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If you are trading SP's on 2 tick charts you must be among the elite of
trading. There's something wrong with this picture however.
Step up to the plate and get yourself a data feed from CQG or FutureSource.
I love Quote.com and use it to trade e-mini's intra-day on 15 minute charts.
But Quote.com is inexpensive by any standard.
Ask for whatever you like but from my vantage point your are complaining
about Omega not giving you perfect data free data or Quote.com for very
little.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Josslin" <TaoOfDow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <dynastore-qc@xxxxxxxxxxx>; <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>; <ron@xxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2000 5:44 PM
Subject: Re: [dynastore-qc] Refresh Dynastore omz???
> Dear Ron & Group,
>
> I wish to raise two issues re historical (refresh) data, both of which are
> problematic for me:
>
> 1. Omega website refresh data ---
>
> The best that I have been able to do re historical data is to download
> DBS/Signal
> data from the OmegaResearch website. Procedurally, I find that process
very
> easy. Substantively, however, the Signal data has perhaps 25% of the
ticks
> that
> the QFeed has. Perhaps if one were trading on a longer time perspective,
> possibly 5-or more Minute charts, this paucity of data would not be
noticeable
> or
> detrimental. I am trading off of 2-Tick charts, however, and the paucity
of
> the
> Signal data makes it almost useless for me. I only use it to make
longer-term
>
> historical charts, such as 15- or 60-minute charts, and for that, it seems
to
> work for me.
>
> If anyone has discovered a better way of obtaining historical data, I
would
> appeciate knowing about it.
>
> By the way, the note on the Omega refresh data website regarding it being
> available free "for a limited time" has been there for months. Not that
they
> couldn't discontinue the service or begin chargng for it at their whim
> immediately, only that their statement is stale, and they have taken no
action
> on it for months.
>
> 2. QChart (Quote.com?) data ---
>
> My understanding is that QCharts has a relatively small limit to the
amount of
> data it is able to chart. For example, QCharts with the nearby S&P charts
for
> me only several days of 1-Minute data and only an hour or two of Tick
data.
> So, as long as predigested data (that is, digested such that it is placed
in
> bars of a predetermined size) is acceptable, QCharts allows at least one
day's
> worth of data to be charted (eg, in 1-, or 5-Minute charts). However, if
raw,
> undigested Tick data is desired, QCharts does not allow even one-full
day's
> worth of data to be charted, at least with the nearby S&P. I conclude
that it
> is unlikely that QCharts will be a satisfactory source for downloading
> historical S&P tick data, even on a day-by-day basis. I do hope that I am
> wrong on this issue. Perhaps Quote.com data is not so restricted in size
as
> is QCharts.
>
> Where I believe that I am left for nearby S&P historical data is
>
> 1. Either using the Omega Signal data, which I can easily get for many
prior
> days although it has only approximately 25% of the total ticks as are
> available with QCharts, or
>
> 2. Using the QCharts data (when DynaLoader becomes available), which does
not
> appear to have omitted ticks, although I can only obtain approximately the
> last hour or two of Tick data.
>
> I am reminded of the Greek giant Procrustes who stretched or amputated his
> captives sufficiently so that they were just able to fit into his iron
beds.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Richard
>
>
> Ron Dawes wrote:
>
> > From: "Ron Dawes" <ron@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Your question about refresh data applies to all feeds not just
Dynastore.
> >
> > There are several options: the Omega site, (it does have last weeks
data),
> > other commercial tick vendors such as Gentick, Tick Data, CIS data, or
you
> > will be able to use our upcoming product DynaLoader which is now in beta
> > testing to pull data from Quote.com and create OMZ files which can be
> > imported.
> >
> > Ron
> >
>
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