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Thanks for the tips
Regards
Will post my findings, once done.
Regards
Benzie
> Guy, although I haven't used their service for many months, I heard that
> Prophet Direct is now compatible with Downloader 6.52. You might want to
> contact their Technical Support people.
>
> Benzie, in addition to price, other considerations are access problems,
> cleanliness of the data and the symbol set they use. You will want to
> avoid switching from, say, the Reuters symbol set to someone who uses the
> Dial/Data symbols and then maybe on to someone who uses something entirely
> different. You will be faced with either converting the symbols manually,
> or scrapping all your cleansed data.
>
> The only thing I would add to Mark Scheier's comments, Benzie, is that
> because data providers each have their own unique ways of driving a person
> insane, try out as many 30-day trial periods as possible (ideally,
> concurrently).
>
> Good luck.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Guy Tann <grt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: August 16, 1999 17:23
> Subject: RE: Futures Data
>
> > Benzie
> >
> > Let me know what you discover. I've tried Prophet and couldn't get it
> > to work with Downloader. I'm still with CompuServe but I did look at
> > the new Reuter's system and am trying to figure out if I can afford the
> > switch. Right now they don't offer me the same ability to pick and
> > choose contracts.
> >
> > Good luck,
> >
> > Guy
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> > bspark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, August 16, 1999 2:02 AM To:
> > metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re:Futures Data
> >
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I'm looking for a good source of Futures data, History as well as a
> > daily update service. Any recommendations
> >
> > Thanks regards
> >
> > Benzie
>
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