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The only real wierd things that I remember from switching from sig to BMI
was that a few (about 4) symbols would not transfer over in Ts. The bond
yield symbols especially $tyx to tyx etc. in that case all I did was close
down charting and server open the signal server change the symbol copy out
close down and paste into the bmi server. The other wierd thing is that
in signal the indu volume was for all of the Nyse in Bmi it is the volume
for only the dow 30 but there is a total volume symbol. The other great
thing about bmi is that you can load all symbols in ts whereas signal was
about 1200 right now I am at around 25,000 although most are quote only.
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> From: dcountach <countach@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Switching from Signal to BMI
> Date: Wednesday, May 06, 1998 12:20 PM
>
> I, too, am a past Signal user. About four months ago I got the BMI cable
service.
> It seems to be more reliable than the Signal cable - haven't had a single
problem with it. Passwords are handled
> automatically (Signal was too, but every other month or so the Signal box
would "lose" the password and I would have to
> call).
>
> The biggest change seems to be the symbols for the indexes. Signal used
a "$" before EVERY index symbol : $INDU, $TRAN,
> $SPX, $NDX (Nasdaq), $ADV, $DECL - very easy to understand. BMI however,
has taken another approach - or, approaches. Some
> index symbols are prefaced with "@": @CCO (guess what that one is), @INDS
(Nasdaq Industrial Index), @MTR, @ND.
> But most (60%) are simply letters, just like stocks. This can be very
confusing. $INDU is simply INDU for BMI. BUT - it is
> also @MIN. $TRAN becomes @MTR. @ND is NY Declining Issues. Perhaps the
logical symbols were already copyrighted by Signal.
>
> You know, of course, that you can install both SIG and BMI servers.
Can't run them at the same time, though:-)
>
> donc
>
> (Oh - @CCO is . . . Nasdaq Composite.)
>
>
> <Subject: Switching from Signal to BMI
> < Date: Tue, 05 May 1998 11:50:52 -0700
> < From: Carroll Slemaker <cslemaker1@xxxxxxxx>
> < To: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> <
> <
> <I am a Signal user so, although I've seen comments on this list in the
> <past about various BMI quirks, I've not paid much attention to them.
> <
> <If I decide to abandon Signal in favor of BMI, can anyone forwarn me
> <about what new and different gotchas I can expect in BMI? Also, what
> <hassles will I encounter in doing the switch - symbol name changes,
> <symbol format changes, symbols available in Signal but not in BMI, or
> <???
> <
> <Thanks for any advice you can offer.
> <
> <Carroll Slemaker
>
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