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Dear Allan,
I'm getting thirty days of data from eSignal, but are we talking about different
things? If you take a chart and select interval tabular, you can have the
thirty days of data. The only problem is downloading it. I have to use Snag-It.
Erik
Allan Wade wrote:
> That's a problem with Esignal. The only affordable option is Quote.com.
> Looking at what interval data costs, it may be worthwhile to pay $79 to
> quote.com just for interval data (I'm on the Qcharts list....I don't see how
> anyone could trade reliably with quote.com).
>
> Since Quote.com has been deteriorating, I imagine Esignal now views itself
> as King of the Hill (which for reliability it is). Since there isn't much
> competition for them, they have no pressure to extend their services. I have
> been an Esignal subscriber for over 1 year. When I signed up, they promised
> that 30 business days (6 Weeks) of historical data was just around the
> corner. I haven't seen it yet.
>
> Esignal puts up a good front for customer suggestions. I call twice a month
> (emails also) to get them to add put/call data. No luck their either.
> I have asked many times why they don't offer more historical interval data.
> Their reply must be scripted...."We are an Online Data Provider, not a
> historical data provider".
>
> Allan Wade
> Phoenix, AZ
> email: allanwade@xxxxxxxx
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of neo
> Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 5:02 AM
> To: A_neo; metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: Symbol Database
>
> The other problem I am having with eSignal is that one can only retrieve 1-2
> weeks of RT data. Is there another RT service that works better with MS?
>
> Perhaps we should write eSignal about these problems?
>
> neo
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Allan Wade
> Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 12:56 AM
> To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: Symbol Database
>
> I agree...
>
> I called Reuters today and complained that they didn't have VXN & QQV (you
> can download them, you just have to know to add them to the symbol database
> yourself). Unfortunately the person I spoke to didn't even know what the
> symbol database was until he checked with someone.
>
> If you want to see something that is woefully out of date, try using the
> supplied symbols for Esignal. There are some of those that haven't been
> current for 2 years.
>
> Allan Wade
> Phoenix, AZ
> email: allanwade@xxxxxxxx
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of neo
> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 12:40 PM
> To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Symbol Database
>
> It is amazing but the symbol database is months old. The last one was
> 2/6/01.
>
> This is the only software vendor that I know of that does not update our
> database symbols on our computers daily and automatically.
>
> neo
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