That's a good one - thanks. I see they have Aus in the Asian module and at a good price. I'll follow up on it.
Previously I only saw them as a broker and I steered away from them because of their T+3 settlement rule. I'm having to think again anyway because I am interested in Hermans AT work and I see that IB is his chosen path. Thanks once again for the help. brian_z --- In [email protected], "Paul Ho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > if you want RT without backfill, why not try Ib. > > > _____ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of brian_z111 > Sent: Tuesday, 29 January 2008 12:14 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [amibroker] Re: best feed for ASX? > > > > Richard, > > You must be reading my mind. > I was wondering about your position on RT and Div Adjusted data. > > I had a superficial look at Bourse last week - they appear to be > inward looking - no external compatibility - I think they have also > dropped option chains which I thought was their big plus. > > Yes, Pulse is operative and with DDE but there's no price advantage > cf say, ESignal - my thinking is that there's no point asking Tomasz > to write up a plugin for Aussie RT because it would only be ESignal > equivalent. Also as you say I suspect there is little demand (it > appears the majority are happy to push data to AB from their broker). > > Always appreciate your specialist comments. > > brian_z > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:amibroker%40yahoogroups.com> ps.com, > "Richard Dale" <richard@> wrote: > > > > BourseData was purchased by MDS Financial (ASX:MWS) through the > issue of 63 > > million shares (then valued at $0.135 now $0.05) - the same people > that are > > Cube Financial Group and (back in the late 1990s/early 2000s > TradeTech the > > educator). The original Bourse used to have a DDE capability (I > used this > > back in around 2000 to trade speculative stocks) but a few years > later they > > stopped providing documentation/support on such DDE facilities. > I'm not > > sure if it still has any such capabilities. > > > > > > > > Paritech run their own live data system called Pulse, originally > developed > > as CommSec's live trader platform (Protrader1). I believe Pulse > has a DDE > > capability too: > > > > http://www.paritech > <http://www.paritech.com/support/pulse/features/dde.asp> > .com/support/pulse/features/dde.asp > > > > > > > > Live data in Australia is such a cut-throat business due to amount > of > > redundancy and infrastructure required, and the lack of people > actually > > wanting to pay for it. When things go wrong (i.e. the data is > running by > > more than a second late) users start screaming and look > elsewhere. That's > > why we specialise in end-of-day data - we also like to sleep > occasionally > > too! > > > > > > > > Best regards, > > Richard Dale. > > Norgate Investor Services > > - Premium quality Stock, Futures and Foreign Exchange Data for > > markets in Australia, Asia, Canada, Europe, UK & USA - > > www.premiumdata.net <http://www.premiumd <http://www.premiumdata.net/> > ata.net/> > > > > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:amibroker%40yahoogroups.com> ps.com > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:amibroker%40yahoogroups.com> ps.com] > On Behalf > > Of brian_z111 > > Sent: Tuesday, 29 January 2008 9:14 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:amibroker%40yahoogroups.com> ps.com > > Subject: [amibroker] Re: best feed for ASX? > > > > > > > > I'm not unhappy with the international majors but I want to canvass > > the alternatives - sometimes we just need something simple. > > > > All the good entrepenurial companies seem to go to the corps > > eventually: > > > > Huntley bought out by Aspect Equities and now Morningstar. > > BourseData ended up at Paritech I think. > > > > brian_z > > >
