Downloading historical quotes for FREE - Trading-Lab

MarkB · #1 08-13-2007, 04:26 PM

hello,

can anyone suggest a quick and FREE way to download historical price data (mostly stocks) going back several years, even decades? Thanks

ManhattanTrader · #2 08-15-2007, 01:36 PM

I believe you can download historical data for stocks from Yahoo Finance. Data quality might not be excellent for backtesting purposes as it's usually not cleaned out(bad prints, etc).

BlueChips · #3 08-15-2007, 08:33 PM

if you want FREE data, Yahoo is your best bet. You can download it as a spreadsheet or you can use most widely available programs to automate your downloads and import the data into your favorite backtesting software.

Iacotel · #4 08-16-2007, 02:46 PM

try Quotemonster http://xmlworks.com/quotemonster/ It lets you automatically download the data and use it in your software.

FabMav · #5 10-02-2007, 01:56 PM

go with Yahoo. Get yourself one of those widely used "downloaders" or write one yourself if you have basic programming skills and you should be on your way to collecting all the data you need.

Leth · #6 10-07-2007, 03:11 PM

yahoo updates thier information on all equities after 8pm EST. google is supposed to come out with the same thing soon; whether its better or worse i don't know...

MarkB · #7 10-18-2007, 01:04 PM

thanks for the heads up. I picked hquotes www.hquotes.com which lets you download data directly from Quote.com and Yahoo data servers. Pretty cool

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#1 08-13-2007, 04:26 PM
MarkB Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 36	Downloading historical quotes for FREE hello, can anyone suggest a quick and FREE way to download historical price data (mostly stocks) going back several years, even decades? Thanks

#2 08-15-2007, 01:36 PM
ManhattanTrader Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 45	I believe you can download historical data for stocks from Yahoo Finance. Data quality might not be excellent for backtesting purposes as it's usually not cleaned out(bad prints, etc).

#3 08-15-2007, 08:33 PM
BlueChips Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 49	if you want FREE data, Yahoo is your best bet. You can download it as a spreadsheet or you can use most widely available programs to automate your downloads and import the data into your favorite backtesting software.

#4 08-16-2007, 02:46 PM
Iacotel Italian Trader Join Date: May 2007 Location: Roma Posts: 43	try Quotemonster http://xmlworks.com/quotemonster/ It lets you automatically download the data and use it in your software.

#5 10-02-2007, 01:56 PM
FabMav Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 33	go with Yahoo. Get yourself one of those widely used "downloaders" or write one yourself if you have basic programming skills and you should be on your way to collecting all the data you need.

#6 10-07-2007, 03:11 PM
Leth Super Moderator Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 621	yahoo updates thier information on all equities after 8pm EST. google is supposed to come out with the same thing soon; whether its better or worse i don't know...

#7 10-18-2007, 01:04 PM
MarkB Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 36	thanks for the heads up. I picked hquotes www.hquotes.com which lets you download data directly from Quote.com and Yahoo data servers. Pretty cool