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Hello,
First : the choice of data sources is VERY WIDE already:
http://www.amibroker.com/guide/h_quotes.html
As for Stockwatch and other sources:
you can use QuoteTracker plugin to access ALL sources
that QT allows:
http://www.amibroker.com/qtracker.html
You don't need to like QT to use it as a data source,
just run it and forget that you are running it.
As for why not make hundreds of plugins:
You need to understand that QT business model is based
on advertising. It works for them because they have stricly on-line product.
They are interested in maximum advertising revenue stream
that why they are interested in getting potentially largest
number of web sites to co-operate.
AmiBroker is able to work OFF-line and LOTS of people using it
off-line and we rely solely on registrations.
We are interested in co-operating not with largest number of sites
but only with the MOST RELIABLE and offering most features (specifically backfill).
AmiBroker working with source that has no backfill has very little merrit.
To make a plugin it requires at least ONE MONTH of developer work
and undefined amount of time to maintain it when data source changes.
Now even considering very low developer fee $30/hour you get
about $6000 cost just to develop plugin.
Now note that most of plugins (excluding QCharts plugin) are offered
for FREE to AmiBroker users. THis means that there must be hundreds
of people interested in using it to make such option viable.
Even assuming that you will sell particular plugin (as QCharts for $20)
to cover development costs you need to sell 300 copies.
There are also other reasons including the fact that
lots of data sources that QT uses do not have official API for 3rd party apps,
and QT made connections to them by reverse-engineering their applets and/or apps.
M. Medved spoke about this on their boards.
http://boards.quotetracker.com/board/printthread.php?Cat=0&Board=Support&main=44976&type=thread
We really do not have time to spend time on reverse-engineering other software.
Best regards,
Tomasz Janeczko
amibroker.com
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From: "murthysuresh" <money@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2006 2:10 AM
Subject: [amibroker] very little choice in terms of data sources.
> Today, we have very little choice in terms of data sources. There are
> may excellant data sources available in the market whcih Quotetracker
> uses. Why dont amibroker increase its plugins for data sources. i trade
> mostly on canadian stocks. so the choice for me (Unless i connect
> amibroker thro qt. which i dont want to, as i like amibroker and not
> qt) is very limited.
> For eg, stockwatch is an excellant source and much much cheaper than
> esignal.
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