Hi I am writing from Tokyo. Although I am looking for the free software which can acquire histrical data, such as commodity futures, index futures, and stock markets in the U.S. I see various kinds of name of software, but in order that I am not good at English well, I cannot judge which is suitable to me. Isn't there any website which compared the good point and bad point of them? Or if there is software of your recommendation, please let me know. I wishes what is not based on JAVA applet. My OS is Windows 2000 Pro. Thanks
Metastock sounds nice. I am going to look for it. I also want to know about software for commodity markets. I only need EOD charting system. Thanks.
churasan >>>I also want to know about software for commodity markets. I only need EOD charting system. <<<< maybe if You give a try to https://www.qp2.com/index.htm eli
elie My proxy had refused opening the page last time. It was able to see by another machine now. Thanks well. But the form entering the trial requires credit card number. METASTOK as well. I wonder there are not software that completely no charge in the U.S.....
Metastock is analysis software thats all, Quotes plus is software that has some basic studies and has capabilities for you to program scans on their database. You must call quotes plus to get a cd of the program and data, then you would download the daily data each day for viewing in either metastock or in quotes plus software. If you are not going to use any specially coded studies/indicators then you may not need metastock. I have been using quotes plus since 1996 and rate it 9 of 10 but the data is available at 730pm est which is way too late. I output specific stocks to a metastock file and read that into supercharts. None of this is free stuff.
The site below has browser-based charts and quotes for commodities, stocks, and some stock indexes. EOD data is free. http://www2.barchart.com/default.asp It sounded like you wanted a standalone windows application instead of a web page, but I'm not sure you'll find one for free. -v
I just downloaded the free version of Nextrend (the "Trader" package) from this site: http://www.nextrend.com/ It has delayed stocks, indexes, and futures, with interactive charting and analytics. It also has realtime mini futures according to the thread below (thanks to Redart for posting this). http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=1843&pagenumber=2 All told, not bad for free. Now I have one more backup source for futures quotes. -v