One correction...here is correct url to get data...first post was typo and incorrect<br><br>http://query.yahooapis.com/v1/public/yql?q=select%20*%20from%20yahoo.finance.quotes%20where%20symbol%20in%20(%22AAPL%22)%0A%09%09&&format=json&env=store%3A%2F%2Fdatatables.org%2Falltableswithkeys<br><div class="quote "><div class="quotetop "><br>QUOTE<cite>(ChrisD @ 6 Sep 2011 6:47 PM)</cite><blockquote class="quotemain">Hey guys,<br><br>I was hoping someone could help me. I am using the yahoo finance api to get the 50 and 200 moving average data for stocks. All seemed great at first until I compared the results returned to yahoo&#39;s own stock charts. The data was very different and it appears these values aren&#39;t accurate.<br><br>I saw a couple of threads saying the (m3) 50 dma and (m4) 200 dma algorithm from yahoo was changed to only use calendar days rather than trading days which is more accurate.<br><br>here is the url I&#39;m hitting&nbsp;http://query.yahooapis.com/v1/public/yql?q=select%20*%20from%20yahoo.finance.quotes%20where%20symbol%20in%20(%AAPL%22)%0A%09%09&&format=json&env=store%3A%2F%2Fdatatables.org%2Falltableswithkeys<br><br>Can someone tell me how to get the accurate 50 and 200 moving average data from yahoo or somewhere else? Can anyone from yahoo answer if this data is inaccurate?<br><br>thanks in advance!<br></blockquote></div></div>

Hi Chris,<br><br>I noticed just tonight that I&#39;m experiencing the exact same problem. &nbsp;Let me know if you find a solution.<br><br>A----<br><br><br><div class="quote "><div class="quotetop ">QUOTE<cite>(ChrisD @ 6 Sep 2011 6:51 PM)</cite><blockquote class="quotemain"><div class="quote "><div class="quotetop "><blockquote class="quotemain"><br>I was hoping someone could help me. I am using the yahoo finance api to get the 50 and 200 moving average data for stocks. All seemed great at first until I compared the results returned to yahoo&#39;s own stock charts. The data was very different and it appears these values aren&#39;t accurate.<br><br></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div></div>

This Google API call will return a year&#39;s worth of historical prices in CSV format -- it isn&#39;t ideal, but you can calculate your own (correct) 50 and 200 day averages from the resulting data:<br><br>http://www.google.com/finance/historical?q=NASDAQ:GOOG&output=csv<br><br>Allan<br><br><br><div class="quote "><div class="quotetop ">QUOTE<cite>( @ 8 Sep 2011 8:01 PM)</cite><blockquote class="quotemain">Hi Chris,<br><br>I noticed just tonight that I&#39;m experiencing the exact same problem. &nbsp;Let me know if you find a solution.<br><br>A----<br><br><br><div class="quote "><div class="quotetop ">QUOTE<cite>(ChrisD @ 6 Sep 2011 6:51 PM)</cite><blockquote class="quotemain"><div class="quote "><div class="quotetop "><blockquote class="quotemain"><br>I was hoping someone could help me. I am using the yahoo finance api to get the 50 and 200 moving average data for stocks. All seemed great at first until I compared the results returned to yahoo&#39;s own stock charts. The data was very different and it appears these values aren&#39;t accurate.<br><br></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div></div>