Metastock categorically states that you must use their data feed for version 12. Until someone has the product and tries to use third-party data, we won't know if this is whimsy or fact. If a fact, it would be no surprise if someone develops a piece of software to get around the restriction.
--- On Thu, 10/25/12, L.P. Carhartt <[email protected]> wrote: From: L.P. Carhartt <[email protected]> Subject: RE: [EquisMetaStock Group] Re: MetaStock 12 EOD and Third Party Data To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, October 25, 2012, 1:42 PM Hi Roy, Stuart and all, Unless Reuters is actually changing the file structure of its data files, it will be hard to implement a version MetaStock that is forced to use a Reuters data feed "only". Of course they could provide a new "special" feed to accomplish this, but they will almost certainly continue their existing feed. If not, their entire customer base will be jeopardized and likely lost. Does it make economic sense to provide two feeds, one for new versions of MetaStock and one for previous versions? The new version will have almost no customer base so will be a money loser for quite a while until the customer base grows enough to support it. Of course, Trade Station did this some years ago along with implementing a trading platform. You don't hear much about Trade Station compared to previously. If Reuters is going to do this, it is a major, major change for the company and, in my opinion, a high risk strategy for them. Thank you. Best, Larry L. P. Carhartt MasterDATA office: 818-701-6686 fax: 866-428-6849 http://www.MasterDATA.com [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of stuart_yg123 Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 1:40 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], "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 > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links
