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Daniel,
I've been using Quotes-Plus for about six months now. I use the 800
number to get the data, but once you have the daily update file everything
is the same. Quotes Plus provides a database update utility which
uncompress the daily update file and updates the Quotes Plus databases.
There is a separate utility for exporting data from the Quotes Plus
database to Metastock. You can export a single stock, a list of stocks or
point it to a Metastock directory and it will update all the Metastock
files found in that directory. You can setup directories which you want to
be automatically updated after every daily update file is received.
In my setup I have all the S&P 500 stocks split across two Metastock
directories and another directory of about 100 stocks that I watch on a
daily basis. When I download the daily update all of these Metastock files
are updated with the latest prices. The whole procedure takes about 15
minutes on a Pentium 90 running Win95. Metastock, Quotes Plus and all the
data currently uses about 150M of disk space.
So far I haven't found any other data provider who provides as much data at
as a low a price as Quotes Plus. I wish they had option data (even if I
had to pay extra for it).
My biggest gripe right now is how stock splits are handled. The Quotes
Plus Metastock update utility doesn't change the metastock price history,
it just adds the latest price. The Quotes Plsu database is updated
correctly, but to the correct chart into Metastock you have to delete the
chart and have Quotes Plus re-add it. This is kind of a pain.
Hope this is useful.
Marc
At 09:25 AM 6/28/97 -0400, DanMartinz@xxxxxxx wrote:
>Gary,
>I have MetaStock 6 and I probably will get the Investor's Reference LIbrary
>(IRL). I need to know the following information if I use your service.
>
>I am going to place all of the stocks the IRL CD-ROM has on my hard drive.
> It has a 5 year history. I don't have room for duplication. This means I
>am not going to use your CD-ROM database for stocks. I also have an 8 month
>old MetaStock 6 CD-ROM, and access to AOL index data which I can download in
>ASCII format. I will use these 2 for indexes such as DOW and S&P 500
>history for past 5 years.
>
>1. What is the exact procedure for getting daily updates from Quotes-Plus
>through the Internet? Do I download an ASCII file from an FTP site? How do
>I incorporate your data into my MetaStock database?
>
>2. If I only maintain a MetaStock database (from IRL), will I have any
>trouble with stock splits, and ticker name changes if I use Quotes-Plus?
>
>
>Daniel.
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Marc Saegesser
mas@xxxxxxx
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