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Al Taglavore wrote:
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> http://xmlworks.com/quotemonster/
>
> Al Taglavore
>
> ----------
> > From: Alan Benjamin <benjamin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: Quotemonster
> > Date: Tuesday, October 13, 1998 2:36 AM
> >
> > I'm sorry, but I missed the site for Quotemonster.
> > Would you post it again?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Alan Benjamin
> >
> > ----------
> > > From: Jim Michael <genepool@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: Re: Quotemonster
> > > Date: Monday, October 12, 1998 5:40 PM
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, 12 Oct 1998, CMA wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Thanks to Jim Michael for what may be the long-soughtsolution to
> > > > daily free download of data for MSPRO.
> > > > But a couple of questions about Quotemonster. Have you used it?
> > >
> > > Due to a little variation in how the data is formatted and the
> objective,
> >
> > > there are really two applications - QM Daily and QM Historical. For
> your
> > > purpose you are referring to the Daily app, or to a previously written
> > > but as yet unpublised QM RealTime. I use the historical and daily apps
> > daily.
> > >
> > > > Is there any website with free EOD date with
> whichQuotemonsterworks?
> > >
> > > Yes, the default with the daily app is Yahoo. An untested assumption is
> > > that the data presented at the end of the day is reasonably close to
> the
> > > 'official' EOD numbers. No study has been made comparing these numbers
> or
> > > EOD historical data from the historical default site with any other
> data
> > > sources. If anyone does a test I would like to know of the results.
> > >
> > > > HOw much Perl or other programming do you have toknow to set it
> up?
> > >
> > > Zero, zip, nada :-) You should be able to create a ticker list (or use
> > > the default S&P 100 list) and start downloading quotes after you
> install
> > > the perl interpreter (this should mean downloading the perl binary
> > > distribution from perl.com, decompressing and running install.bat). See
> > the
> > > readme.now file and the script header for further info. Some other perl
>
> > > scripts for retrieving data from the Internet will be available so it
> > > would be a good idea to get Perl and install it.
> > >
> > > HTH. HAND.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Jim
Very interesting software, do I required do download the standard
distribution interpreter before downloading the sofware for intraday
and historicals.
Thanks Fern
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