Larry, tradestation became an online brokerage firm, they now make their profits from placed trades!
--- In [email protected], "L.P. Carhartt" <lc@...> wrote: > > 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 > lc@... > > > > -----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 >
