Reuters bought Computrac, the original computer trading software company, to sell their data. It would make no sense for them to allow another vendor to compete.
In thinking about it the add on programs you can get with MetaStock are like apps. Reuters has very little if anything to do with their development. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of stuart_yg123 Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 4:40 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [EquisMetaStock Group] Re: MetaStock 12 EOD and Third Party Data Hi Roy >From the FAQ (http://www.metastock.com/products/faqs/) "Do I have to use Thomson Reuters data feed? Yes. All MetaStock products work exclusively with Thomson Reuters data feeds." I have just reached the end of my MetaStock upgrades... Kind regards Stuart --- In [email protected] <mailto:equismetastock%40yahoogroups.com> , "Roy" <rlarsen@...> wrote: > > > Re MetaStock 12 EOD and third party data suppliers. > > Has anyone purchased MS 12 EOD and established if an existing (non-Reuters) data provider can still be used? Equis sales have assured me that I must subscribe to their data feed, but I'm not sure that I believe what I've been told. Thanks. > > Roy >
