Has anyone sorted out the various formats of financial quotes available
through X*Change? I created a /usr/spool/stock directory and used the
SYMBOLS postings in xpress.inside.user-tips to create empty files. Now
I have a bit of data, but it appears to have different formats, which I am
guessing is indicated by the first field. Specifically, I found the
following codes in the first field of the data: 42, 47, 48, 4A, and 4F.
Here are examples of each:
42:ADD +0.31 -100.00%
47:AA 68.00 67.25 67.50 -0.13 -0.19% 171
48:SGINX 8.05 8.05 +0.00%
4A:AAINX 10.29 10.80 +0.02 +0.19%
4F:AAPL 56.75 57.25 58.25 56.25 56.75 +0.50 +0.89% 1253
If someone else has looked into this, please post what you've found.
Otherwise I'll figure it out and post a summary.
-- -Brian Smithson brian@grot.starconn.com