Anyone using Eikon? What are your thoughts and what is the cost?
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surf
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surf
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I use Eikon. All I can say is that I got it way cheaper than my previous bbg terminal. But you need to be a bit more of a self starter. No help desk around...so one gotta do some digging but the search algorithms are pretty well done and unearth most you are looking for.
Don't confuse a full fledged Eikon Version for one of those cheap Equis Metastock white labels. Not that 100-150 bucks is not a great price but their versions are Eikon stripped to the bare versions. No OTC content. No customization capabilities in terms of data feeds. Limited editorial content. I love Reuters FXBUZZ team and their content...no such on the cheapo version I heard.
Don't confuse a full fledged Eikon Version for one of those cheap Equis Metastock white labels. Not that 100-150 bucks is not a great price but their versions are Eikon stripped to the bare versions. No OTC content. No customization capabilities in terms of data feeds. Limited editorial content. I love Reuters FXBUZZ team and their content...no such on the cheapo version I heard.
Anyone using Eikon? What are your thoughts and what is the cost?
Thanks
surf
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I use Eikon. All I can say is that I got it way cheaper than my previous bbg terminal. But you need to be a bit more of a self starter. No help desk around...so one gotta do some digging but the search algorithms are pretty well done and unearth most you are looking for.
Don't confuse a full fledged Eikon Version for one of those cheap Equis Metastock white labels. Not that 100-150 bucks is not a great price but their versions are Eikon stripped to the bare versions. No OTC content. No customization capabilities in terms of data feeds. Limited editorial content. I love Reuters FXBUZZ team and their content...no such on the cheapo version I heard.
Thanks for the info. surf
the full priced license yes. But some firms like UBS or CS got hundreds of terminals priced at around 400 USD/month.
I think Eikon will run around $15K/year, btw
the full priced license yes. But some firms like UBS or CS got hundreds of terminals priced at around 400 USD/month.
I don't doubt it, but I think surf is trying to snag one for himself.
Surf if you're looking for some valuation tool with a little extra, ycharts is like $300/month
I tried the metastock xenith version of Eikon and found that there were only a very few news stories that were restricted. All the fundamental data was there. It is worth giving it a trial.
Www.money.net is going up against bloomberg feature for feature and will have the otc bond information added soon. They are using Symphony as the messaging equivalent of bloomberg messaging. $95 a month including exchange fees.
Www.money.net is going up against bloomberg feature for feature and will have the otc bond information added soon. They are using Symphony as the messaging equivalent of bloomberg messaging. $95 a month including exchange fees.
I use Eikon. All I can say is that I got it way cheaper than my previous bbg terminal. But you need to be a bit more of a self starter. No help desk around...so one gotta do some digging but the search algorithms are pretty well done and unearth most you are looking for.
Don't confuse a full fledged Eikon Version for one of those cheap Equis Metastock white labels. Not that 100-150 bucks is not a great price but their versions are Eikon stripped to the bare versions. No OTC content. No customization capabilities in terms of data feeds. Limited editorial content. I love Reuters FXBUZZ team and their content...no such on the cheapo version I heard.
Been using the "stripped down" Eikon for a few months and I'm a big fan. There are premium services you cannot access, but in my case these would be a further charge even on the "$15K" version (TR Analytics). The "free" delayed data feed is comprehensive. They have good live Physical markets, scraping the BBs just as Bloomberg does. And their Excel add-in is technically far superior to Bloomberg's, as it never hangs your PC as BB can. Only downer for me is no mobile at this price. But http://www.investing.com/commodities/real-time-futures is a free quasi-real-time feed with an iPad and Android app, an amazing service (not sure how they do this free at 10-second delay).