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This link explains an example of how Excel may receive real-time data:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;289150, however,
data still has to be published from somewhere and a script has to know
how to hook-in to the "stream." There are a number of programmers that
can put this together at quite a reasonable cost. My guess is that
approximately $1-$2K would cover the development of a driver that
extracts real-time data from eSignal's MarketCenter, although it's not
really real-time, but good enough for monitoring positions.
Colin
-----Original Message-----
From: indextrader [mailto:indextrader@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 2:33 PM
To: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: this is for the eSignal peron on the list
Colin,
Do you know of any way to "push" data to excel on another computer on a
real-time basis?
----- Original Message -----
From: "cwest" <cwest@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Omegalist" <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 1:20 PM
Subject: this is for the eSignal peron on the list
> I noticed that eSiganl offers a service--MarketCenter (base price
$14.95
> per month)--which pushes prices for stocks, options, and futures to
> Internet Explorer, however, there isn't an interface/API offered so
that
> the data can "arrive" in Excel (using a RTD COM add-in). Obviously if
> data is pushed to a user through port 80, it can be trapped and sent
to
> any other software that knows how to parse such streams.
>
> If I develop a tool that does this so that users can look at real-time
> prices in Excel, would there be any objection? There's little if
> anything I'd need from eSiganl to do this, although the more knowledge
> and cooperation provided the easier and quicker a tool could be
> developed. Also, would there be any objection to making a tool that
does
> this available to anyone?
>
> Hope to hear from you.
>
> Colin West
>
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