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Hi Joe,
Sorry, I dont know the answer to that - I have
never traded a fund yet, so I havent paid much attention to that data. Perhaps
someone else could answer.
Steve
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Joe
Landry
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Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 10:42
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Subject: Re: [amibroker] AmiBroker - Data
Source QP2 vs TC2000
Hi Steve:
Excellent analysis and very well written
note. This will tip me over the side to go for a trial. I
would suppose that have
to create a separate data base for the QP3, and
have you found the mutual fund data to
be "solid"? Thanks.
IMHO
This is almost not appropriate for the forum but
here goes - I noticed in the last few months in Houston, quite
an increase in
tempo of the TC2000 marketing <FONT
face=Arial size=2>including a series of regional organizational meetings
suponsed by Worden Bros(TC2000) based
on their huge
mailing list and large customer
base.
I was also wondering where
the competitive pressure was coming from, thinking that AB was too small
to
make an impact on their data business. But if QP
is supplying AB on the CD, then I think that may be it. To
get competitive in graphics, fundamental data,
and programming language the TC2000 product it would need a complete
rewrite
including a reorganization of the data;
number of fields, how compressed and stored, delivery, access,
basically turning over
years worth of investment in their current
approach.
I would bet they're using the forums, messaging,
and real time data to try to differentiate themselves, of course at a
price. The local regional
organizations are aimed at generating and keeping
a loyal customer base.
JOE L.
market indicators (TCNet is their RT product and costs a lot more, I
thinkaround $70/mo). You also get a couple of Worden proprietary
indicators whichAB's TC2K plugin can read directly. Their programming
language is VERYminimal, almost useless compared to AB, but I assume you
will probably justuse it for the data and do your analysis in AB. Dialy
update of data is veryfast, probably about 15-20 seconds if you dont
bother to update yourindicators, 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 thatQP3
includes Stock Picker Pro while QP2 includes HGS Warehouse. Both
areprospecting tools. QP says that SPP is better, I have never tried it so
Illcant 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
moreindices. You also get a fair amount of fundamantal data, most of which
isonly updated weekly, and has no history but I know that people do save
thisdata and accumulate a history over time - maybe someone can backfill
it foryou. Downside - you also get about 3 or 4 thousand outdated tickers
to roundout your database, which is a little annoying but not really a
problem - myfilters include a line that filters out the non-current
tickers. QP takes alittle longer to do the daily download (a couple of
minutes), but in thelong run you will save time because AB runs noticably
faster with QP datathan 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 fundamentalsdirectly - see the GetExtraData function in the AB help
files for details.Qp's native programming lanuage is much more thorough
than TC2K's, but youwill probably find yourself mostly using AB/AFL
anyway.Re quality, I havent really tried to compare them. I would say
that both arepretty good in general. I havent noticed many errors on a
daily basis, butif you run AB's database purify tool over either database
you will come upwith 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 or3 programs.
Hope this helps!Steve----- Original Message ----- From:
"Salil V Gangal" <salil_gangal@xxxxxxxxx>To:
<amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 6:46
PMSubject: [amibroker] AmiBroker - Data Source QP2 vs
TC2000> Friends,>> AmiBroker recommends
QP2> (<A
href="">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>>>>> Send BUG REPORTS to
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