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People that download HistoryBank data could create lengthy charts for
specific trading ananlysis. This could then be posted on different forums
like traders2traders.com for the like minded. The objective being to save
on datafeed costs. Of course you still have to have the now obsolete 2000i
product.
Jim Bronke
Phoenix, AZ
----- Original Message -----
From: "ztrader" <ztrader@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Bob Fulks" <bfulks@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>; "Melody Blais" <mblais@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
"President" <OfficeOfTheCEO@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 8:17 PM
Subject: Re[2]: An open letter to TradeStation users from Bill and Ralph
Cruz
: On Thursday, March 28, 2002, 5:12:44 PM, Bob Fulks wrote:
:
: BF> At 2:57 PM -0500 3/28/02, Melody Blais wrote:
:
: >>An open letter from Bill and Ralph Cruz has just been posted addressing
: >>numerous changes in our business policy and pricing based on user
requests.
: >>I thought you might like to see it.
:
: BF> (They supply 1-tick bars but only very little data - far too
: BF> little for meaningful backtesting.)
:
: Agreed!! I like tick charts, and I use some *very* long charts in real
: time - *essential* for me.
:
: BF> 1-minute bars are simply too course for trading today.
:
: Agreed!!
:
: BF> We certainly do not need the 40,000 bars per day of a 1-tick chart
: BF> for backtesting
:
: I *like* long charts, and use many 40,000 bar charts regularly, but
: not necessarily 1-tick.
:
: BF> Using 0.1-minute resolution would require only 4000 bars in a day
:
: But NOT a substitute for multi-tick charts.
:
: BF> We all have lots of existing data - going far back in time. We
: BF> need to be able to use that data for backtesting. The ability to
: BF> load OMZ and XPO files into a chart (even if they are not stored
: BF> in a server) would be a great convenience.
:
: Not a convenience - essential. Also, we need to keep that data
: updated without going thorough ridiculous procedures.
:
: BF> ASCII might be OK but it is pretty verbose.
:
: Given the closed nature of TS data formats, I'd actually prefer good
: ASCII tools and inputs, bug as they are.
:
: BF> A winning combination would be historical data-on-demand for
: BF> loading a chart, as they do now, plus satellite data to update the
: BF> charts on a tick-by-tick basis.
:
: Sounds good.
:
: I have a need for extensive continuous contracts, and I use more than
: *one* kind of rollover. This is essential!
:
: BF> I do not know their policy for this but some reasonable price for
: BF> a development station (using intraday data but not requiring
: BF> real-time data) would be needed.
:
: Agreed!
:
: BF> I understand that the new "research version" only works on
: BF> "end-of-day data". That will not do it.
:
: Agreed!
:
: BF> Quality
:
: This is a **BIG** problem, so far.
:
: ztrader
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