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Steve,
Thanks for your very detailed feedback.
>>Bottom line, IMO - QP is a better value for what you get, and runs,
on avg, probably about 30 - 40% faster in AB. On balance, I would go
with QP unless, like me, you are able to maximize the value of TC2K
by feeding it into 2 or 3 programs. Hope this helps!<<
It is nice to know that QP2 is faster with AmiBroker than TC2000.
You are right. All I care for is data, not the programming languages
these data vendors provide.
Regards,
- Salil V Gangal
--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Steve Dugas" <sjdugas@xxxx> wrote:
> Hi Salil,
>
> I believe that TJ has an agreement with QP - they include
unregistered
> version of AB on the CD's they distribute.
>
> As for comparson, I have used both, and would prefer QP except for
the fact
> that I own a couple of other TA programs which will also read TC2K
data but
> not QP.
>
> For $30/month, TC2K will give you EOD stock data plus a few indices
and
> market indicators (TCNet is their RT product and costs a lot more,
I think
> around $70/mo). You also get a couple of Worden proprietary
indicators which
> AB's TC2K plugin can read directly. Their programming language is
VERY
> minimal, almost useless compared to AB, but I assume you will
probably just
> use it for the data and do your analysis in AB. Dialy update of
data is very
> fast, probably about 15-20 seconds if you dont bother to update your
> indicators, scans, etc.in TC2K itself.
>
> The new QP3 is $32/mo. You *might* still be able to get the old QP2
for
> $25/mo, you would have to contact them and ask. The basic
difference is that
> QP3 includes Stock Picker Pro while QP2 includes HGS Warehouse.
Both are
> prospecting tools. QP says that SPP is better, I have never tried
it so I
> cant say, but I was happy with HGSW for the little bit that I used
it.
> Otherwise, with both versions, you get EOD stock data, fund data,
and more
> indices. You also get a fair amount of fundamantal data, most of
which is
> only updated weekly, and has no history but I know that people do
save this
> data and accumulate a history over time - maybe someone can
backfill it for
> you. Downside - you also get about 3 or 4 thousand outdated tickers
to round
> out your database, which is a little annoying but not really a
problem - my
> filters include a line that filters out the non-current tickers. QP
takes a
> little longer to do the daily download (a couple of minutes), but
in the
> long run you will save time because AB runs noticably faster with
QP data
> than with TC2K data - I think the reason is that QP has written a
faster API
> (C++ vs. Visual Basic). AB's QP plugin can read a lot of the
fundamentals
> directly - see the GetExtraData function in the AB help files for
details.
> Qp's native programming lanuage is much more thorough than TC2K's,
but you
> will probably find yourself mostly using AB/AFL anyway.
>
> Re quality, I havent really tried to compare them. I would say that
both are
> pretty good in general. I havent noticed many errors on a daily
basis, but
> if you run AB's database purify tool over either database you will
come up
> with a pretty long list of errors.
>
> Bottom line, IMO - QP is a better value for what you get, and runs,
on avg,
> probably about 30 - 40% faster in AB. On balance, I would go with
QP unless,
> like me, you are able to maximize the value of TC2K by feeding it
into 2 or
> 3 programs. Hope this helps!
>
> Steve
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Salil V Gangal" <salil_gangal@xxxx>
> To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 6:46 PM
> Subject: [amibroker] AmiBroker - Data Source QP2 vs TC2000
>
>
> > Friends,
> >
> > AmiBroker recommends QP2
> > (http://www.amibroker.com/guide/h_quotes.html) for the data
source,
> > but not TC2000. I've found that the price of data at QP2 is more
and
> > TC2000 is less.
> >
> > Want to find out, what it is about the QP2 that makes
> > it 'recommended' for AmiBroker usage ?
> >
> > Any feedback about the data quality of either QP2 / TC2000 and
their
> > compatilbility/usage with AmiBroker ?
> >
> > For those who have used both of these with AmiBroker, any
comments /
> > inputs / feedback ?
> >
> > Regards,
> > - Salil V Gangal
> >
> >
> >
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