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So you've got a strategy you won't disclose that you don't trade because you have no money that contains nothing of note in other than motherhood statements that you cannot backtest because the result would vary according to the instrument. No results are posted.

To keep your own data is silly. Do you really have the resources to maintain data like a professional data vendor and fix any variances between them? Do you know how many splits/spinoffs/special dividends/code changes/new listings/delistings you need to do each day? I tried to do it and...

No formulas. No real strategy. Motherhood statements. No backtesting results. Do you have anything to report other than motherhood statements?

Broken record: Garbage in garbage out.

The totals appear to be OK though... perhaps it's just put in the wrong place cosmetically.

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It sounds like your system configuration is sub-optimal. If you are connected to your network, then your drives should be mapped. If you are not connected to your network then your drives should not be mapped.

Daily data is fine - that's not the issue. Re crap data - you can't polish a turd. I wouldn't want to try and create a trading system out of it.

Beggars should not be trading futures. I am quite serious here - I've seen too many people blow themselves up and never trade again. You are significantly lacking in capital especially if you are considering these futures using daily bars and cannot afford the services of a data vendor.

You didn't answer all of the questions. Therefore go to Yahoo and use their free data. It's got flaws in so many ways but is probably fine for your undisclosed requirements.

So what are the fields you require? Date, Close? Date, Open, High, Low, Close? Date, Open, High, Low, Close, Volume? Date, Open, High, Low, Close, Volume, $ traded volume? Are you aware that the S&P 500 open only represents the stocks that actually open at 09:30:00.000? Do you want to...

I asked CRSP a few years back... their US stocks database was $42K per annum if you got updates delivered monthly - about 40% less if you got it delivered annually.

I have a friend who uses NxCore... well worth a look.

I am an alpha tester for a new Norgate/Premium Data product that includes some interesting market breadth data. They have put out all a crazy amount of market breadth data for historical index constituents. The data goes back to the early 1960s for the S&P 500 ones. I'm not sure exactly...

For basic charts try www.stockcharts.com Other financial portals offer rudimentary charting (MSN Finance, Bloomberg, Reuters, Google Finance etc.) For more sophistication you can use a dedicated software package and/or data subscription. Plenty have been mentioned here before.

From what I know, Gold is traded physically at LBMA via their ring sessions. The "PM fix" is probably the only reliable cash gold price that actually settles with physical There is a pseudo cash gold price on the FX market but it's simply a fictional cash settled instrument. As far as I'm...

For an alternative angle, try gnip for tweets

I've had no issues with the quality of the data from Premium Data. I started by buying just the history (and compared it side-by-side with CSI) only then later on went to a daily update with them. Worth a look - they offer a free trial too (with limited history).

Generate yourself some signals. Be very precise with timing. Then get yourself a time & sales report with corresponding best bid/ask information. and see what you would have done. Some platforms allow for a feature called "Market Replay" whereby you can take a peek back in time and see what...

You didn't mention which software you use. That might affect your choice. I've tried quandl too - data is not so good. CSI is OK but perhaps the breadth of data is too wide. Note they have limits on how many markets you can access in any given day. Since the limits of the stock data...