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Dick,
I had signed up for the expensive service as well. But later dropped it since I
found you can do everything they do in Excel. But better. That is the $75/mo
package.
As far as the updates being slow. That may not be 100% true. As explained to me
by PCQuote developement. What happens is that the packets are all sent out.
Because our computers are too slow. Get a load of that computers & modems too
slow. The packets get lost.
Thus writting a little macro to update your links automatically resolves that
problem.
If you need some help or want to share idea Dick. Just howler.
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From: Dick Jurgens
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 10:57:44 -1000
To: metastock-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Best intraday trading software?
The only problems I've found are (1) the excel updates seem slower than
opening the same thing in the program, and (2) it doesn't seem to work
in the Office 97 version of Excel. (You can also transfer data from the
application windows via the Win95 system-wide ability to right-click on
the top/left tab of a window and scroll down to "copy", then "paste" in
the excel spreadsheet directly)
Another caveat.....PC Quote is fairly expensive, considering a lot of
quote services now popping up on the internet, that'll give you
everything except Nasdaq Level 2 for about $50/mo. + exchange fees.
David wrote:
>
> Thanks for the reply; Actually I've thought about Using Excel.
>
> Could someone explain how to Link Excel to real-time data providers
> like PCQuote or Quote.com?
>
> Dave
>
> >
> > Hi David,
> > Equis already has a version of Metastock for Real-Time ( intraday ).
> > However, since I understand it was not developed to work with
> > Windows 95 or Windows NT 4 ( I haven't seen ads about MS Real-
> > Time lately ), I'd suggest you to wait for the new
> > version ( ask Equis when this is going to happen, if ever ) or do
> > some research with the competition like Tradestation, etc.
> > Another thing you can do to start with (if you have access to
> > real-time quotes) is work with a spreadsheet program like Excel
> > and chart your data, adding some simple techniques like
> > trend lines, moving averages, etc.
> > Good luck!.
> >
>
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Harley Meyer
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