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Downloader
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Version
1.2
The open, high, low and closing prices of nearly every
security traded on the US stock exchanges are updated
every day at Yahoo.com. This data along with each
day's volume data is made available free to the
general public 24 hours a day. Trend Engine's
Downloader Excel Add-in is a tool you can use to
retrieve this data. Downloader displays a setup form
requesting the parameters that are required to
download a stock's end of day prices. Filling in the
Company Symbol and clicking the start and final dates
on this form are all that you have to do to run
Downloader. The starting date and final date set the
boundaries for the time period that you want to
retrieve historical data from.
After setup, Downloader immediately goes to Yahoo.com
to download the historical price data that you have
requested. A normal Excel spreadsheet is then created
and given the same name as the company symbol you
chose to download. You can use this spreadsheet to
take advantage of the downloaded data using any of the
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