Web Research

One of the features I have loved about AmiBroker for years now is their Web Research page. AmiBroker was one of the first Technical Analysis software packages that offered such a feature.

It is an integrated web page that will pass the symbol to the web site you are visiting such that it will bring up the related information.

For example, here is a screen shot of the Yahoo Summary page for BIDU

It is a web page that is opened up from within AmiBroker. As you click on symbols from the list on the left, it will make a new request at Yahoo to bring up that symbol specific page.

To open up a new Web Research page you can choose the option from the main menu or click on the Internet Explorer icon on the toolbar (see red circle).

You can have any number of Web Research windows open.

To set up a list of web pages available to AmiBroker you have to go to the customize window.

From the main menu bar, click on Tools, then Customize, then click on the Web Pages tab in the window to arrive at the screen shot above.

This is the place where you will add or remove web page links.

As you visit various web pages you will see a specific URL address. For example the web address for the Yahoo Summary page while viewing BIDU is:
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=BIDU
s= stands for "use the symbol" of. In this case it is BIDU.

AmiBroker will take the current "Ticker Symbol" and append it to this URL address prior to sending the request to the web site. It does so by using a variable notation of {t}
That is why you see http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s={t} in the field URL above.
Then the description of Yahoo - Summary page below that.

Some of my favorite sites are:
Finviz
http://www.finviz.com/quote.ashx?t={t}
BIDU

Chartly
http://chart.ly/symbols/{t}
BIDU

Stocktwits
http://stocktwits.com/symbol/{t}
BIDU

TickerSpy
http://www.tickerspy.com/stock_quote/{t}
BIDU

Morningstar
http://quote.morningstar.com/stock/s.aspx?t={t}
BIDU

Wall Street Journal - Online
http://quotes.wsj.com/{t}
BIDU

Web Research pages are a fast way to get to specific web sites and the information you need.

Trade well,
Monk