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Re: [amibroker] Intraday Backtesting - Where to get data?



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The cheapest backfill is to accumulate it yourself one day at a time
with program like Quotetracker
I believe data suppliers like Esignal have backfill for up to 6 months.


On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 22:48:17 -0000, Christoper <turkey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 
> For all you intraday traders out there:
> - How do you obtain your data for backtesting?
> 
> I'm currently an EOD equity trader.  Would like to explore intraday
> trading.  Where can I get some backfill data on the cheap, to look
> into the feasibility of going intraday.
> 
> Do intraday traders just accumulate data each day from real-time
> feeds and keep it?
> 
> Looking at some of AB's data parter sites - it was pretty difficult
> to discern what backfill was offered.
> 
> And perhaps a more philosophical question - if an EOD system works,
> with minor tweaks, would the system typically work within an intraday
> timeframe?
> 
> Thanks,
> - chris
> 
> 
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> 
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Cheers
Graham
http://e-wire.net.au/~eb_kavan/


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