Linked to excel, I need a source of real time data for the stock indices, including the european ones, ftse, cac, dax etc. I've tried the IB dde link and have found it unreliable, also the flickering is a problem even when turning down the update speed. I tried an add-on that went with IB and that also wasn't too reliable, although it was flicker free. I haven't got the programming experience the try VB, C++ etc. I tried Equis but I they used a continous future, not identical to the prices quoted with the broker. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
If you are serious... I would forget about free or $10/month or $40/month quote vendors... And focus on business class quote vendors. It costs real money to deliver fast, reliable quotes... And if a person won't or can't spend $15-$20 per trading day plus exchange fees... Then why bother trading at all.
OK, I agree. Whose an example of a "business class" vendor? I need the information fed direct to Excel.
There are good datafeeds that don't cost a lot. www.opentick.com is free plus exchange fees, www.iqfeed.net is $50 a month plus exchange fees. Both link to excel.