Data for APS
TeleChart
from www.worden.com is a popular source for clean US stock data for APS. Conversion and data updating in APS format is automatic (just a mouse click). Click here
for instructions on how to convert TeleChart data to APS format. With TeleChart
you can have a complete historical US stock database for APS Automatic Pattern Search, updated daily for your searches or scans plus a lot more! |
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QP3 by Quotes Plus
offers daily data for all issues that trade on the NYSE, Amex and NASDAQ exchanges, and mutual funds and commodities. You also get Stock Picker Pro software, a stock filtering and ranking
system. You can export the data in ASCII text format for use in APS search and scan. For more information click here
to link to the Quotes Plus site. Click here
for instructions on how to convert QP3 data to APS format. When you place your order with Quotes Plus do not forget to mention you are a Tradingpatterns.com
customer. |
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Note: if you are using Tradestation, Wealth-Lab or other platforms that offer access to a historical database, then you can run a script to generate data
files for use with APS. In the case of futures and stocks, the data must be properly adjusted for rollovers and splits. -MLdownloader
can download free data from the Internet and update existing data files automatically in APS format. It can be purchased directly from Trading-tools.com for $49.95. For more information click here to link to the Trading-tools.com web site. You may close the new window to return to this
site.
-Pinnacle data (www.pinnacledata.com )
may be used by futures traders to convert automatically to APS format after daily updates. This is a very clean
data service with many options and the files are automatically updated in APS format as soon as one figures out the program.
-eSignal or Qcharts users can use a nice utility from Tradeworks (www.mechtrading.com) called Qcollector
to download and update directly in APS format
-Tradestation and Metastock users may use their data downloader to convert to ASCII format and then the utility provided by APS to convert to the
format required but this is a two-step process. There are programs available to convert Metastock and Tradestation data automatically to any text format. An example is XPO-ASCII converter from http://tssupport.com/addons/hc/ For more details look at the Data FAQ support section.
- Forex data
: A very good (and reasonably priced) source of daily and intraday data for Forex is:
http://disktrading.is99.com/disktrading/ You may
specify the format you want your files but you must tell them in advance. Look for the correct format in the help file of the demo. For intraday data, you
will have to use the Intraday File Creation option from Tools. Most of our FOREX trading customers find the patterns and then implement strategies in Metastock or Tradestation to run in real-time.
Data converters:
Metastock to ASCII conversion products:
http://www.trader-tools.com/
http://www.datasharks.biz/DataConverter_Info.php
Please contact us
if you need additional information or help with your APS data. |
