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Non-Tech : Quote.com QCharts -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Herc who wrote (3934)	10/7/1999 11:27:00 PM
From: Gibbons Burke	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17977

QCharts does give you access to news. QCharts Premium gives you access to more fundamental research like Earnings Estimates and in-depth profiles. -- Gibbons

To: Herc who wrote (3934)	10/7/1999 11:53:00 PM
From: Dan Clark	Respond to of 17977

Herc, Based on Gibbons reply after yours, it seems that I have things to learn about QCharts. Regarding end-of-day, you could use QCharts for download. But if IQ Charts meets your needs, I'd stay with it. Regarding QCharts for real-time, I used to use it with a 56K modem. I had many charts and quote sheets open, and I had my own scanning software monitoring about 150 symbols running in the background. Both QCharts and my software use QFeed, the Quote.com data feed. Both ran simultaneously and ran well. About the only difference you will find with a faster line is that start up will be a bit quicker. For instance, if you import a list of 50 symbols into a quote sheet with, the first refresh will be faster with an ISDN line or faster. Might take a few extra seconds. After the first refresh, you probably won't notice too much difference for the real-time refreshes. One time, just for grins, I opened 22 Level II screens. Took a few seconds for each one to open. After they were open, I couldn't see any perceptable delay in the updates. Since Level II screens are supposed to be resource hogs in other software, I thought this might be a good test. By comparison, a leading direct entry broker's integrated Level II system could only open 7 Level II screens at one time. (I got this from their tech support department.) While I haven't the foggiest what I would do with 22 Level II screens, it seemed like a good "stress test" on the system. Hope this helps. Regards, Dan.