To import a symbol file into Market Scanner, open up the symbol file, select only symbols (no descriptive text or anything else for each symbol), copy, place mouse cursor into an empty scanner symbol cell, right click for menu and press paste. Now, the symbol file must be in the proper format: text,...

http://www.eoddata.com/ provides only symbols, no descriptions. However, http://www.nasdaq.com/screening/company-list.aspx provides csv lists for amex, nasdaq, and nyse with both symbols and descriptions. But, the number of symbols are different between the two sites: eoddata.com: 1640-amex, 3122-ny...

www.eoddata.com provides free symbol files for all exchanges. Use the CSV format and files require no editing. Then in MC, select the comma delineator and none for the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th fields to import. The next dialog box allows selecting the output fields. For the Market Scanner, I want to scan o...