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Hi Hal,
Just for the info, I downloaded all data for ^NDX group
for Nov 16, setting Amiquote to *current* mode.
Dimitris Tsokakis
--- In amibroker@xxxx, Hal Brehe <infoads@xxxx> wrote:
> Hi Tomasz,
>
> It is becoming clearer and clearer that Yahoo Finance may NOT want
to
> continue distributing its data. I say this because I have
downloaded
> samples periodically both Yesterday and Today. None of the samples
> contained ANY data for Nov. 16th.
>
> This brings up other possible sources for data which are most
compatible
> with AmiQuote. Would you state the current position of the data
> distribution - as you know it?
>
> In what little investigation I have done in the past 4 days or so,
the best
> possibility might be that Quote.com seems to be a possible data
source. As
> mentioned on the HQuote.com site, Quote.com - now a part of
E*Trade
> brokerage, will supply data both EOD and RT, if you sign up with
HQuote as
> a distribution point & Quote.com as the supplier, for their RT Live
Charts
> service. This is $9.95 plus $1/month for each of the markets you
are
> interested in so this is $10.95 for NYSE, $11.95 for Nasdaq & NYSE,
etc.,
> etc.. This seems to be the service that I would like, but I don't
want to
> get the downloads through HQuote.com because Dr. Nates' last
message told
> of his difficulty with the speed of the HQuote.coms' server.
>
> Yesterday when I was at the Quote.com site researching the above
> information, I sent them an e-mail query which requested
information on the
> code necessary to download from their site. I have NOT received an
answer
> as yet, as the weekends are a poor time to expect any site to be
active. So
> Monday, if I receive an answer I will immediately forward it to
you, hoping
> that it might help your US market followers cure the present Yahoo
problem.
> What I'm working towards is to get you to try to get this answer.
One of my
> MAIN problems, is that even if they provide me with information
relating to
> the means of access, I won't know what to do with it!
>
> It seems to me, that they would be tempted to provide information
to a
> person who might be worth $$'s to them through the users of your
program.
>
> I wouldn't bother you, but it does seem that this is a bit more
than Yahoo
> cleaning up their system, and you are the person with "clout" that
could
> get Quote.com to provide an answer to this problem.
>
> Thanks for Listening,
>
> Hal
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