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Hi Frank,
It's been a while. I dropped off of the CompuServe forum a while back when
I came here.
Here are some of my requirements:
1- Has to be good quality data.
2- Have to have access to and be able to maintain the data, if necessary.
3- Need to be able to be able to build our own continuous contracts, as
required.
4- Need a good S&P continuous contract.
5- Need data available either through Downloader (using the MSFL DLL which I
already own) or some other standard interface, in case I decide to use
Excel, MetaStock or more of my homegrown code in VB or Visual FoxBase. I
prefer a known format that includes all of the maintenance software, so I
don't have to rebuild the wheel.
I guess that's what's taking me so long to make a decision. I'm not sure
how many years I've been with CompuServe. Started with them before we even
had Windows, and you know how change is, especially at my age. :)
Regards,
Guy
Fax (630) 604-1589
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Frank McClendon
Sent: Monday, October 04, 1999 7:00 PM
To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Pinnacle Data and CSI Unfair Advantage - opinions?
Guy-
Hi, I remember you from Compuserve. Maybe you should look at
Quicktrieve (another CSI product). Imo, it's worth working with for a
month or two to see if you like it - perhaps along side your data DL
and distribution routine. If you want to follow lots of data UA is the
way to go imo. QT is excellent for a handful of commodities. I'd rate
it PDG, but I don't remember it being as flexible in manipulating data
(building various continuous contracts, that sort of thing). I used it
for a few years before switching to UA. Because of QT and UA I have
rarely (a handful of times over several years) ever had to touch the
DL. When I did it was usually trying to help someone in INVFOR or
EQUIS forum on Compuserve, both places I rarely go anymore. My
Compuserve account is about to be history too.
After using the same data provider for a very long time, switching
data providers is not something I have ever seen anyone do happily or
willingly, maybe because of inertia... sometimes it's just easier not
too. I think you would be surprised to see how easy UA is to use. I
personally don't think a file corruption is not that big of deal
really (someone mentioned the file structure was flimsy or something)
because with UA you can rebuild your charts whenever you want. It
takes awhile with a large number of contracts and files, but 15-25
contracts takes hardly any time at all.
Frank
----- Original Message -----
From: Guy Tann <grt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, October 04, 1999 3:20 PM
Subject: RE: Pinnacle Data and CSI Unfair Advantage - opinions?
> Glen
>
> Let me know what you discover. I looked at both of those products
and had a
> problem understanding them. For someone like me who just wants a
'plain
> vanilla' EOD download for 25 commodities that interfaces with
Downloader (or
> MetaStock compatible data).
>
> Do either of them offer a simple, daily, EOD, futures download? I
basically
> follow about 25 futures and 3 to 5 stocks, and have no desire to buy
or
> maintain their historical databases (we have our own).
>
> I currently use CompuServe (which I've used for years) and pay about
$22 a
> month, which includes the CompuServe monthly fee. I would love to
buy a
> similar service so that I could get rid of CompuServe's monthly fee
and
> access this data via my ISP.
>
> I haven't found anything that works or that I am able to understand.
:) I
> tried Prophet twice and liked their approach, but it didn't work (at
least
> for me). It would work one day and then fail the next. The third
day, it
> would work again. I have no idea why they were having that problem.
In
> addition, they had a bunch of bad data that I discovered during my
parallel
> run.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Guy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of Tim Stevenson
> Sent: Monday, October 04, 1999 10:29 AM
> To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: Pinnacle Data and CSI Unfair Advantage - opinions?
>
> Hi Glen,
>
> I use CSI's Unfair Advantage for futures data. I have no complaints
about
> the product or their service. If you want to test your indicators
on a lot
> of historical data, they provide a large amount of history on their
CD.
>
> Tim
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Glen Wallace
> > Sent: Monday, October 04, 1999 11:42 AM
> > To: MetaStock listserver
> > Subject: Pinnacle Data and CSI Unfair Advantage - opinions?
> >
> >
> > Is anyone here using (or used in the past) Pinnacle Data or CSI
Unfair
> > Advantage's end-of-day data and continuous futures contract data?
> >
> > Opinions?
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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