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Date: Sun, 19 Oct 1997 20:41:25 -0500
From: Robert Doeden <bdoeden@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: 15 & 60 min charts
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Too much work for me.
For about $40 a month I get 2 minute ticks on all stocks and commodities I select
from DTN and with Livewire I can chart either weekly, daily, hourly or tick by
tick and analize the charts real time with most of the common indicators. I can
also throw off the data to MS (versions before 6.0) for further analysis. In
addition I get my end of the day data. Also Livewire keeps track of my
portfolios and charts the value of them either hourly, weekly or daily. All this
for not much more than most pay for their daily data. This system keeps
collecting my data when I go on vacation.
Costs about $1000 to setup this system and you need a separate computer just for
it (I use a 486-66 worth about $500 or so). You can try both DTN and Livewire
before buying. Costs about $60 for Livewire to try and about $30 for DTN
(shipping to return the system).
BTW, I get nothing from either LW or DTN for these comments.
Bob Doeden
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Efrain R Portales wrote:
> > > Do you or does anyone else know of an analysis program or source to setup
>
> > >15 & 60 min intraday charts?
>
> If you have a source for intraday data, and have a spreadsheet like Excel,
> you can
> create your own tick charts; that's what I do.
> Create a template ( that is, a sheet with whatever you want to have displayed
> ),
> then every day ( if you're a day trade ) just save that sheet / template as
> 'save as' and give it the name you want. This way you don't have to be
> recreating everything. For example, in my case, for five-min charts for
> Feeder
> Cattle, my first column if for the time periods, i.e., '9.05, 9:10, 9:15 and
> so on.
> the second column is for 'Price', I delete the data from the day before and
> start typing today's prices; for the third column, you can create a formula
> for
> a mov. avge. or whatever.
> I repeat those columns to the right for 10-min and 20 min charts.
> You're going to spend some time for creating your template, but once to have
> it, it's really simple to follow your market. Also, in the same workbook, I
> create
> my charts ( in a different sheet ), so, every time you're entering new
> prices, your
> charts are being updated automatically.
> If you're a futures trader, Excel 8 now lets you include the open price in
> your
> charts.
> Now, if you can afford it, just go ahead a get one of those programs from the
>
> competition, like tradestation, etc. But, why spend hundreds of dollars?.
> (I'm happy with Excel.)
> Hope this shed some light.
> Regards,
>
> Efraín R Portales
> Fort Worth
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