One-off data purchase
Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2011 2:08 pm
Having browsed this forum for some time, and having read the books by CF and Anthony Garner, I am completely convinced that I need to get myself TBB and then test my ideas.
I believe that I'd need somewhere between 6 months and a year to a) learn to use TBB and write code, b) learn to test properly.
During that time, I don't wish to keep paying CSI a monthly fee for daily data updates. What I would need is a one-off set of historical data on which to run the tests.
So, questions,
If I buy a set of data from CSI (I am thinking US stocks + non-US stocks and indices + delisted stocks), and then cancel the subscription, will TBB continue to work?
Or would that lock the data?
Can I save the purchased data to a CSV or text file and feed that into the tests?
Thanks.
I believe that I'd need somewhere between 6 months and a year to a) learn to use TBB and write code, b) learn to test properly.
During that time, I don't wish to keep paying CSI a monthly fee for daily data updates. What I would need is a one-off set of historical data on which to run the tests.
So, questions,
If I buy a set of data from CSI (I am thinking US stocks + non-US stocks and indices + delisted stocks), and then cancel the subscription, will TBB continue to work?
Or would that lock the data?
Can I save the purchased data to a CSV or text file and feed that into the tests?
Thanks.