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Re: Alternative to Reuters for Metastock data



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The Quotes Plus version 2.0 has 6-8 years data and the virtual file system
reduces disk space and provides auto-splits and corrections. But, for now,
it is a stock/mutual fund only operation. Running $18-22 a month with
internet or 1-800 download.

Richard Estes


-----Original Message-----
From: Allan Havemose <havemose@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wednesday, July 22, 1998 9:26 AM
Subject: Re: Alternative to Reuters for Metastock data


>I've been fairly satisfied with QuotesPlus. A couple of things to notice:
>1. You have to re-export manually to MetaStock once in a while, since it
>doesn't automatically recreate the MS files after splits for instance.
>2. There is not enough historical data, only two years, to make back
>testing valid
>3. Disk pace may become an issue, since their compression isn't very
>effective.
>4. Inexpensive
>
>I eventually canceled my subscription, since I decided to only trade
>futures. Now using Pinnacle - great product and price.
>
>Allan
>
>
>--
>Allan Havemose, Ph.D.
>email:havemose@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>web : http://www.netcom.com/~havemose/allan.html
>
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