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>>>If you don't mind me asking, how (where?) does your system get prices? Does it [also] look at other options related to the stock?
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>>Hi Terry. The local distributer for my system here in SA have their own EOD database which they include in the package. It has stocks, futures, options, bonds, economic items, etc. Basically whatever has a price can be included in the application.
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>>For the real time version we get data from the local stock market, futures exchange, and from a third party real time data vendor. We are currently adding in an eSignal reader for real time currency data. Users will then be able to connect directly to eSignal and feed the data into the system for charting and all that.
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>Most Interesting! So how is the Rand vs Dollar situation looking?


Well, in a nutshell "y'all" should have visited SA a year ago when you could have bought R13 for US$1. You would have had the holiday of a lifetime and lived like kings for peanuts. Now its back to about 7:1 - still not bad for tourists I suppose and SA is still very, very worth seeing. If you haven't been you will be very surprised imo. iro the future exchange rate - who knows?