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<FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Interesting...
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I have
no contact with their support people since it would cost me too much to call
them from New Zealand.
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I do
have an excellent relationship with their database people who make corrections
for me as and when I find mistakes in the data. Again, all data providers
usually have the same mistakes. CSI is good at correcting
them.
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I know
of other people who have the problem that Jay (below) has reported.
I NEVER convert the CSI data to anything else (using CSI itself). I
access their raw database that is always consistent. I have my own
programs that convert from the UA raw database to either MetaStock or CSV
files.
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So, to
summarise a bit:
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<FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
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<FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>1. Their data is the most accurate and
complete.
<FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>2. They have data for extinct stocks.
<FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>3. They properly handle splits and dividends and give you the
ability to see prices with or without those adjustments.
<FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>4. Their telephone support is (probably) not the best (as reported
by Jay and others).
<FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>5. Their conversion tools are frequently suspect (as reported by
Jay and several friends of mine).
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size=2>-----Original Message-----From: JayTownsend@xxxxxxx
[mailto:JayTownsend@xxxxxxx]Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2003 5:49
PMTo: equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxSubject: Re:
[EquisMetaStock Group] Need Historical Up Volume and Down Volume for
NYSE<FONT lang=0 face=Arial
size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Hi:I have used CSI/Unfair Advantage off and
on for about 15 years. Their data is "good" but their service is
lousy. For the data that I'm after, they are 20 to 60 minutes later than
their posted "available" times at least four times a week. Their
"customer support" is more like "screw you and don't ask any more
questions." I currently have a problem with UA in it's download and
distribution of commodity data in that it puts the decimal point all over the
place when it does an "append" - that is, when it adds data to existing
files. To get around this 5 minute process I have to have UA do a one
hour rewrite of my entire files, including history files, and then it is
presented in MetaStock with the decimals aligned properly. Even then, it
still misaligns some data, but at least for the entire file so that the charts
look OK.Their response to this problem is basically that I don't have
a problem, even though other users have reported it and Equis was able to
duplicate it too. The one and only reason I'm with them is that they
have commodity cash data that neither Reuters nor anyone else has. If
you don't need commodity cash data I'd suggest working with a more user
friendly data provider. If you think that Equis/MetaStock isn't user
friendly, then don't even think about doing business with
CSI.JayIn a message dated 7/12/2003 2:38:32 PM Pacific
Daylight Time, chuck_rademacher@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
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TYPE="CITE"><FONT lang=0 face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">To me, there is no data as good as
CSI Unfair Advantage. I have no financial or other interest in CSI,
but I have been using their data for 20 years.<FONT lang=0
face=Arial color=#000000 size=3
FAMILY="SANSSERIF"> <FONT lang=0
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2
FAMILY="SANSSERIF">They have ALL data. You pay for what you want
to download.<FONT lang=0 face=Arial
color=#000000 size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"> <FONT lang=0
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2
FAMILY="SANSSERIF">For one thing, they have data on stocks that are no
longer trading (extinct). Their data also includes actual and
backadjusted prices and volume. Everything a serious backtester
would want in a data supplier.<FONT lang=0
face=Arial color=#000000 size=3
FAMILY="SANSSERIF"> <FONT lang=0
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2
FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Their data is available very early after the market
closes. In fact you can download during the trading day and get
prices that are about 20 minutes old. Like all data providers,
CSI has errors in their data. Unlike most data providers, they
continuously make corrections. Yesterday's download, for
instance, included changes on data going back to 1984 for a couple of
stocks. <FONT lang=0
face=Arial color=#000000 size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><FONT
lang=0 face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2
FAMILY="SANSSERIF">That's my opinion on data, for what it is
worth.<FONT lang=0 face=Arial
color=#000000 size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"> <FONT lang=0
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2
FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Good trading!<FONT lang=0
face=Arial color=#000000 size=3
FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><FONT lang=0
face=Arial color=#000000 size=2
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