AmiQuote Frequently Asked Questions

AmiQuote
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AmiQuote is pretty much simple program and it JUST WORKS.

It is used by tens of thousands people everyday and we know it works.

If it does not work for you, it is because either data source you are trying does not provide data or stopped the service, or you have LOCAL problem (installation, connectivity). In this cases the software IS NOT a problem and there is nothing to fix on our side.

Please read the most common questions here covering 99.999% of user problems

  1. AmiQuote stopped working / does not work

    You need to install most recent AmiQuote version (currently 4.06) from
    AmiBroker - Technical Analysis Software. Charting, Portfolio Backtesting, Scanning of stocks, futures, mutual funds, forex (currencies). Alerts. Free quotes.
    any earlier version won't work because Yahoo changed their servers
    (AmiBroker Knowledge Base » AmiQuote Yahoo Historical stopped working)

    If you already have AmiQuote 4.06 but it fails to download from say Yahoo, it may be because:

    • You are trying Yahoo CURRENT or Yahoo Fundamental BASIC - Yahoo TERMINATED this service as of November 1. You need to use alternatives: Yahoo HISTORICAL, Yahoo Fundamental EXTRA or Stooq or Tiingo or QuoteDL.com

    • you are using Google data source - Google TERMINATED their service without warning

    • Yahoo (or other web site) started to block your computer/IP because you downloaded too much/too quickly. Web sites implement all kind of abuse protections and will block your IP if you exceed the reasonable limits.

    • You are using outdated operating system not supported by Microsoft (Windows XP or older) - Yahoo now uses newer version of SSL protocol not supported by Windows XP and older.

  2. Why it isn't free anymore?

    AmiQuote was never free. It was always paid program. You were supposed to buy the license if you used it beyond trial.

    Yahoo downloads used to be unlimited in demo but now subject to 10 symbol limit. This is to remind customers that the software is not free. With Yahoo changing their site as often as they do, constant maintenance and upgrades require lots of developer's work and time. And these are not free.

  3. Is AmiQuote license included in AmiBroker Standard / AmiBroker Professional?

    No, AmiQuote license is separate from AmiBroker license. Only if you buy AmiBroker Ultimate Pack you get all three licenses (AmiBroker, AmiQuote and AFL Code Wizard). Trial/demo AmiQuote and AFL code wizard are installed together with AmiBroker installation, but it does not mean that all the licenses are included (unless you buy Ultimate Pack).

  4. Do I have to buy the license to get quotes?

    No, you don't. You can download quotes manually for free. The quotes are available on public sites (Yahoo Finance, Google Finance, Finam, Stooq, Tiingo.com, etc) and can be downloaded with Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox and whatever browser you use.

    Also you don't need AmiQuote if you are using other data vendors such as Premium Data, TC2000, IQFeed, eSignal, etc.

    But if you want to download data for more than 10 symbols, enjoying automation and speed provided by AmiQuote that saves countless hours that you would otherwise spend downloading manually from public web sites then you need to purchase the license

  5. I can not install it. I get an "Could not extract the current file. Access denied"

    You are getting this message because some of the files that setup program needs to write are locked by running process.

    You have to close AmiBroker and close AmiQuote, before you run setup program.

    If this does not work, there may be hidden instance running or some other process locking access (antivirus). In such case you need to restart Windows and/or disable antivirus.

  6. There is no data

    Most likely the data are missing on the web site you are accessing or the From-To range that you specified in AmiQuote is incorrect.

    Yahoo or other source that you are accessing may not have the data for that particular symbol (yet). Keep in mind that Yahoo updates its "Historical" source with the delay of many hours.

    AmiQuote is just a web browser, like Firefox, Internet Explorer or Opera, all it does is downloading what is available on Yahoo (or other site). If something is NOT available on Yahoo than no program is able to download something that does not exist.

  7. Data are wrong

    As written above AmiQuote is just a browser that downloads what is available on the web site.

    If you are not getting some data or data are wrong you need to do the following:

  • double click on particular symbol line in AmiQuote after download - it will open downloaded quotes in Notepad and you will see what quotes are really downloaded

  • If there are any missing/invalid you may verify that the same is missing/invalid directly on Yahoo site: CBOE Volatility Index (^VIX) Historical Data - Yahoo Finance (click on "Download data" link on the page)

  1. Past historical data show all strange red candles

    Yahoo over time changed the format a couple of times. All red candles appear when downloaded close price is lower than day's low. This is may happen if close column is incorrect or when Yahoo changes order of column in downloaded data. In order to get past quotes you need to make sure you keep format up-to-date to be in sync with Yahoo changes. For the most recent change just install AmiQuote 3.27 (or higher) AmiBroker - Technical Analysis Software. Charting, Portfolio Backtesting, Scanning of stocks, futures, mutual funds, forex (currencies). Alerts. Free quotes..

    To fix existing data you need to change the "FROM" date in AmiQuote to earliest date you are interested in and re-download data for all symbols that are wrong.

  2. Data are not imported into AmiBroker

    If you found that data exist and are downloaded but they are simply not transfered to AmiBroker, it may mean that Automatic Import did not work. It may be because you have unchecked "Automatic import" box in AmiQuote. Make sure it is checked and repeat download

  3. Even if Auto-import is checked the import does not work

    Please verify the following:

  • AmiQuote must have the same bitness as AmiBroker (i.e. 32-bit AmiQuote for 32-bit AmiBroker and 64- bit AQ for 64-bit AB)

  • AmiBroker must be running while AmiQuote is importing

  • both AmiBroker and AmiQuote must be run by same user with same privileges. If you run one "as admin" but the other as normal user - it will not work. Check program icons, they should NOT have "Run as administrator" selected.

  1. I am getting "connection timed out" or other connectivity error or status bar shows that AmiQuote needs to be able to connect

    For example if AmiQuote's status bar looks like this:

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    This message means that AmiQuote can not access the internet, most likely because either firewall or antivirus that you are running blocked it. Some antiviruses are pretty bad when comes to interfering with normal operation of Windows and we advise to use Microsoft Defender and/or Security Essentials. You need to complain to your antivirus vendor and tell them they have false positive. We won't do that for you. There are dozens of bad AV vendors and their errors are theirs not ours.

  2. I am getting "local file can't be opened" error

    This error means that AmiQuote is not able to write downloaded data to destination directory on your local hard disk. It may be because:

  • Destination directory is incorrect or does not exist (see Tools->Settings to verify destination folder - it must point to existing folder)

  • Destination directory is NOT writable (it can be marked as 'readonly' or you may not have run proper installation or you may have installed wrong version (both AmiBroker and AmiQuote must have same 'bitness') and/or access to directory is restricted)

  1. What currency pairs are supported by Finam/Forex?

    AmiQuote 3.25 supports 87 pairs by Finam source:

    AUDCAD, AUDCHF, AUDDKK, AUDJPY, AUDNOK, AUDNZD, AUDSEK, AUDSGD, AUDUSD, CADCHF, CADJPY, CADUSD, CHFDKK, CHFJPY, CHFSGD, CHFUSD, DKKUSD, EURAUD, EURBYR, EURCAD, EURCHF, EURCNY, EURGBP, EURHKD, EURHUF, EURJPY, EURKZT, EURLVL, EURMDL, EURNOK, EURNZD, EURRUB, EURSEK, EURSGD, EURTJS, EURUAH, EURUSD, EURUZS, GBPAUD, GBPCAD, GBPCHF, GBPJPY, GBPNOK, GBPSEK, GBPSGD, GBPUSD, HKDUSD, HUFUSD, JPYUSD, MXNUSD, NOKUSD, NZDCAD, NZDJPY, NZDSGD, NZDUSD, PLNUSD, RUBEUR, RUBLVL, RUBUSD, SEKUSD, SGDJPY, SGDUSD, USDBYR, USDCAD, USDCHF, USDCNY, USDDEM, USDDKK, USDHKD, USDHUF, USDIDR, USDINR, USDJPY, USDKZT, USDLVL, USDMDL, USDMXN, USDNOK, USDPLN, USDRUB, USDSEK, USDSGD, USDTJS, USDUAH, USDUZS, USDZAR, ZARUSD

  2. Is Yahoo data adjusted for splits and dividends?

    Yahoo supplies OHLC data adjusted for splits and "adj. close" that is adjusted for splits and dividends. By default AmiQuote 3.25 imports split-adjusted data, but you can choose to get split-and-dividend adjustment data as described in the Knowledge Base: AmiBroker Knowledge Base » AmiQuote and free data from Yahoo

  3. I got "invalid cookie" error message

    First check if you are running the most recent AmiQuote (AmiBroker - Technical Analysis Software. Charting, Portfolio Backtesting, Scanning of stocks, futures, mutual funds, forex (currencies). Alerts. Free quotes.). Any old version MUST be upgraded.

    Secondly the error may occur if you exceeded Yahoo hourly download limit which is 2000 symbols per hour. If that happens you have to wait one hour and avoid downloading more than 2000 symbols per hour. The easiest method to do so, is to slow down downloads by setting "Initial delay between requests (ms)" to 2000 and "number of simultaneous downloads" to 1. This will implement 1800 symbols per hour rate

    The last reason (unlikely) may be that have invalid cookies in your Internet Explorer browser cache. You need to open INTERNET EXPLORER (NOT any other browser) and go to Settings and use Browsing History: Delete. This is important to use Internet Explorer to clear cookies (even if you use other browsers) as Windows OS and all 3rd party apps (including AmiQuote) use Internet Explorer cookie cache.

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    For detailed instructions see: How to delete cookies

  4. If download fails for particular symbols, you can easily RETRY failed ones, by using Edit->Select failed menu and pressing green arrow on the toolbar (Download) again.

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#6
#10

Always check the YAHOO WEB SITE, "Download data" link as shown in this post: Yahoo data errors for ASX symbols

If you clicked on that "Download data" link presented there you will find out that exactly same error is displayed in ANY web browser that you used. It was an error on YAHOO WEB SITE, not in AmiQuote.

But apparently Yahoo fixed their site now.

#11

Yahoo Finance again changed their service. Now they implemented 2000 symbols per hour maximum download limit.

So if you are getting now ‘invalid cookie’ error it may mean that you exceeded Yahoo hourly download limit which is 2000 symbols per hour. If that happens you have to wait one hour and avoid downloading more than 2000 symbols per hour.

#12

The easiest method to slow down downloads to "safe" rate of 1800 symbols per second is to go to AmiQuote Settings (Tools->Settings) and set:

  • Initial delay between requests (ms) to 2000
  • Number of simultaneous downloads to 1

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#18

Hello,

I tried to download ^DJI with Amiquote 3.25 on Stooq source but I get the message “No Data for this symbol”.
Can anyone suggest a data source for US indexes (using Amiquote supported sources)?

Regards
Richard

#19

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#20

Hello Tomasz,

It is very strange. I tried multiple times with or without translation table. In general Amiquote works fine for all sources.
I have done a few more tests and I can get $DJI from Quandl.com
I can get any other symbol from Stooq (like C.US or ^SPX) - just not the ^DJI, ^DJT or ^DJU
Will date format matter or any of my Win10 settings? I will try on my laptop and see if works there.

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Thank you for your assistance.

Kind Regards
Richard

#21

Hello Tomasz,

I just tried the same symbol ^DJI on my Win10 Laptop and it worked fine.
My desktop PC still refuses to work.

Kind Regards
Richard

#22

No it is not strange.

No surprise it does not work when you have incorrect entries in translation table.

As things stand now you are translating ^DJI( correct symbol for Stooq ) into $DJI (incorrect!!!)

Remove ALL items from Translation table for Stooq - they are incorrect.

#23

Hello Tomasz,

Thank you for your answer. It was my (user) error. I had my translation table in reverse.
It was my misinterpretation of what source and what destination is.
With my database symbol $DJI translated to ^DJI (Stooq symbol) it all works fine.

Kind Regards
Richard

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#24

Richard it is very nice of you and very decent that you said that. Thank you.

#32 
other souce beside Yahoo for Indonesian stock such as: ^JKSE , etc

Hi

Could anyone help me where I can get other source for download historical and daily ticker fo ^JKSE and other indonesian Stocks beside Yahoo is now terminated?

many thanks

#36

@2Ken,

AmiQuote works very well!

But maybe you did not set properly the list of symbols to import.

I just created a new empty database, scraped a list of 538 tickers/symbols from the official Jakarta exchange site, put them in a .tls file, launched Amiquote, loaded that list and using Yahoo historical I filled my database from January 2010 until now in few minutes (EOD).

immagine

534 tickers imported / 4 failed (this means that for these few tickers Yahoo does not provide the historical series).

The list should be like this:

AALI.JK	
ABBA.JK	
ABDA.JK	
ABMM.JK	
ACES.JK	
ACST.JK	
ADES.JK	
....... etc. ......
WTON.JK
YPAS.JK
YULE.JK
ZBRA.JK
ZINC.JK

For many symbols, the imported data seems questionable, but I do not know anything about the Indonesian market to be sure about that.
In any case, the most commonly traded symbols charts seem OK to me.

immagine

Maybe you should review the documentation and try again!

P.S. While AmiQuote is running, AmiBroker too (with the selected database) should be open for the Automatic Import to work.

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#37

Thank you very much Giuseppe for posting such detailed usage example.

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#39

Yahoo seems to use US time zone and that is why early in the day (in Australia) you are getting previous day date (in US it is still “previous day”).

The most decent (curated) source of ASX data is Premium Data. It is is paid source but many customers choose that for convenience and hassle-free operation.

#40

Thanks Tomasz,

You have explained the early morning issue but do you have any idea about the real historic data? This “day early” dating for aged data cannot be simply time zone issues.

regards

Terry

#41

It is timezone issue because for two weeks in a year USA and Australia have mismatch of daylight saving: Yahoo data errors for ASX symbols

#44

Hi,

I was about to purchase AmiQuotes for NIFTY intraday data but read below in disclaimer. If that is true then what will happen if tomorrow free quotes websites stop giving feeds? AmiQuotes will not be usable and paid amount will not be refunded. Also, quotes are not real time, there is 15 mins delay.

Please help me to understand or am I missing any information?

Free data are usually 15-minute delayed.

If at any time in the future Yahoo Finance, Google Finance, Lycos/Quote.com, MSN Money Central or any other quote source used by AmiQuote stops to provide the data, AmiBroker.com will not be liable for the any loss caused by inability to obtain quotes via AmiQuote.

#45

Your post has been moved to appropriate topic (this FAQ). If you read this FAQ from the TOP, you will learn that AmiQuote is just a WEB BROWSER. The same as Internet Explorer and Firefox or Chrome. Neither IE / Firefox or Chrome controls the internet and/or web sites that you visit, and if say your beloved "Facebook" stops to operate tomorrow, Firefox or Chrome won't be able to do anything about it and all your "internet social life" is gone. The same way with ANY other browser, including AmiQuote. It does not magically "create" the data out of thin air. The web sites need to operate for the browser to be able to access them.
If you don't like it - don't buy it. You can always buy other paid data service for $99 per month instead of lifetime or download everything manually yourself (still if Google/Yahoo stops to operate you won't be able to download anything).

Buying AmiQuote you do NOT pay for the data. The data are freely available from public web sites. You are paying for convenience and automation so you daily spend minutes instead of hours to download your data automatically instead of sitting in front of your computer clicking manually hundreds of links.

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