The MedVed Quote Tracker
1. What is it?
MedVed Quote Tracker is a FREE program that connects to the web sites you pick out of the available list and pulls out stock quote information for you. It also allows you to maintain and track stock portfolios, shows you live intraday charts of collected data, alerts you when the price goals you set are reached, and provides a very easy to use interface to Prophet Finance(tm) for historical charts
2. Features
Streaming real-time quotes
Multiple simultaneous, self updating, real-time intraday charts
with technical indicators
Intraday & Historical Chart Trend Lines (NEW!)
Advanced Alert System with Email alerts (NEW!)
Streaming ISLAND Level II Quotes
NEWS Monitoring
Multiple portfolios support
Customizable portfolio views
Scrolling Ticker Tape
Portfolio Printing
Proxy/SOCKS Support
Ability to connect to many different quote sources
Historical stock charts from ProphetFinance.com(tm)
3. Quote sources-
Go to http://www.medved.net/QuoteTracker/
and then click on Quote Sources in the left frame.
4. Configuring it
On the Quote Tracker click on Portfolio, then Edit Portfolio/Alerts.
You can have multiple portfolios. Add or delete stocks for each portfolio
in the box below portfolios. Then click on Views and make your selections
there. Then click on Options, then Edit Preferences then select your
streaming data source, enter ID and password (save it if you wish), then
select news source.
5. Getting and Installing the download file
Go to http://www.medved.net/QuoteTracker/ then click on download, then enter your email address in the appropriate box, then click the gray box to initiate the download of version 1.4.4 . Save the 3 meg download file (qtsetup.exe) where you will be able to locate it (I suggest the desktop). Then double click on the download file to install it. Follow the on-screen instructions.
6. Getting a live quote stream from Datek
Go to Datek.com, click on open an account, and then on the continue button for Register for Streamer, or go to this link directly https://homesec.datek.com/applynow.html
I have registered for the Investing SIG using an ID SIG34453
and password computer1. If you use it
do not put any personal information on it. I think the data stays
on your local computer, but I'm not sure.