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Has anybody actually been able to contact Activetick recently? I've tried on the phone a couple times, and sent at least 2-3 emails. Never actually heard back, couldn't even get a demo. I terms of responsiveness for data providers, it seems like QuantQuote >> Nanex > Activetick :( If...

Yep, the data is good and fixes many of the errors that show up in Yahoo. Also agree with the above poster. Yahoo > Google, google just has a lot of errors. Yahoo is not perfect either, for example, from yesterday: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=FOXA+Historical+Prices The are missing the...

The fed will taper soon, it's just a matter of time, probably by this fall.

You know the saying....don't fight the fed. Well, the fed has decided to stop printing, it seems correction to DJIA ~13000 is imminent. Thoughts/opinions?

haha, it's hilarious people even backtest using crap data like that. you might as well flush money down the toilet (it would be more enjoyable too).

You can also try QuantQuote, they have subscription services within your price range and do handle delisted/dead symbols properly so you can do survivorship bias free testing. They also have CUSIP although they have their own proprietary identifier which is the default (and which I think is much...

I'm interested to see if this is any good too, OP, please report back on quality/completeness of that data.

There are so many other factors here which can have a bigger impact that location.... For comparison, exchanges to Manhattan is 2ms exchanges to Boston is 8ms exchange to Chicago is 20-30ms exchanges to west coast is 80-90ms Time your application takes to process data alone could be...

A lot of dumb money is betting on an upside surprise today. I have no position and will wait for the shitstorm to pass. Looking the option prices, people are expecting this to move 5-10% one way or another....

The hold for 30+ years strategy just doesn't work anymore. In the 70's, 80's and 90's when there was solid growth it was great. But the last 15 years have shown that you can't just throw money into the market and expect 15% average annualized return. Investing has gotten a lot more...

It's a matter of perspective. I prefer my data top quality, free of errors, and easy to use. Bad data can suck away massive amounts of time trying to debug/fix/replace. If you buy bad data, you're out of luck and have to spend even more money buying good data later. Not to mention the huge...

Just to update, what happened was the 419 stop loss was hit. When this happened, my position flipped to the short side (when I hit a stop loss, I always double sell and go the other way). Still short right now, but looking for guidance on a good point to cover. Most likely will cover prior to...

I think AAPL could surprise next week with earnings, but it is an extremely risky play. There's no support anywhere close by, probably 350 or so would be the next real support.

QuantQuote might be the best bet for you, they are the only provider I know of that actually provides second resolution data. For other providers, you have to pay extra for tick and then make your own 1 second bars. See here: https://quantquote.com/products_second-data.php You can get it in...

Ah come on, I doubt anybody who went long at 450 is still in their position. They're all out or have turned around by now.

424 is now the level to beat on the upside. a lot depends on the market in general, aapl has been tracking spy well intraday.

I'm back in, stop loss at 419.

Yea, so about earnings. I don't think AAPL will miss again. And if it does miss, it won't be a 10% drop like last time. If you have a high risk tolerance, buying in advance of the earnings could be smart. There's also a good chance the price runs up prior to earnings as well. And of...

I'm still on the sidelines. Risk of breakout down is pretty high right now. I'd rather get in 1% higher than risk losing my shirt of it decides to go through the 52 week low.

The only bright side right now is probably on the short side...