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Hi Ross,
Pinnacle seems to be getting all the votes - in the absence of
any other suggestions... (:-)
CSI can store date, open, high, low, close, contract volume, contract
open interest, total volume and total open interest. A QMaster file
keeps track of which files holds which security and a max of 999 can be
stored in a directory.
MetaStock supports date, open, high, low, close, total volume and total
open interest. Files are managed by a Master file and a maximum of 255
files can be stored in a directory.
You can put any data into an ASCII file but it's not very efficient and
uses lots more disk space.
Ian
> 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?
>
> --
> 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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