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Re: PC Quote vs Signal Online



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According to the October 1, 1998 Omega Press Release about TS5.0:

" This release will mark the first time that Omega Research products
compatible with DTN (broadcast), PC Quote (broadcast and internet) and the
Signal Online, StockEdge Online and Insite internet data feeds are expected
to be available. The new products are also expected to be compatible with
the Signal and BMI broadcast data feeds when released. In separate
statements released today, the Company announced that it has also reached
agreements with FutureSource Information Systems, Inc. and Standard & Poor’s
Comstock, Inc. under which TradeStation 5 will be made compatible with
FutureSource’s broadcast network data feed, and both TradeStation 5 and
OptionStation 5 will be made compatible with Standard & Poor’s Comstock’s
Xpressfeed™ broadcast data service."

-----Original Message-----
From: Sigstroker@xxxxxxx <Sigstroker@xxxxxxx>
To: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Friday, October 09, 1998 9:28 PM
Subject: Re: PC Quote vs Signal Online


>Firstly, I would surprised if Internet PC Quote will work with TS because
of
>the nature of the feed. Check and make sure Internet feed will work as well
as
>satellite feed. A few people I know that have used both tell me that Signal
is
>somewhat slower than PC Quote, which itself is delayed from 10 to 30
seconds.
>PC Quote has the advantage of being based on Real Tick III from Townsend
>Analytics. If you're trading stocks, you might also check into brokers that
>use it for their trading systems, and possibly save on monthly fees.