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In a message dated 11/15/99 3:54:46 PM Pacific Standard Time,
ami@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> I used StockEdge Online (lower end package of Signal Online)
> in May. There was holes in my GS ticks due to ISP troubles.
> I then downloaded the 4.0 refresh data from the Omega site
> and imported them hoping to fill the holes for index symbols
> like $NDX. The first thing I learned was that it does not
> fill the hole; it overwrites all the ticks for the day! This
> was confirmed as the designed behavior, with Omega. Then I
> found that there are lots of no-tick minutes with the
> imported (BMI) data for $NDX, say, significantly more sparse
> and inferior ticks compared with StockEdge's consistent 4
> ticks per minute
I have found that those "outages" on Omega's Signal data are often about
twenty minutes. Omega denies it, but this is about the time it takes to
reboot the computer and Signal box after a crash. Even though they "make no
warranties" about their data I find it interesting that with all the "inside
info" they have about their software and how to connect it to various feeds,
Omega is unable to collect clean data for themselves. I'm curious how they
would expect you and I to get good data to trade off of when they are
consistently unable to do it themselves.
Bill Wynne
SmartTrades.com
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