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To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (60667)	2/16/2002 7:47:46 PM
From: Gottfried	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 70976

Jacob, I just checked QT and it supports both, E*trade and ML. The QT charts even have a choice of indicators, like BBs, MACD, RSI. Yep, the internet is a bargain and I can't imagine doing without it any more. Even though I have only dial-up. I'm thinking of not renewing TC2000 and relying on StockCharts, which has much better charting. For that to be practical I may get broadband, though. Gottfried

To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (60667)	2/18/2002 10:43:39 PM
From: XBrit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

Regarding Medved QT: for non-streaming quote sources, there is a huge speed difference between the sources which are "optimized" for QT and those which aren't. Like, at least a factor of 10. "Non-streaming" means the quote source doesn't send you new quote info spontaneously whenever the bid/ask/last changes; instead you have to explicitly request updated quotes for the entire portfolio/watch list, at frequent intervals (say every 30 secs). "Optimized for QT" basically means "accepts batched-up quotes requests" (as opposed to requesting each quote individually). Examples: Datek provides streaming (spontaneously-updated)quotes. I think ETrade used to, not sure if their new format is supported by QT. Schwab provides non-optimized non-streaming quotes, and I'd guess this is likely true for ML also. If you start using QT, and find you can only refesh maybe 50 symbols max using a 30-second refresh interval, then your quote source is not optimized.