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Hello Calandra,
interesting point. Omega List is possible "on the screen" enuf for
some malevolent Mark Brown hater (yes, unbeleivably I hear there are a
couple) to blow the whistle. perhaps organizing should be done
privately .
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Best regards,
Jim Johnson mailto:jejohn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Tuesday, April 09, 2002, 11:16:21 AM, you wrote:
CS> When it comes to public dissemination of data you have
CS> to be careful because of the licensing agreement we
CS> all sign with the providers and the exchanges. As a
CS> friend of mine found out, the data is proprietary by
CS> the provider (dbc, dtn, etc) and the exchanges. The
CS> providers pay $$$ to exchange to disseminate it real
CS> time and historically. In fact, it says in the
CS> exchange agreement you sign that you agree to use data
CS> for yourself or give it only your employees.
CS> A friend of mine wanted to do something like this a
CS> year or so ago but then canceled the plans after
CS> reading the exchnage data agreement and the agreement
CS> he signed with his provider. Basically you agree not
CS> to dessiminate it real time or otherwise.
CS> If it stays small you might be able to keep off the
CS> radar but if it gets too big then I'd be leary.
CS> Now if you can figure out a way to make us all your
CS> employees, sign me up. :)
CS> Good luck.
CS> -----Original Message-----
CS> From: cwest [mailto:cwest@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
CS> Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 7:59 AM
CS> To: ztrader; Mark Brown
CS> Cc: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
CS> Subject: RE: HELP Data Co-op - or - Historical Data
CS> Archives
CS> In about a month I'll have a box with plenty of
CS> off-peak bandwidth, although
CS> storage maybe another issue depending on the amount of
CS> historical data to
CS> store.
CS> -----Original Message-----
CS> From: ztrader [mailto:ztrader@xxxxxxxxx]
CS> Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 8:50 AM
CS> To: Mark Brown
CS> Cc: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
CS> Subject: Re: HELP Data Co-op - or - Historical Data
CS> Archives
CS> Importance: High
CS> On Tuesday, April 09, 2002, 5:51:57 AM, Mark Brown
CS> wrote:
MB>> I am wondering if their is any interest in a
CS> Data Co-op?
CS> Yes. We could all use a way to get chunks of missing
CS> data.
MB>> With traders2traders.com and myself and maybe
CS> some other
MB>> volunteers who have extra bandwidth we can get
CS> this going.
CS> I don't have the on-line bandwidth, but I'd be willing
CS> to
CS> collect/organize/store data on disk or CD's to upload
CS> to people who
CS> might have the bandwidth. This might include complete
CS> data sets for
CS> one futures contract as well as daily updates for all
CS> contracts/indices. It might be nice to have continuous
CS> contracts as
CS> well.
CS> If anyone has such data, please start sending it to
CS> me, (but not
CS> 20Gigs in one email) :-) or tell me how to access it,
CS> and I'll start
CS> the process. It might be good to start with the most
CS> popular data [SP,
CS> ES, ND, etc]. As on-line storage becomes available,
CS> I'll upload it for
CS> all to use.
CS> Would it be best to use .omz so both TS4 and TS2k
CS> people could use it?
CS> ztrader
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