Excel

[Rex84]

Is there anywhere where I can get an Excel spreadsheet of tick by tick data for a sample of stocks for a certain time period?

please excuse my ignorance with automated trading

 

[tradelink]

you can buy tickdata for around 1yr of a single stock for around $15-20 on http://tickdata.com

 

[Rex84]

thank you

 

[ProTrade Greg]

Once you start looking for real-time tick by tick data in Excel, check out www.realtick.com. They have a very robust Excel DDE link with a sample spreadsheet and easy to use toolbar. You can also send orders from Excel into RealTick. ProTradeFinancial.com provides RealTick and other trading solutions to our professional traders.

Good luck!