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One difference in data feeds is the time of the open. Some show the open of
the day session in the morning, others use the open of the previous evening
session. As discussed in previous posts, the official closing price can be
different, as well.
..Mark in Houston
At 06:13 PM 7/23/99 -0500, you wrote:
>I have recently acquired a laptop computer, and will
>be carrying it + a copy of TradeStation with me for
>a 2 week trip to take my position trading "on the road".
>I have synchronized my data between my desktop
>and the laptop, doing daily copy-out's and paste-in's.
>But, once I am away from my BMI feed, I am going
>to have to adopt a different methodology.
>
>Because I only follow a few futures, it seemed that
>I could log onto the quotedata.com website after
>the close, transcribe the H-L-O-C, and enter these
>into the "edit daily data" screen under "Portfolio"
>in the Server.
>
>But, upon doing a few checks, I have found that BMI
>and quotedata.com have quite a few discrepancies,
>Any insights from the collective wisdom of the List
>here? Are there other web sites that might be more
>accurate than quotedata.com? (Of course, that
>assumes that BMI is right, and the free data is
>wrong - and, I have no idea whether or not that is
>true).
>
>Thanks
>
>Jay Mackro
>
>ps - yes, the real solution will be for me to spend
>$29.95 a month, to sign up for CSI, or TT, or some
>other dial-up data service. I am evaluating these
>at present, but have not yet made a decision.
>Several of you have provided some helpful
>recommendations, as well as things to watch
>out for.
>
>
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