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I haven't tried to download interval data from them lately. Maybe they have
finally made 30 days of historical data available. If you have MS Pro, you
can download the historical data directly from Esignal and not have to use
Snag-It.
Thanks for that update. I'm going to try and download interval data tonight
and see what happens.
Allan Wade
Phoenix, AZ
email: allanwade@xxxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Erik C. Olson
Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 10:43 AM
To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Symbol Database
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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