I was just browsing the Pinnacle web site looking at their historical futures data (CLC Database), it seems like a good deal. The question is however, and maybe I'm just missing something bloody obvious on the website, but what is the resolution of the data? Beyond that, does anybody use this product, any pros/cons?
We resell Pinnacle data. We have a special package deal which includes deep history +Forex daily data, including borrowing and lending rates. This is a nice discount package deal. Here is our link. http://www.tradersstudio.com/Produc...cmd/CatalogItemDetails/psmid/657/Default.aspx
If you want serious diversification into lots of global futures markets, Pinnacle isn't the best choice. Mostly they specialize in North American and Western European futures markets. Among the many futures contracts not covered by Pinnacle, are Swiss Govt Bond @ Eurex ("CONF") BUXL @ Eurex 1 month LIBOR @ CME New Zealand Dollar @ CME Milk @ CME WTI Crude @ ICE Brent Crude @ ICE London GasOil @ ICE Korean T-Bond @ KOFEX London Robusta Coffee @ LIFFE London White Sugar #5 @ LIFFE London Cocoa @ LIFFE Euroswiss @ LIFFE OMX stock index @ Stockholm Johannesburg All Shares Index @ SAFEX White Maize @ SAFEX Aussie Share Price Index SPI-200 @ SFE Aussie 3 Year Bonds @ SFE Aussie 10 Year Bonds @ SFE Aussie Bank Bills @ SFE MSCI Taiwan Index @ SIMEX MSCI Singapore Index @ SIMEX Indian Nifty stock index @ SIMEX mini Japan Govt Bond @ SIMEX Japan Govt Bond (fullsize) @ TSE Rubber @ TOCOM Kerosene @ TOCOM TOPIX index @ TSE Rapeseed - Canola @ WGE and the list goes on.
last i checked, CSI had damn near everything, but you pay more for the international stuff, and its expensive to start with. personally, if i was buying data, i'd use pinnacle.
Check out premiumdata.net as well. I use them and Pinnacle. Premiumdata.net has additional contracts not covered by pinnacle, plus they are significantly cheaper. But their full history is not quite as extensive as pinnacle (for example I think corn goes back to 1970 with premiumdata and 1959 with pinnacle although that's from memory and I'm not sure I'm remembering it correctly). CSI is the gold standard but you pay through the nose for it. For most purposes you don't need them. Another option is disktrading.com although their data is more limited, but it includes intraday and tick data as well. SSB