Using Free Quotes or ASCII with Multicharts?

[daedalus 10]

Can any of our resident Multicharts gurus *cough cough TAMS!!! cough* point me in the right direction on how to using free quotes with the platform? TSSupport says go to yahoo/msn finance... but beyond that i haven't found anything on how to actually get the data into the platform.

 

I've seen the ASCII walk through and that would work but where do I source the ASCII files? I'm canceling my tradestation data feed but would still be able to use a pseudo tradestation environment for analysis.

 

Obviously i'm screwed for intraday stuff, but for end of day equity analysis this would still be possible no?

 

Thanks for the help gents!

[Tams 20]

You can get EOD from Yahoo, MSN, Google, etc.

 

unfortunately OpenTick is not in business anymore, therefore no free intraday feeds is available any more.

 

 

To get your free quotes...

Open QuoteManager, make sure the appropriate boxes are checked:

 

 

 

 

You will need to create new symbols with Free Quotes as datasource.

 

 

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Edited June 16, 2009 by Tams

[daedalus 10]

Dude... you're the man. Thanks so much!

[iwannatoscript 10]

Hy guys,

 

i find that from many stocks or financial indices

 

the tickers are different between google and yahoo.

 

how could i setup the right code for both?

 

About futures like dax, mini sp500, where are the right ticker

on freequotes?

[vladv 10]

Many thanks for the tips!

[Ranger 10]

Hi tams

 

i'm starting to learn your ways .... I was just getting ready to say ..., dude just send me the info and then, i said ..... I know he's going to say, surf the forum. Ha,ha

 

anyway, i'll follow the instructions here and see, if it helps.

 

Thanks ranger

[Ranger 10]

Hi TAMS

 

TAMS

 

I looked into your instructions - thanks!!! When I first saw FreeQuotes, it didn't occurr to me that it represented some underlying data providers.

 

For whatever reason, the data providers remain off-line. Tried the regular restart of QM; loaded a symbol etc.

 

Do you know what I'm missing? Please don't say EOD data!!!

 

;o) RANGER

 

 

 

You can get EOD from Yahoo, MSN, Google, etc.

 

unfortunately OpenTick is not in business anymore, therefore no free intraday feeds is available any more.

 

 

To get your free quotes...

Open QuoteManager, make sure the appropriate boxes are checked:

 

 

 

 

You will need to create new symbols with Free Quotes as datasource.

 

 

.

[Tams 20]

at the Data Sources window,

click on the "Activate" button. (top right corner)

 

 

yes, the data is EOD.

 

you can enter the symbol in the command box,

and the chart will come up.

[Tams 20]

Hi tams

 

i'm starting to learn your ways .... I was just getting ready to say ..., dude just send me the info and then, i said ..... I know he's going to say, surf the forum. Ha,ha

 

anyway, i'll follow the instructions here and see, if it helps.

 

Thanks ranger

 

 

hey... good that you are finding your way around the internet...

 

[search] button is the most power key in the World.

[Ranger 10]

It's weird .... I was going to try your recommendation, restarted my computer and guess what ... you got it EOD.

 

Look, if it's a good strategy, I'll share it with you so you can make millions more ... ;o)