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To: XBrit who wrote (4425)	7/21/2001 12:50:40 AM
From: Steve Fancy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6873

OT - Julius, I have been with Quote.com Qcharts for a couple years. From what I understand from talking with others they pretty much hands down have the slickest user interface and charting capabilities around but the data feed has been a sore spot with users for the majority of that time. It got even worse when they sold to Lycos but it seems they are finally getting a handle on it. I think its the cheapest of the bunch, but you definitely have to understand the data feed problems that still pop up to use it effectively. It still quite often falls behind in the mornings and you have to change servers (about a 10-15 second deal) to catch it up. And sometimes near the end of the day charts and option chains do not come up. Options data is not always accurate as strikes or leaps are sometimes missing and sometimes they won't even acknowledge options exist for some symbols at which point you have to write them and they do something on their end to correct it. Further, they used to have a problem where some options trades were not sent through as the data feed was overloaded and options took a lower priority. If you have a little patience I think they may still resolve these other issues because as I said, the data feed has been getting better, but if you don't want to have to mess with it I would definitely recommend checking some of the higher priced services. Ask the folks on the Quote.Com thread how satisified they are and see what comes back at ya. There was a time when you would have received one flaming response after another...seems to have quieted down recently. Steve

To: XBrit who wrote (4425)	7/22/2001 9:00:32 PM
From: night_train	Respond to of 6873

JuliusM, I've been using PC Quote for about 12 months and love it. I have 6 different (real-time) time frame charts open at all times, 3 watchlists (around 50 stocks in total), 2 quote boxes, time and sales, real time alerts etc.. Its indicators are excellent and very flexible. It's around $200 per month with the various exchanges and level 2. Only drawback I've found so far is I can't get index volumes on a chart. I'm currently trying a combination of Datek's streamer/ level 2 and PC Quotes less expensive "Orbit" product for real time charting, but finding it more awkward and only slightly cheaper. I'm going to try e-signal before I settle in once and for all. Let me know what you settle on. Good luck.

To: XBrit who wrote (4425)	7/23/2001 9:20:55 PM
From: jmedved	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6873

JuliusM, Let me make a correction. You have been using QuoteTracker with Schwab. The quotes from Schwab are inefficient, NOT QuoteTracker. If you used a different quote source instead of Schwab, you would see a drastic improvement. For example, MarketFeed provides tick-by-tick streaming data for QuoteTracker users for up to 200 symbols at the same time and will not overload your DSL line. Money.net data is also real fast, but max 80 symbols at a time. MarketFeed - quotetracker.com - $19.95 per month + exchange fees. Max 200 symbols, tick-by tick Money.net - quotetracker.com - $9.99 per month including fees, 30 day free trial. Max 80 symbols. With either one, you will see a drastic improvement over Schwab quotes, without having to spend $80 or more a month. Jerry Medved 2GK, Inc. quotetracker.com