RE: UK Stocks and ETFs - Watchlist and Discussion
(2020-12-15, 09:08 PM)pcabc Wrote:(2020-12-15, 06:45 PM)XTR Wrote:(2020-12-15, 01:33 AM)pcabc Wrote: Be warned, I've probably spent 100's of hours doing it. But then it is interesting to me. From the time spent I would probably have made more money getting a paper round...I take your point about getting into chart development and while it would be interesting I really don't have the time.
I use eodhistoricaldata.com for end of day data. But I calculate the breadth myself. The challenge will be seeing if you can find a data source for the UK breadth data, even better if it is in a charting package. Realistically if you are not into coding don't even think about going down the route I went down.
Thanks for the data link, have you tried http://www.eoddata.com/products/historicaldata.aspx? May I ask what charting software you're using?
Ian
I've not tried it. I was using Yahoo and then Google data until they stopped providing it, then I switched to eodhistoricaldata.com.
The software I am using is a database with a web front end I have written in PHP. The charts are produced in SVG. Really I've done this way out of interest. It started as a simple database to track what positions I had open. Then I tracked the price, then once I had price simple charts made sense. Really it is a monster that has grown out of something simple. Probably not the best coded thing but it does some useful stuff for me.
I wish I had your coding skills pcabc so I could do something similar but I don't have any knowledge of PHP and would need something easier to learn. It may take up a lot of your time but the ability to create exactly what you want must be very rewarding. I'd rather have the half a dozen or so indicators that I really need than snazzy graphics or a slick UI.