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Thanks for the reply but I would have to disagree. Disagreement is what makes a great market. Have a good one!

Yeah I know it is expensive...but I don't want the data for free. I am willing to pay someone who has the data and the knowledge...might help them cover their data nut for the year

Hello All. I am looking to backtest some equity strategies over a very long period of time based on some fundamental and technical data. I am willing to pay someone for their work if they have the ability to do this and also have access to fundamental and price data from S&P compustat database...

I am wanting to do some backtesting using COT data and Open Interest. I have used tradestation in the past for my backtesting but I have heard that the COT and open interest data is not accurate on tradestation for past data. I have read that Genesis Financial is one of the best resources...

Thanks for all your input. After talking to my programmer...he can write in Visual Basic, VB.net and Real Basic. So we are going to explore all 3 before starting any code.

I am in the process of getting some of my strategies automated. The programmer that I am talking to wants to use Visual Basic. I am not a programmer so I am curious if this language is a good language to use for trading. I don't want to spend money on getting this up and going and then find...