How to export data from finviz for use in excel
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A modern farmer needs to know how to use GPS to guide a tractor and a modern investor needs to know how to find and analyze data. Without this you are at a serious disadvantage. The Finviz screener is one of the best sources of up-to-date financial data out there. In fact, the vast majority of DCF Hub's database has been constructed using Finviz. However, these macros can be modified to pull data from other sources, such as Yahoo! Finance, as well.
If you've never programmed in Excel before, don't worry. All you need to do is copy the code below and paste it into your workbook, or download the sample worksheet and after that the data can be pulled with the push of a button. But I'll walk you through it so you know what's going on.
The Excel VBA code DCF Hub uses to export data involves three basic steps. First, the data that we need is located using the Finviz screener. Second, a csv file is downloaded from the website and stored in your . Third, the csv file is opened and copied into Excel.
Prerequisite Setup
Before we can download start looking at Finviz specifically, you'll need to know how to create macros in Excel. You do this in the VBA IDE. So begin by opening up Excel, creating a new workbook, and open the VBA IDE by either pressing alt+F11 ( Fn+⌥+F11 on a mac). You can also get to the IDE by clicking developer >> Visual Basic or if you have not enabled the developer tab by clicking View >> Macros >> View Macros >> Edit (try recording a macro and editing it if it is greyed out).
Here is the first bit of VBA code you will copy and paste into the IDE, go ahead and put this right at the front of the first module:
Option Explicit
Private Declare Function ShellExecute _
Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "ShellExecuteA" ( _
ByVal hWnd As Long, _
ByVal Operation As String, _
ByVal Filename As String, _
Optional ByVal Parameters As String, _
Optional ByVal Directory As String, _
Optional ByVal WindowStyle As Long = vbMinimizedFocus _
) As Long
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This snippet of code from Bruce McPherson at Desktop Liberation creates a ShellExecute object. Basically, the later codes will refer back to this when Excel must perform a task outside of Excel. You don't need to do anything with it, just have it copied into the first module so the other macros will work.
With this code in place, and the VBA IDE open, we are ready to get started.
Step 1: Use The Finviz Screener To Identify The Desired Data
The Finviz screener is really a fantastic tool with just about every imaginable piece of data on most securities.
While the screener itself is free to download data you will need to be signed up for Finviz Elite.
If you are not already a member, and you are serious about your portfolio, then I highly recommend that you do this. It would take hundreds of hours to manually compile all of this data. Your time is valuable.
Once you have your subscription, play around with the filters and
Step 2: Use The Finviz Screener To Identify The Desired Data
Public Sub OpenUrl()
Dim lSuccess As Long
lSuccess = ShellExecute(0, "Open", "http://www.finviz.com/export.ashx?v=152&f=fa_estltgrowth_pos,fa_fpe_profitable,fa_pe_profitable,fa_roa_pos&ft=2&o=sector&c=1,2,6,7,8,16,17,18,20,32,43,48,65,67")
End Sub
A modern farmer needs to know how to use GPS to guide a tractor and a modern investor needs to know how to find and analyze data. Without this you are at a serious disadvantage. The Finviz screener is one of the best sources of up-to-date financial data out there. In fact, the vast majority of DCF Hub's database has been constructed using Finviz. However, these macros can be modified to pull data from other sources, such as Yahoo! Finance, as well.
If you've never programmed in Excel before, don't worry. All you need to do is copy the code below and paste it into your workbook, or download the sample worksheet and after that the data can be pulled with the push of a button. But I'll walk you through it so you know what's going on.
The Excel VBA code DCF Hub uses to export data involves three basic steps. First, the data that we need is located using the Finviz screener. Second, a csv file is downloaded from the website and stored in your . Third, the csv file is opened and copied into Excel.
Prerequisite Setup
Before we can download start looking at Finviz specifically, you'll need to know how to create macros in Excel. You do this in the VBA IDE. So begin by opening up Excel, creating a new workbook, and open the VBA IDE by either pressing alt+F11 ( Fn+⌥+F11 on a mac). You can also get to the IDE by clicking developer >> Visual Basic or if you have not enabled the developer tab by clicking View >> Macros >> View Macros >> Edit (try recording a macro and editing it if it is greyed out).
Here is the first bit of VBA code you will copy and paste into the IDE, go ahead and put this right at the front of the first module:
Option Explicit
Private Declare Function ShellExecute _
Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "ShellExecuteA" ( _
ByVal hWnd As Long, _
ByVal Operation As String, _
ByVal Filename As String, _
Optional ByVal Parameters As String, _
Optional ByVal Directory As String, _
Optional ByVal WindowStyle As Long = vbMinimizedFocus _
) As Long
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This snippet of code from Bruce McPherson at Desktop Liberation creates a ShellExecute object. Basically, the later codes will refer back to this when Excel must perform a task outside of Excel. You don't need to do anything with it, just have it copied into the first module so the other macros will work.
With this code in place, and the VBA IDE open, we are ready to get started.
Step 1: Use The Finviz Screener To Identify The Desired Data
The Finviz screener is really a fantastic tool with just about every imaginable piece of data on most securities.
While the screener itself is free to download data you will need to be signed up for Finviz Elite.
If you are not already a member, and you are serious about your portfolio, then I highly recommend that you do this. It would take hundreds of hours to manually compile all of this data. Your time is valuable.
Once you have your subscription, play around with the filters and
Step 2: Use The Finviz Screener To Identify The Desired Data
Public Sub OpenUrl()
Dim lSuccess As Long
lSuccess = ShellExecute(0, "Open", "http://www.finviz.com/export.ashx?v=152&f=fa_estltgrowth_pos,fa_fpe_profitable,fa_pe_profitable,fa_roa_pos&ft=2&o=sector&c=1,2,6,7,8,16,17,18,20,32,43,48,65,67")
End Sub