Affordable price considering the choice of data instruments available.
- Advantages of using BodhiGold to access Yahoo data include:
- No lists to maintain: automatic addition of new stocks and removal of old stocks.
- Fast downloads.
- Update multiple database formats.
- Choose only the symbols you want to download from each Exchange.
- Export your data to whatever directory/ies you require.
- Create advance/decline lines and indicators from symbols of your choice.
- Import in dollars and/or cents.
- Choose to pad your database for week days, open days or not at all.
- Drawbacks of Yahoo data include:
- Unable to download data in sectors (i.e. GICS).
- Data is not maintained for name changes, stocks merging or splits.
- The data is rounded to the nearest cent. Eg .6¢ is rounded to 1¢
- Yahoo may cease to make the data freely available.
- No redress/support if data is late, missing, inaccurate, no longer provided etc.
- Slow to download if you select a lot of data from several markets.
- Data is available after midnight and only contains the Equities and Indices for each market.