To: Dick Brown who wrote (1986 ) 1/16/1999 6:38:00 AM From: Gary M. Reed Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 2358
Dick, Contrary to the earlier post, yes you can get minute charts on InterQuote that go back a few days. They have had a few upgrades in the past six months which have addressed this problem. In the old releases, the only way you could have historical time and sales data, as well as charts, were to keep a separate window open with that chart and the data you had available was only good from the point which you initiated the chart (the data collected on your hard drive). Now, with the new release, you just type in a symbol, and you get everything you want. Again, the thing I am most impressed with is their lack of downtime. In over a year of subscribing, I remember being down once, and they said that was due to a sliced Internet cable or something like that (which made sense, since my ISP was virtually useless during that same time). And if you have probs or questions, they answer the phone promptly or respond to your email in a quick fashion. Runs about $84 (that includes exchange fees) per month, and that includes real time option quotes. www.interquote.com I think they have a free one month test trial offer. Again, my only real "beef" with them is that they said they would have Nasdaq Level II ready by New Years '99, but so far nothing. So I switched a few accounts over to LiveTrade.com from Schwab, which solved this problem. If you've ever traded with Level II access, you'll never go back. Even so, I kept my InterQuote subscription. I run two computers, one with the LiveTrade Level II on the stocks I am trading that day and the other screen has InterQuote. LiveTrade won't let you (effectively) monitor 200-300 stocks on one screen, and besides, InterQuote makes a reliable backup service. Good Trading, Gary