Day Trading & Forex Forum

genti

Hi,

Last week downloaded the trail from updata.co.uk cos i understand they offer the best Point and figure charts in the market, however not sure im i doing something wrong or they have a rubbish software,

Kindly for more details see attachment.

also will be great to have your comments

Have a nice weekend
G

Helenqu

Hi Genti,

I tried Updata and I wasn't terribly impressed, it was about six months ago now but I think you can do better.

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Helen

lockstock

Hi Genti,

I've been a long time sufferer, sorry user of Updata software.
Since Jeremy Du Plesis has taken charge of the technical/development side, the software has improved drastically
the glitches are getting less & less.

Re: Prices- have you done an end of day update for the LSE stocks ? Other than that it is hard to tell just from your screen shot what is going on or what has gone on.

At the moment Iam in dispute with them over the fact the software was sold to the ( user), thrice, ( Updata Pro1, Pro2, Technical Analyst) & now they are switching to an annual subscription.

So from where Iam sat, they are charging long time users over & over again for the software they have already purchased.

Any developement/ support costs was supposedly taken care for in an annual club membership fee, which is still applicable.

Having said all this- it does seem reasonably priced in comparison to other products- all of which appear to have their drawbacks.

So you either pays your money & take the chance or vote with your feet & go elsewhere.

I too, would also like to here from other Updata users on this matter & what their opinion is etc

PS Having a great weekend- messing about on the Broads tomorrow

lockstock

Helenq,

Hi,


Whose software do you use ?


Still toying with the idea of returning to Updata- better the devil you know & all that.

Essentially I trade the UKX & the DJ, but would be nice to have the bigger picture of all the LSE.

For the last few weeks when time has permitted I have just been using the D4F charts with a MACD set up below them, which most of the time is quite adequate - still nice to have something to cross reference it with though.


Cheers

Helenqu

Hiya,

I have:

Sharescope EOD, eSignal Market Centre (Realtime UK stocks), AIQ EOD, Pfscan and Sierra Charts/IB. They all do slightly different things and I would hate to be without any of them. If you just want a cheap RT cross check then I'd look at eSignal Market Center if I were you

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Helen

dunlop

good old updata somethings never change,i had same problem in tp2 r/t ,quotescreen prices were often wrong,only cure i found was to down load an intra day update close program and restart,some times if you add a stock to a watchlist you will get the same problem.hope this wil help.
i found updata when it worked, was very good.charting was excellent.

oatman

Judging from Updata's support site, their own feed is not very reliable. They do not support other feeds. I have Tenfore Satellite which I find reliable and accurate. While using TA, I had FTSE future running on another machine so I could trade the market. Tenfore was posting trades into its own charts and I also ran Indexia and TA. Updata missed trades. This was most obvious/visible at new hilos. The biggest discrepancy was only 1.5 points but quite often I would notice .5 or 1 point misses. This could be enough difference to confuse an entry or exit point. I run 3x3 1min. P&F charts for breakouts. They asked me to run one of their checks and send it to them. I did this twice and never heard an explanation. In the event of a computer crash TA failed to save data. Everything was wiped. Tenfore saves and Indexia saves, so you just reboot and connect up your feed and carry on, maybe a 5min. gap in your chart. I don't mind small data gaps as I work off 1min. mostly. Updata did tell me that they were working on the "saving" part and it should be sorted "later on in the year". At one stage, recently, they announced an upgrade on their website. I posted asking them if they had addressed the loss of data on crashing problem. They removed my post and locked the subject!
I don't know much about computers but since I uninstalled Updata from my machine I've hardly had a crash.

Good luck

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genti

Guys cheers for your thought. ( really pleased)

the reason i got the trail was cos im a big fun of the point and figure chart. right now i use share scope EOD, they are quiet good but they p/f chart is just far from where it should be.

right now the updata prices look ok cos i updated the intraday snapshot, however my pc start going mad and can't stand to it.

see ya
Genti