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Dale,
At myTrack ask a host to be sure, but features like sierra charts are
prorated, I think, so you could demo the chart package and time your myTrack
hookup for only a week or so. (maybe). I agree with you that there should
be a fairly simple step to store the quotes. Ok- the sierra workbook is
basically an Excel workbook and it will collect ticks at whatever interval
you set the collection rate at, and for numerous symbols. While the ticks
are sitting in those cells a workbook macro or VB app from another Excel
session should be able to lookup those cells and store instantaneously where
your own custom indicators can use the data. Right?
By the way- Tell myTrack team to offer an Excel linkup. Maybe we can get
that going. It would be great.
Chuck
-----Original Message-----
From: Dale Wingo <dingo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Monday, March 15, 1999 7:10 PM
Subject: RE: Downloading Free Quotes
>Thanks Chuck!
>
>$45 to try - ouch! I also use MyTrack but that's a little steep. I'll
>try to look into it. Have you ever used winbatch? I've briefly looked
>at some of its PR and I "think" it was claiming that you could access
>screens from other apps... I'm sorta thinking that if there was
>something that could do this then a routine could be written that
>could peiodically come "awake" and take a snapshot of something like
>MyTrack and then "digest" that info and then keep it on a spreadsheet
>.... I'm using a lot of " marks so its very hypothetical.
>
>Dale
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Chuck Wemlinger
>> Sent: Monday, March 15, 1999 7:31 PM
>> To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: Downloading Free Quotes
>>
>>
>> Dale,
>>
>> http://www.sierrachart.com/
>>
>> Support at Sierra tells me their spreadsheet will not save
>> the quotes. I'ts
>> just a one row deal for each symbol. You can download the
>> trial version but
>> to make it work you have to enable Sierra Charts on the
>> myTrak system.
>> That's $45/m.
>>
>> I've requested information from FutureSource yesterday so
>> l'll let you know
>> later this week.
>>
>> Chuck
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Dale Wingo <dingo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Monday, March 15, 1999 4:37 PM
>> Subject: RE: Downloading Free Quotes
>>
>>
>> >Chuck
>> >
>> >Do you have a link for Sierra Charts?
>> >
>> >What would the subscription to FurtureSource cost? This
>> would be for
>> >their realtime service which is not via internet (I think
>> that's what
>> >I read)? Do they offer a "real time" service via the
>> internet? If so,
>> >how much would that cost?
>> >
>> >I'm a little apprehensive about using ole and a lot more
>> apprehensive
>> >about using dde.. From all that I've observed the don't seem very
>> >stable.. IMHO.
>> >
>> >Dale
>> >
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Chuck
>> Wemlinger
>> >> Sent: Monday, March 15, 1999 3:51 PM
>> >> To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> Subject: Re: Downloading Free Quotes
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Fred,
>> >>
>> >> This is exactly the same problem I am trying to solve. For
>> >> intraday data
>> >> feed I'm using myTrack because you can easily change your
>> >> service level and
>> >> you can get any exchange under the sun. I asked myTrak if
>> >> they had an
>> >> interface to Excel and they said no but are planning to.
>> >> In the mean time I
>> >> tried out Sierra Charts ($49 cheap but good) which uses an
>> >> Excel compatible
>> >> workbook (Not Excel97 though) plus chartbooks. It hooks
>> >> up to the myTrak
>> >> feed and I could setup the spreadsheet to capture the ticks
>> >> dynamicaly BUT
>> >> it wouldn't save the data and roll down each time.
>> >> Obviously that's crucial
>> >> to be able to apply indicator with lookback periods and do
>> >> testing. So I've
>> >> e-mailed Sierra to see it there is a way to get the
>> >> workbooks to save the RT
>> >> quotes.
>> >> Of course FutureSource has the hot setup but it's probably
>> >> a fortune.
>> >> Checkout Calcsource.
>> >> http://www.futuresource.com/pn/calcsource1.shtml
>> >>
>> >> If ya figure out how to solve this, please let me know.
>> >>
>> >> Chuck
>> >
>> >
>>
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