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Hello Ian,
Seriously, Pinnacle are great - been using them for a few years now
and never a problem. IMO ASCII is preferable to CSI format.
Pinnacle offer Metastock format as well as ASCII - isn't Metastock the
same as CSI anyway?
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Best regards,
Ross mail to: Ross.Bond@xxxxxxxxxx
Monday, November 24, 2003, 7:07:00 PM, you wrote:
IW> Hi Everyone,
IW> I only really had one reply to this suggesting Pinnacle data but I
IW> really wanted data in CSI format which they don't seem to offer.
IW> What are you guys using for end of day data? Do they provide
IW> continuous data?
IW> Ian
>> I've been collecting end of day data for about 70 futures from
>> Genesis. As well as the individual contracts for each market, they do
>> a continuous contract which is calculated and adjusted automatically,
>> ideal for backtesting. When you download an update, the new data is
>> automatically appended to the old, contracts expired and all the
>> housekeeping taken care of. It can save the data in several formats
>> including MetaStock and CSI (which is the main one I use). The data
>> is selected in TS from a "3rd Party Directory" so you don't have to
>> go through the Global Server which reduces the number of markets you
>> have to scroll through.
>>
>> However, they reckon that the program/system I've been using for
>> downloading, NavWin, is coming to the end of its life and they say
>> they will be unable to support it as the server manufacturers no
>> longer make or support the hardware.
>>
>> Anyway, it's already proving flaky. However, they want a one-off fee
>> of $250 to upgrade to new software. I already paid $395 for NavWin,
>> admittedly some years ago, but I never used the program's charting
>> facilities and I won't use those of the new software so I am
>> reluctant to pay this on top of the $45/monthly cart for the data.
>>
>> So, can anyone recommend another data supplier who offers a similar
>> service but without such a loaded front-end?
>>
>> Ian
>>
>>
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