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Hi Chris,
I went to the Stockwiz site and can say that I'm very impressed with its
abilities. Especially the fundamental screening. $10 a month for data
can't be beat. My only problem is my old computer, I just don't have 500
megs of free disk space right now, especially if I keep another
Metastock database at the same time. I will be buying a new computer
soon and that will be a mute point so I will be looking at them again
once that happens.
Thanks for the suggestion.
Best... John
chris wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I've been lurking on this list for about 8 months now, and have been using
> Stockwiz Pro/iSoft to get my EOD data for about 9 months for $US10/mth.
> Joining fee is now $200 (soon to be $700) and includes a couple of years of
> data and their StockWiz program. Demos & free trial data is available.
>
> Each night there are 2 downloads available, splits, fundamentals, indices,
> Canadian stocks, and a very powerful & fast language built into the
> stockwiz program if you choose to use it. - or you can just download the
> every US stock as a zipped Ascii file in about 1 minute.
> There were some teething problems with the program about 6 months ago while
> they converted from DOS to Windows 32bit format - to be expected - but now
> downloading & getting data into Metastock is just a few mouse clicks - or
> you can automate it. (The program can export data over any range of days &
> stocks into the metastock format for the Downloader.)
> I have not had any problems accessing the site and no problems with the
> data.
> http://www.stockwiz.com/
>
> While I'm here I would also like to thank everyone for the way you share
> information. I have learned a lot from my lurking & look forward to be able
> to contribute sometime.
>
> Cheers from New Zealand
>
> Chris
>
> Dick wrote:
>
> > John, I threw in the towel with Telescan after bad data
> > continued for a full year after they said they planned to
> > "get it straightened out once and for all with their data
> > vendor".......It's just not worth the headaches...There's too
> > many different ways to get data and do "pro-searches"
> > in other ways these days, and Tscn just isn't competitive
> > anymore....Especially for what they charge and the way
> > you get nickel and dimed to death.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Johnonetoo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <Johnonetoo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: Wednesday, October 14, 1998 7:02 PM
> > Subject: What's worse than no data? !
> >
> > >Just a quick note to see if anybody else has been experiencing the bad
> > >data from Telescan like I have for almost a week. Several stocks and
> > >indices as well as whole folders have the decimal point "shifted" so
> > >that as an example the dow might read as a 760. Telescan says "there's
> > >something wrong with one of the servers and we don't know which". The
> > >suggestion they made was to delete all the offending data, turn off the
> > >copmuter to shut down the power to the modem then re-download. This has
> > >been going on for days, amazing how the people over there all seem so
> > >brain dead. Anybody else having the same errors? What's worse than not
> > >getting your data? How about getting crap and then having to delete it
> > >all before trying again the next day.
> > >
> > >Are there any equity/fund/index data vendors without all the problems?
> > >Last time I saw angry posts it was aimed at Reuters, hell, they were my
> > >alternative if the Telescan crap continued.
> > >
> > >... John
> > >
> > >ps: I havn't had any bad trades, I'm angry at Telescan incompetance.
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