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Earl,
I have a friend who isn't a trader who knows one of these bull market
genius's that made
over 400K in a year. I believe in the last year he had given most if not
all of it back!...
That is just astounding.... no skill.
don thompson
Those who
> have survived as professional traders have invested every bit as much time
> and money as those who seek to become professional in other fields of
> endeavor. More than anything it is this promotion of trading as an easy
and
> cheap business which angers many of us who know this to be utterly false.
> The height of this absurdity was the publicity given to those day traders
> who made millions overnight ... I would guess that nearly all of them have
> since gone bust because they confused luck with skill. Considering Clyde's
> contributions to the list, I suggest giving him the benefit of any doubt.
>
> Now about that free data ... assuming that you have the tools and
> inclination to deal with the hassles of data corrections, adjustments,
> distributions, and splits; you might have a look at Yahoo which obtains
much
> of its data from CSI - considered to be a premium provider. The big
> difference is that Yahoo has no futures data and limited indexes and lacks
> the automated data handling tools which CSI provides to handle all those
> nasty chores with ease. I happily pay CSI, Quotes Plus, and Quote.Com to
do
> the dirty work for me but I have no problem with those enterprising enough
> to manage their own data. I do expect that the free data from Yahoo will
> come to and end rather soon but enjoy while the sun shines.
>
> Finally, I would commend watching your trading budget as long as you do
not
> compromise the quality required to meet your objectives. Learning the
> trading business is a process of acquiring knowledge and experience while
> preserving the funds required to continue trading and sustain life for a
> period long enough to get through the education.
>
> Earl
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ketayun" <ketayun@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2001 7:48 AM
> Subject: Re: [RT] free eod data
>
>
> > Clyde,
> >
> > I am sorry that you feel the need to make disparaging comments about my
> > request for info re: free eod service. Not all of us have had the
> > benefit of being sponsored and supported by a wealthy patron as you have
> > already admitted was your good fortune.
> >
> > Being a single mother, trying to learn a new trade, I do subscribe to
> > as many services as I can afford. It is my understanding that this forum
> > is for the purpose of sharing and supporting each other to be more
> > successful in this business. Wonder under which catagory I should file
> > your patronising and withering comments?
> >
> > Ketayun
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Clyde Lee wrote:
> >
> > > I really do not understand this constant requestby people for "FREE"
> > > data (eod or otherwise). I pay PINNACLE data for EOD data covering
> > > most ofthe significant commodities worldwide (cost is
> > > veryreasonable). What I get also covers most importantindices. I pay
> > > WORDEN Brothers (tc2000) for daily stock dataand a wide variety of
> > > index data and it is reasonable(something less than $30/month) I pay
> > > Quote.com for realtime and historical data andunfortunately this is a
> > > bit more expensive ($80/mo). I also pay TradestationPro for realtime
> > > and historicaldata while I make up my mind about QC or TSPro as away
> > > to go (about $100/mo). If you can't afford to pay for the work that
> > > peopledo to acquire and distribute data then for goodnesssake be
> > > satisfied with whatever you can get fromYAHOO. I really do get upset
> > > when people are not willing topay for the very basic elements of
> > > system tradingwhich is DATA ! ! ! ! ! ! Clyde - - - - - - - - - - - -
> > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> > > Clyde Lee Chairman/CEO (Home of SwingMachine)
> > > SYTECH Corporation email: clydelee@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > 7910 Westglen, Suite 105 Office: (713) 783-9540
> > > Houston, TX 77063 Fax: (713) 783-1092
> > > Details at: www.theswingmachine.com
> > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: ketayun
> > > To: realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2001 19:05
> > > Subject: [RT] free eod data
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Would anyone please be able to suggest a site that provides
> > > free EOD's
> > > including historical?
> > >
> > > Also, does metastock rt work with Qcharts?
> > >
> > > Thanks for any help.
> > >
> > > Ketayun
> > >
> > >
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