Is there anyone who has used both of these that can comment on the difference between the two products as far as cost and reliability. Keep in mind I do not need charting, news or any of the other functions these products offer, I just need to be able to import data onto an excel spreadsheet real time. Thanks.
Obviously I am a little biased , but if you want futures and equities for the lowest cost streamed into Excel, buy an annual subscription to DTN.IQ instead of IQFeed (gives you a half price subscription and includes RT data on equities, options, domestic and International futures for $44.50 per month plus exchange fees). The installation includes a sample DDE spreadsheet and the IQLink app which will send the data to Excel. Information about the formulas to enter in your cells is available at http://www.dtniq.com/product/help/v2.4/dde/index.cfm. Pretty easy and I don't think you will find the data any cheaper. Especially from a Tier 1 provider (direct from the exchanges). Jay Froscheiser DTN Market Access