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For futures take a look at Pinnacle Data: http://www.pinnacledata.com/
I get their CLC and IDX databases, end-of-day, at $17/mo, paid
quarterly. Both databases go back to the beginning of available data.
CLC stands for Continuous Linked Commodity contracts. Their historic
database resides on your hard-drive in very compact form. Downloading
the daily updates over the internet is a snap. Part of their software
then adds the update to the database. Another part updates the
MetaStock files which can be in forward adjusted, back adjusted or
unadjusted form. At roll-over time another program rebuilds the forward
adjusted files. Files can also be created in ASCII formats. The
regular list comprises some 50-odd contracts; for a one-time payment you
can add a large number of additional contracts.
The IDX database is a variety of indices, daily and weekly, anything
from daily adv/decl to weekly interest rates. They come in groups and
you can subscribe to individual groups. The week-end IDX update is
available on Saturday mornings. There is also a COT database.
Daily updates are ready about 4:30 PM Pacific time. Corrections are
made promptly and automatically. The company responds promptly to
e-mail. When the satellite failed recently they scrambled around and
had data available without the problems I saw reported for other
services.
The one negative is the clunky DOS software, which is nothing like as
smooth as using Reuters with the DownLoader. If you can handle that I
think they are a good and reliable company.
Harvey Pearce, Victoria, B.C., Canada
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Steve Karnish wrote:
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> Wayne,
> For the last seven months I've been downloading futures prices
> from Prophet Data (http://www.prophetdata.com/). $19.95/month
> gets you updates on multiple contracts of 35 different
> commodities. For an extra $5, you get perceptual contract
> updates. The prices are available around !:30 PDT and are
> easily downloaded from the above site. Customer service is a
> bit slow to respond (the trend in the software industry), but
> I've found the whole process to be fairly clean. Anyone who is
> receiving cheaper data and are "in love" with their data
> provider, please "chirp" up. I can be had for cheaper and
> better.
> Steve Karnish
> CCT
>
> ----------
> > From: wayne walusiak <waynewal@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: Telechart 2000
> > Date: Friday, July 31, 1998 7:42 AM
> >
> > re: Telechart 2000 Ver 4
> >
> > Rob: I liked this new TC version, but it was 2.50 per day for
> downloads. I
> > didn't understand their rate strcuture and thought that if you
> downloaded once
> > a week - I swore it only charged for one day - but when I did
> it that way
> > after 2 weeks I got hit for 10 days of charges. Guess I gotta
> call and see
> > what the rate schedule really is.
> > Now if they only did futures I'd do them exclusively,
> but....any ideas ?
> > Thanks!
> > Wayne Walusiak
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