What
is HQuote ?If you receive "Quote.com sent bad data" error then you need to update your software.
What
is HQuote ?HQuote is a program that allows you to retrieve historical intraday and End-Of-Day quotes for virtually any stock, index, mutual fund or commodity futures publicly traded in USA or Canada. The data is stored in the form of ASCII file on your hard disk.
What's
the difference between HQuote, Yquote and Quotelf ?The difference lies in the data sources and data formats these programs use.
| HQuote downloads delayed Intraday and EOD quotes from Quote.com for futures,stocks, indices, mutual funds and stores the data in ASCII format. Can be used with almost any charting software capable to read more or less standard ASCII files. |
| Yquote downloads End-of-Day quotes from Y!Finance for stocks, indices, mutual funds and stores the data in ASCII format. Can be used with any charting software which is capable to read more or less standard ASCII files. FAST enabled download engine |
| Quotelf has the same download engine as Yquote, but this program interacts directly with Metastock Downloader or Omega Downloader ( from Supercharts or Tradestation packages) and provides the data in native format, which makes the downloads and subsequent analysis of data faster. Recommended for users of Metastock and Tradestation or Supercharts. More info... |
What's
the data format and the length of historical data?Output format for data is ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) and the length of available from Quote.com server historical data is 500 data bars on any time frame. For End-of-Day time window it gives about 2 calendar years, for 5min interval you'll receive the data for the last 6 trading sessions, e.g. In most cases this is enough data for any market analysis. ASCII is a standard text data file format used by many programs, including spreadsheet and word-processing programs. Unlike files in other formats, files in ASCII format are in simple text and do not contain any formatting codes or special characters. The fields in the data file produced by HQuote are comma separated and represent : Date , Time , Open , High , Low , Close , Volume of security and other optional fields. Such organization of data in ASCII file is compatible with widely spread software such as Omega Research Tradestation, SuperCharts, Metastock, Advanced Get, etc.
What's
the source of historical data used in HQuote?The data source is free Internet server : Quote.com
What
do I need to use your software?Two things: (1) an Internet connection, and (2) a charting program that can read ASCII data, such as Elliott Wave Analyzer II, Advanced Get 7.x, MS Excel or any other program. If you have these two things, you are ready to use HQuote.
Do
you have a free trial period? What are the limitations of a trial version?You can enjoy free 30-day trial of HQuote. It is fully functional program with the only restriction - it will stop to work when the trial period expires and it allows you to create only one portfolio with no more than 10 symbols. This is done to limit the Internet traffic.
How do I register HQuote ? To register HQuote you need to receive from us a small security file. Usually sent via e-mail within 4 to 12 hours after your payment is received. If your trial has expired at the moment you register, you still don't need to re-install software as the registration file will automatically enable the program's Registered Mode.
I
have not found the answer to my question. What do I do?Please contact our technical support.
How
many symbols can I update?Up to 100 symbols. This limitation is imposed because recently Quote.com has set a daily download quota.
Where
is the downloaded data being stored?HQuote stores the data in the Portfolio directories in the form of ASCII files. To find out the path to your Portfolio, simply point your mouse on dropdown menu with the name of current portfolio (on the Portfolio panel) and a hint will pop up showing you the exact path. The default location of the trial portfolio is C:\Program Files\Hquote\Portfolio1\
How
do I know that the newer version is available?Go to the Settings->About panel and click the button showing the version of HQuote you currently use. HQuote will connect to our web site and return the number of the latest version of HQuote availble for download.
Does
HQuote append newer data or overwrites existing files?Starting with HQuote v4.0 , HQuote appends the newer data to existing data files.
How
do I update software?We always maintain backward compatibility between newer and older versions (if otherwise not specified). So you simply download a newer version of the program and install it over the older copy. No data will be lost. Make sure that during installation the older program is not running.
How
do I transfer the program to a new computer?You need to download and install the latest version of HQuote from our web site. Then copy to it the registration file regkey.reg (sent to you when you registered HQuote) and double-click on it. This will make Windows to import the encrypted registration information into Windows registry. When you run HQuote next time, it will be fully registered on your new machine.