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Another neat feature I just noticed (I installed it
over the weekend) is that FINALLY you can create
charts based on custom symbol lists from server
data... something promised for years...
--- William R Wood <wrwood@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Recd SP3 on Sat. Installed as per the included
> instructions over SP2. No
> problems with the install. I use PII450, NT4 SP4,
> DTN Satellite. I trade
> stocks. Now everything in Ts2k is Build 707.
> Noticed no immediate
> differences except debris on daily bar charts.
> There were disconnected bits
> of price bars on most charts. Solved the bar debris
> problem by importing
> daily data off included Histbank CD current thru
> 9/30/99. Then downloaded
> daily quotes from Hbank FTP site for the period
> 10/1/99 to 10/29/99. Now
> all daily charts are fine. Intraday charts were OK
> as is.
>
> Improvements: GS connects to DTN box much faster
> upon starting up. Data
> Window columns are wider and you can actually read
> the values. Intraday Tot
> Vol for stocks is now accurate. There is now a
> Description column in Quote
> Monitor. Allegedly when GS crashes it will now
> reconnect to the DTN quote
> stream much faster so that you only loose a few
> minutes of data instead of
> an entire day. No crashes yet so I cant verify
> this; I am certainly hoping
> my former once per week GS crash rate will be
> reduced under SP3.
>
> Neutral Observations: I see no difference in the
> performance of the
> program. Charts and quotes are as fast as ever. My
> bid/ask/last/vol
> numbers match my broker exactly. Charts update at
> the same time as Quote
> Monitor, trade size matches as does bid/ask/last and
> tvol.
>
> Negatives: You still cant get NetChg, %Chg or Prev
> on any Index symbol.
> Thus you dont know whether INDU/OEX/etc is up or
> down. You cant chart or
> use the value of various market stats in any
> formula. Nor can you
> separately quote many stats. Thus you dont know the
> Volume on the NYSE or
> any other exchange nor can you see a chart of an
> Adv/Dec line or Adv/Dec
> Issues. These values are transmitted by DTN in
> composite symbols but Omega
> has chosen not to parse them out so they are
> available for use by customers.
>
> I use Ts for its ability to write custom indicators.
> I find it unbelievable
> that after 3 service packs, basic market stats
> remain unavailable for use in
> charts or EL formulas and that other fundamental
> features like NetChg on
> Index symbols is still missing.
>
> We are sorely in need of effective competition is
> the market software
> business.
>
> Bill Wood
>
>
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