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Mark, what rt datafeed do you use for the FREE OddBall signals?
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From: "Mark Brown" <markbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "OMEGA-LIST" <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 5:16 AM
Subject: Re: Almost afraid to ask
> Hello Jim,
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> JJ> PC Quote/Hyperfeed has no refresh facility and I don't trust
> JJ> Historybank or omega refresh to be around when I need it. Around
> JJ> 115/month.
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> let me warn you that even thought esignal has data history - it is bad
> bad bad - did i mention bad? if you trade systems using intraday data
> you WILL NOT WANT THE HISTORY. your systems will never look the same
> on history as they do with the real time collected data. i have to
> use quote.com data to patch in when i need it. i would not waste
> my money on buying the dynaloader for esignal or any other product
> which gets and converts esignal history for ts.
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> so while esignal is fine for rt, you still need quote.com for history
> or some other source.
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> JJ> quote.com conitinues to get a lot of complaints and I'd have to use
> JJ> Dynastore's product. DS is OK but one must maintain two symbol lists.
> JJ> Also, I don't want a third application if I can avoid it. nothing is
> JJ> maintenance free. around $89/month.
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> JJ> eSignal interfaces easily w tS2k, requires no "translator" , can
> JJ> provide refresh data thru Dynastore's product (120 per year). around
> JJ> $82/montth (annual plan) + $10/month Dynastore for equities and sp/nd
> JJ> mini's. addl $50 / month if you want to get all futures.
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> JJ> there are probably other configs but I don't know them or have ruled
> JJ> them out in the past bec of cost, complexity. For example, something
> JJ> call UMDS can work I recall but know little about it. It is not a data
> JJ> feed itself but may allow you to use other data feeds.
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> Have a Great Day, Mark
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> http://www.markbrown.com
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