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Mark
How did you get Downloader to work? I tried my best and worked with them
and Equis for a month and couldn't get it to work on a daily basis. I also
found their S&P Continuous data was wrong. Took them a few days of research
but they did fix that.
I liked the idea of using the Internet to download my data and thought that
Prophet was a great approach, especially for the price. I just couldn't get
it to work. If you have the time, I'll give it another shot.
I changed all of my symbols to there's (the ones that needed changing) and
in analyzing the data they sent back, it appears that it was all there. The
only problem, according to Equis support, was they didn't send me an End of
Transmission or some such symbol. Since Downloader didn't get that last
character (symbol?), it thought the download was bad and just said the
download was in error and crapped out.
If you have any thoughts, I'd appreciate it. I'd like to use them because I
can save a few bucks by eliminating my CompuServe account.
Regards
Guy
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Trader
> Sent: Thursday, December 10, 1998 3:55 PM
> To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Dow Jones News Retrieval
>
>
> I stopped using Dow Jones for stocks and commodities a couple of
> years ago.
> They did not have
> accurate opens on historical stock data. Seems like they used
> the close for
> the open, or similar.
> That's no good for candlesticks. Or a bunch of other trading
> techniques. I
> used Dial Data for awhile, now
> use Prophet Data, with Equis Downloader. Prophet is cheaper and faster.
> Although a couple of problems
> along the way, a good value for my needs.
>
> ..Mark
>
>
>
> At 08:23 AM 12/10/98 -0600, you wrote:
> >Not one peep out of you guys about Dow Jones ceasing operation as of 31
> >Mar. Have been with them for over 10 yrs-- historic et al retrieval with
> >few problems any kind for a max of $29 a month. Sure will miss them--
> >especially because of the ease of transmitting data directly into
> >Metastock charts. That's precisely the point where the rest of these
> >clowns (data providers) fall down-- depositing the data into
> >Metastock--some even charge extra for that privilege. So, what to do?
> >Haven't found a solution as yet. Perhaps quit the stocks
> >altogether--stick with commodities.. Any suggestions? T.C.
> >
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