| Data Source |
Price* |
Real-Time |
History |
Symbol List |
Contacts |
Setup Tutorial |
| ASCII |
Mostly free. Price depends on data source. |
No |
Tick-by-tick, 1 minute, daily up to 7Gb file size |
No |
Contact your data vendor |
|
| Bloomberg |
Contact data vendor |
Yes |
Tick-by-tick up to 50 days, intra-day up to 50 days, daily up to 20 years |
Yes |
212.318.2000 www.Bloomberg.com |
Bloomberg |
| eSignal |
$49/month and higher |
Yes |
Tick-by-tick 10 days back, minute bars 60 days back, daily bars 10 years back |
Yes |
800.815.8256 www.eSignal.com |
eSignal |
| Free Quotes |
n/a |
No |
Yes |
No |
Finance.yahoo.com Moneycentral.msn.com
|
n/a |
| GlobalServer |
Price depends on GlobalServer's data source |
Yes |
Unlimited |
Yes |
954.652.7100 www.TradeStation2000i.com |
GlobalServer |
| Interactive Brokers |
Free for customers |
Yes |
Second, minute or daily bars 6 month back |
Yes |
877.442.2757 www.InteractiveBrokers.com |
Interactive Brokers |
| IQFeed |
$50/month and higher |
Yes |
Tick-by-tick 30 days back, 1 year of minute bars (over 2.5 years for the CME Eminis), 1000 daily bars, 500 weekly bars |
Yes |
Sales: 800-475-4755
Support: 800-779-7299
Intl: 402-255-878
www.IQFeed.net |
DTN IQFeed |
| Marketcast |
n/a |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
300.132.999 www.MarketCast.com.au |
n/a |
| MetaStock |
n/a |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
800.508.9180 www.Equis.com |
MetaStock Data |
| Open E Cry |
Free for customers |
Yes |
Tick-by-tick up to 7 days, intra-day up to 14 days, daily up to several years back |
Yes |
800.920.5808 www.openecry.com/ |
n/a |
| Patsystems |
Free for customers |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
312.922.7600 www.PATSystems.com |
n/a |
| Quote.com |
$95/month and higher |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
866.842.5377 www.Quote.com |
Quote.com |
| Rithmic |
Free for customers |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
877.748.4642 www.rithmic.com |
n/a |
| TradeStation 8 |
$99.95 and higher |
Yes |
Tick-by-tick 30 days back, minute bars 20 years back, daily bars 45 years back |
Yes |
954.652.7940 www.TradeStation.com |
TradeStation 8 |
| Universal DDE** |
Mostly free. Price depends on data source. |
Yes |
No |
No |
Contact data vendor |
|
| Zen-Fire |
Free for customers |
Yes |
No |
No |
1-800-496-1683 www.mirusfutures.com |
n/a |