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John, I can give you the symbols that Telescan uses but I am unfamiliar with
Reuters. Some of them I get by an export from FastTrack. Am I misinterpreting
what you want??
AIQ has what looks like a great package on their software coming out that includes
Track Data's service for about everything you would want including Fundaments and
RT. Has anyone had experience with Track Data? I don't want to jump from the
frying pan into the pot that calls the kettle black. Don't you just love clichés'
? I can't wait to dump TeleScan and be dumper instead of dumpee.
Johnonetoo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Allen, Bill, Chris and All...
>
> I am aware of the other data problems that have existed for a long time,
> like data "spikes" where the high or low is a mile from the close/open.
> I have taken the time every now and then to scan with the explorer for
> these problems and manually go in and correct the files. I know Reuters
> has some kind of correcting mechanism to solve this problem
> automatically and if the problems have been resolved with the ID800
> thing I might just give them a try, as Bill N. in Milwaukee has
> suggested.
>
> Thanks everybody for the different responses reiterating the same
> problems I'm having. At least I'm not in the poor situation of folks who
> have AIQ like Bill Saxon with only Telescan or Dial Data, (Bill, I have
> heard even worse things about Dial Data over the years). Thanks Chris
> from New Zealand on Stockwiz, I'll check them out before I try Reuters.
>
> One more thing, maybe Bill can help with this, I need a list of
> indeces(dow, s&p, vix, adv/dec, trin, etc.) and the symbols that Reuters
> uses before I switch. A while back I was discouraged with Telescan and
> checked with Reuters for such a list, got the runaround, they said they
> would mail one only after I subscribed, never got one and stuck with
> crappy Telescan data. Does a list of symbols exist on a web sight or
> could someone with a file attach it to a post?
>
> It doesn't seem to be that hard to find bad data when I download, just
> me and my little computer and Metastock. With the resourses Telescan
> has, I don't see how they manage to miss all the bad data, amazing!
>
> Thanks again... John
>
> Allen wrote:
> >
> > Yes, very similar problems which have not been resolved and apparently
> > little chance that they ever will be. Also, Equis insists it is not their
> > problem while Telescan alludes otherwise or that it is bad files, bad phone
> > connection, blah, blah, etc, etc. Anything but a problem on their end. And
> > the lying SOB's tell me that I'm the only one that has a problem....
> >
> > As for rebuilding the offending data you can forget that. I went through,
> > for a third time, and rebuilt another 140 equities that were being skipped.
> > That means that all the files I have have been redone and that's a lot of
> > slave labor that didn't do a bit of good. Same crap tonight. I have also
> > deleted and re-installed Metastock twice so don't let them give you that
> > line either. They provide really lousy service and tomorrow if I can talk to
> > someone in authority they can color me gone. I've put up with their BS far
> > too long for what it costs... You're fortunate to have only had the problem
> > for a week.. so don't let it go on for very long because you'll really be
> > irate if it goes on for as I've put up with it...
> >
> > Allen
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of
> > > Johnonetoo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Sent: Thursday, October 15, 1998 12:27 AM
> > > To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > 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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