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

To: HairBall who wrote (15351)	1/29/2002 10:46:24 AM
From: TechTrader42	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 17977

Do you use QLink, LG? That's where I found the extensive history helpful. I'd test MACD, for example, for 5-min. intervals, with all sorts of periods. In many cases the results were revealing. Some traders' long-held favorite periods really did turn out to be the periods that tested well. And some newly vaunted periods turned out to have abysmal results. Also, I could test 5-min. signals against 30-min. signals, comparing profits for various systems. So I don't know about eyeballing historical intraday data. I didn't look very far back with that. But I did find QLink useful in Excel. I actually found QLink a lot more useful than QFeed, because QFeed was too unreliable at the time. Now I use eSignal's Excel utility for RT data in spreadsheets, and combine it with historical daily data from Quotes Plus 2.

To: HairBall who wrote (15351)	1/29/2002 1:47:10 PM
From: Dan Clark	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17977

LG, I agree that it would be nice to have longer intraday data history. I had that concern also. However, the stability and speed of the data more than outweighs that IMO. I switched to eSignal feed about two weeks ago. Best thing I ever did. To be honest, the eSignal feed is BORING! You don't get that adrenaline rush like you do with QFeed... Yes, nothing like a QFeed server failure in the middle of a trade to get the old heart pumping. Or watching your charting App crash (InvestorRT, RavenQuote, QCharts) just when you don't want it to. Now that's a rush! Or watching your system memory go past 200Mb when running a complex formula or download data! Just tingles my tender parts thinking about it. What fond memories... NOT! With eSignal feed, it's like the Energizer bunny. Just keeps running and running and running... IMO, the symbol limitation is minor compared to the major speed, quality and stability benefits. OK, off my soapbox. Regards, Dan.